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!?r. Jack Hauptman :Ir . filbert Green February 24, 1982 Page Three (b) Moreover, the Draft Information Summary states that all or part of a coastal barrier :•ill be considered.developed, even when there is.less than one structure per five acres, if a full complement of infrastructure is in place. The portion of'John's Island categorized as un ' developed does, in fact, have a full complement of infrastructure. Roads, docks,.water supply, sewage system, and electrical services are, and have been, in place and available to the residents. (c) Even absent the required number of structures and absent an infrastructure, a coastal barrier may still be developed as long as it is a part of a "phased development" and has been part of the overall plans for the development since its inception. The northern portion of John's island meets this criterionvalso. (2) A second requirement for categorizing a coastal barrier as undeveloped is that the structures present and man's activities thereon must *not significantly impede geomorphic and ecological processes. The very nature -and extent of the John's island development has changed the geo- morphic and ecological processes although develop- ment, at all times, has been designed and implemented in harmony with the environment. In summary, that portion of John's Island categorized as undeveloped should be reclassified as developed under the requirements of the Draft Information Summaries for the following reasons: (1) The density of structures is 2.21 units per 5 acres of fastland and this density exceeds the 1 unit per 5 acre threshold necessary for coastal barrier fastland to be categorized as developed; (2) a full complement of infrastructure is in place;-. (3) the coa:;tal barrier is part of a phased develop- ment; and (4) the structures and man's activities thereon have altered the geomorphic and ecological processes on that portion of the coastal barrier. nor 49 PA6r 7i MAR 17 1982