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� � r <br />Commissioner Scurlock asked if the environmentally sensitive <br />lands are identified by plant life, and Planner Challacombe <br />confirmed that they are and also by historic values. <br />Mr. Biemann continued to describe the land and their plans <br />for the ecosystem, and Mr. Barnett informed the Board that when <br />he was there in August and July, not during the high sea level <br />period, there was tidal inflow into that area from normal high <br />tides and there were mullet in virtually all of the ditches as <br />well as mangroves. Argument ensued between Mr. Bieman and Mr. <br />Barnett about the actual depth of the ditches. <br />In further discussion Mr. Bieman explained that what the <br />developer is proposing is to use part of this for the marina to <br />justify spending money to rehabilitate the other wetlands. <br />Commissioner Scurlock asked if it wouldn't be easier to find <br />a piece of land that isn't in this condition, and Mr. Bieman <br />explained that in the other area there apparently was an attempt <br />made to grow something and you have mounds and ditches. With <br />that sort of topography to get back to something that would be <br />high marsh and low marsh, you would have to desiccate the entire <br />area, and it was not in his opinion functional. <br />Commissioner Bird inquired if our Comprehensive Plan shows <br />the filled land as environmentally sensitive land, and he was <br />informed that it did not. <br />Commissioner Bowman believed the area reviewed by Mr. Bieman <br />does not.encompass the whole 65 acres they plan to use, and Mr. <br />Bieman confirmed that was true as a lot of it that is planned for <br />creation of wetlands is back in the grove area. <br />Commissioner Bowman then inquired about the depth of water <br />Mr. Bieman is talking about in the wetlands, and Mr. Bieman <br />explained that they plan to smooth it out and make it a nice <br />transition with a fringe of low marsh. <br />Commissioner Scurlock wished to know the difference between <br />low and high marsh, and Commissioner Bowman advised that low <br />marsh may be flooded several times a day under normal conditions <br />75 <br />0 GTZn 3 1985 Boa 62 Frti;c 5?4 <br />