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Jeannette Lier, representing the Town of Orchid, felt that the Town of Orchid should do the same thing as the County and suggested that the attorneys get together on this allocation. Nancy Offutt questioned the "whereas" clauses in the proposed ordinance and asked if they could be tempered just a bit to avoid sounding like a guilty plea, but Attorney Brandenburg recommended that they remain as presented. Les Brockman of Longwood, Florida, asked for the sequence of events leading up to the Hutchinson Island Resources Management Plan, and Chairman Scurlock gave a brief review of the plan's history. Attorney Brandenburg explained to a gentleman in the audience - that the HIMRP Committee was appointed by the Governor and has been meeting for over one and a half years, and their report to the Governor includes the recommendation that Indian River County be included in the area of critical concern. That recommendation will be submitted to the Governor and Cabinet on December 18th and, in all likelihood, the Governor and Cabinet will at that point authorize the DCA to commence the rule making process to establish the barrier island as an area of critical concern. Commissioner Bird asked if Attorney Brandenburg talked to Bob Nabors, our legal contact in Tallahassee, to determine whether December 18th would be the proper time for the County to make our impassioned plea once again to the Governor and Cabinet to exclude us from the designation. Attorney Brandenburg reported that Mr. Nabors feels very strongly that the State in pursuing their prosecution of this point is really breaking all of our understandings of the agreement we had with them; however, he recognizes that we ought to move ahead with our interim measures as a safeguard. Attorney Brandenburg stated that is why he is recommending these procedures today. If something happens in the interim where we 65 OV 2 8 1984 aooK - 9 Fe,;F 65