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intrusion. He emphasized that this refers only to pumping that could lower the water table. Chairman Lyons discussed Condition 17, Page 5, and stated that he felt the the emphasis is in the wrong place. The way it is set up, i -t seems the manatee is the controlling.fa.ctor in connection with the expansion of the marina, and the Chairman felt the effect on the wetlands should be considered also. He, therefore, requested that the words "primary basis" be stricken, and the sentence read, as follows: "It is recognized that the basis for this restriction is concern for potential boating impacts upon the West Indian manatee and the wetlands......" Commissioner Scurlock referred to Condition 29 re Water Supply on Page 8 and informed the Board that at the Regional Planning Council meeting he questioned the wording - "They shall not irrigate from the shallow aquifer." He felt there was an inconsistency here because although the Development Order approved at the Regional Planning Council indicates we want to give them the ability to irrigate from the lakes, if they should dredge the lakes into the aquifer, the way the language is written, they cannot use the lakes to irrigate. Commissioner Bowman felt we should just say the developer may not dig his lakes deep enough to intrude into the shallow aquifer. Planner Boiling believed that this is taken care of under Condition 29 which says "limited amounts of supplemental irrigation water may be derived from the surface water management system of lakes." Mr. Carey believed all the Regional Planning Council was trying to do was say that they want the developer to use the lowest available quality water for irrigation, not potable water, and he felt perhaps just adding that no water would be drawn from surface water wells would cover it. Commissioner Bowman continued to emphasize that we do not want lakes to be dredged into the aquifer, and i -t was pointed out 99 OCT 2 3 1985 ��InnF � 55.8