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DRAFT current amendments that are now under review by DCA; and that DCA has substantial objections, as well. Director Keating noted that the only thing County staff has a problem with, is that Exhibit `F' itself does not have good criteria to ensure that the development that will occur in that area would be the type of development that does not create urban sprawl. County staff would basically like to see (and the Board concurred at a recent meeting) Section 10(F) "beefed up" so that Exhibit `F' criteria would apply to all amendments that Fellsmere does for the annexed property, and that the criteria in Exhibit `F' should be strengthened along the lines of the comments and objections of DCA. Commissioner O'Bryan concurred with Director Keating's comments regarding the Map displayed, which seemed to him a "checker board of jurisdictional limits" and thought that was not our intent; it was to have something contiguous without meandering around. He felt we still needed a lot of work on either the Point -to -Point contiguity or the Sebastian WEC area. Another concern of his was the location of New Towns, and the one -mile separation. Responding to the one -mile and/or half mile separation issue, Director Keating reported that at the last meeting of the staff working group, the group voted not to require a separation distance; and he thought it was a vote, kind of a quid pro quo that Sebastian was getting the allowance to annex the Graves property; therefore the Graves property, if it wants to develop in the County, should not have constraints regarding a separation distance for a New Town from an existing city limit. Mr. Minner could see how it was interpreted as a quid pro quo, because Sebastian voted for the Point -to -Point and against the New Towns. He said it may look that way, but there was no quid pro quo on that issue. 10 December 15, 2008 / Joint Workshop ISBA, Sebastian