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Polo Club/Beach Club The Polo Club is proposed to be located in the center of the property lying west of S.R. A -1-A. The club is to include meet- ing, recreational, and dining areas to serve the residents and their guests and will be approximately 7,000 to 9,000 sq. ft. in' area. On days when matches are held, parking is to be handled by the paved parking spaces provided around the Polo Club, and with overflow parking areas located adjacent to the tournament field. As part of the PRD application, the owner is requesting that the County approve these overflow spaces as spaces for infrequent uses. The Beach Club, to be approximately 10,000 to 12,000 sq. ft., is to include pool, cabana, meeting, and dining facilities restricted to use by a limited membership. The Beach Club is to be located in the midst of the project's beach frontage, with "internal" residential development north and south of the Club. Jungle Trail Jungle Trail, from S.R. A -1-A south (which includes the western portion of the subject site) is designated as a scenic and histor- ic road in the Comprehensive Plan. As such, the County has determined the road to have scenic and historic values worthy of special protection. Although the County has no fee simple inter- est in the road at this time, the County maintains the road and the public has used the road for years. The applicant proposes to abandon the County's interest in a 3/4 mile segment of Jungle Trail. This proposal was reviewed by the Scenic Trails Committee at its January 5, 1988 meeting. At the meeting, the Scenic Trails Committee voted 4 to 1 to abandon the County's interest in Jungle Trail with the conditions that: 1. Grove traffic be re-routed from Jungle Trail through the interior of the project, continuing to make it possible for grove traffic to run from C.R. 510 to the northern extent of Jungle Trail without having to access A -1-A. 2. That the applicant construct public recreationalamenities, as yet to be negotiated. Soon after the January 5th Scenic Trails Committee meeting, a Committee member changed her vote and thus her recommendation• to the Planning and Zoning Commission regarding conditional abandon- ment of the subject Jungle Trail segment. This was reported to the Planning and Zoning Commission as in essence, a 3 to 2 vote to recommend conceptual approval of the abandonment request subject to the conditions cited above. After the January 14th Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, another Scenic Trails Committee member stated in writing that he had changed his vote and rec- ommendation as well. Thus, now by a "vote" of 2 to 3, the Scenic Trails Committee members do not support the abandonment of a portion of Jungle Trail (see attachment #5). Staff recommended to the Scenic Trails Committee that at this time, the County should not conceptually approve a proposal to abandon its interest in the Jungle Trail segment (see Scenic Trail's agenda item, Attachment #4). Although the Committee stated at its January 5th meeting that no significant scenic or historic values or character would be lost by abandoning a segment which functions only as a grove road, it was staff's stated position that no abandonment should be conceptually approved without the applicant demonstrating that no historic values would be lost by the abandonment. 48 FE3 2 31988 MU 71 F E 48