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Jonathan Ferguson, Esquire, 145 NW Central Park Plaza, Port Saint Lucie, and <br />representing Wild Turkey, pointed out that the current rules and regulations allow the Wild Turkey <br />property to be used for mining. He felt that rather than having a moratorium, the Board could <br />utilize the six-month time period better by working on the details, processes, and conditions for <br />making the Wild Turkey project as much of an asset to the community as possible. <br />There were no additional speakers and the Chairman closed the public hearing. <br />Commissioner Wheeler wanted to know when the Board could engage with staff <br />regarding suggestions for amending the LDR's, and learned from Community Development <br />Director Robert Keating that the Board could provide input when staff brings this issue back to the <br />Board at the January 15, 2008 meeting. <br />Chairman Bowden asked Attorney Collins whether any mining permitting processes <br />could proceed along parallel tracks while the moratorium was in place. Attorney Collins <br />conveyed his reasons for not believing that this was prudent. <br />Vice Chairman Davis was not opposed to the moratorium, but felt that closing the <br />mining files for six months would result in lost educational opportunities, such as learning from <br />the Hydrology Report done by Wild Turkey. <br />Attorney Collins agreed that there might be facts that could be gleaned from any <br />reports that have been submitted, and conveyed that it would be helpful for any mining applicants <br />to "come to the table" during the six-month period of the proposed moratorium to <br />discuss what would constitute the most effective set of regulations. <br />Commissioner O'Bryan supported the six-month moratorium, and did not feel that it <br />was appropriate to keep the mining applications in process while going through the moratorium. <br />January 7, 2008 7 <br />