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January 16, 1979 Minutes - page 12 ORDINANCE NO. 623 PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED Porter: In order to permit your annex- ation were there any requirements made of you as the owners of this property? Caranci: Well, we first we had to give up 12% of our land which we did as you can see in the green area there by the cemetery which is approximatly 6.4 acres. Porter: Did you have any choice as to what portion of your property you would dedicate? Caranci: No, this is what they told us we wanted. Porter: Okay. Were there any other dedications or advances to the City? Caranci: We gave up 29 shares, I believe it was 29 shares, of Goodhue water. We gave up the water well that is on the property to meet their annexation. Porter: Do you have an awareness of what the present uses that can be made on the property are? Caranci: Well, like you stated, it's under agricultural. We can raise crops on it and we're not farmers. Right now the crops don't even pay the taxes; we could go into animal production, which again we are not cattle breeders. We could subdivide it into 5 acre lots, it's going to be prohibited as far as house go, so other then a cemetery or other uses of this type, we don't have use for it. We're land locked is what we are. As property owners we're land locked. Porter: Mr. Caranci, if the property re- mained with an agricultural zoning desig- nation as it presently exists, what do you believe you and your fellow owners have re- ceived from the City of Louisville by vir- tue of annexing your property to the City of Louisville. Caranci: Absolutely nothing. We could have stayed in the County and kept our water and the land. Very flatly, that's it be- cause it is not feasible to give away land and give away you water rights to stay agricultural.