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Commissioner Wodtke believed when you look at something on <br />this massive a scale, you have to look at the cause and effect on <br />all the environmentally sensitive land to the north and south and <br />whether there are tradeoffs or other benefits. He did not see <br />how we can consider this project without considering the whole. <br />Attorney Vitunac believed there is a slight misconception <br />about the D.R.I. It is not the same as considering a site plan <br />when we are deciding on a rezoning. Under the law a D.R.I. is a <br />special case and it is treated as a total package; you are <br />allowed to consider the big picture, and that actually is what <br />the D.R.I. was devised for - to look at the whole project. <br />Attorney Vitunac pointed out that this is a ten year plan; the <br />Board can listen and if it is decided to go ahead with the zoning <br />changes, the protections would come in the Development Order. He <br />also noted that Comprehensive Plan changes as a result of a <br />D.R.I. do not count against our annual review. <br />Chairman Lyons noted that actually we don't have to rezone <br />until after we have heard the Development Order, and Commis- <br />sioner Bird felt, based on what Attorney Vitunac advised, <br />possibly the Board should see the overall plan. <br />Commissioner Scurlock asked if the Commission has the option <br />to consider it separately, and Attorney Vitunac felt the <br />developer at least has the right to make his whole presentation. <br />Attorney Henderson made the point that the Development Order <br />is actually a land use regulation applying specifically to this <br />property, and the whole package results in a situation where a <br />piece of property is impressed with a plan of development. He <br />commented that it has been stated that the developer has been <br />"dancing around the environmental issues" and that they have not <br />been addressed. Attorney Henderson emphasized that this whole <br />project was submitted to the Treasure Coast Regional Planning <br />Council a year ago. It has undergone extreme scrutiny by many <br />agencies, and when we talk about a plan that is a moving target, <br />those changes have been minimal compared to the original <br />69 <br />OCA 19 : BOOK 6� PGE 51.8 <br />