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REPORT RE POSSIBLE DESIGNATION OF BARRIER ISLAND AS AREA OF CRITICAL CONCERN Attorney Brandenburg reported that he received a phone call from Tallahassee yesterday, and Mr. Nabors and Betty Steffens have been working on our situation with the Department of Community Affairs and the chief of Governor Graham's staff and his counsel, and they feel they are making some headway regarding our county's relationship to the area of critical concern designation. One of the things they brought to the Department's attention is a sort of misconception the Department had. The DCA had been telling all three counties they would go through the designation process but as -soon as we complied, they would pull back the designation; it appears they did not realize that the statute itself indicates that as soon as you are designated, you must stay designated for a period of one year. The Attorney believed this puts the head of DCA in a difficult position because it is contrary to the position he has been taking with the Committee itself. We are trying to get across the point that our county would like to see them either not make a recommenda- tion to go through the designation process at all and give us another year to come into compliance and complete studies or specifically delete from their list of what this county has to do that the barrier island be reduced to one unit per acre. The Attorney felt either action would give us assurance we would not be designated and we could move ahead without the moratorium or resolution adopted last week. Attorney Brandenburg further informed the Board that December 18th is when the Governor and Cabinet will consider all recommendations, and he would like permission to go to Tallahassee to attend that meeting and possibly the other Commissioners could go also. Chairman Scurlock felt the more support we have up there, the better it will demonstrate our interest. 37 D E C 5 1984 BOOK ..5 PAGE 1 15