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Commissioner Wheeler understood where the Aububon Society and Historical Society are coming from, because on one hand we want to preserve the wildlife, environment, etc„ but on the other hand, there is not much sense in saving it if you cannot use it. He felt the only way that road could be used safely is to widen it. In addition, he felt we need to weigh the alternatives because we have the opportunity to have a beautiful development with setbacks and a walking frail and ability to expand that trail past the blind curve, with parking on both ends. What happens if we turn this development down and end up with a development with higher densities. Mr. Dean agreed with Commissioner Wheeler and felt the Windsor Polo Club has shown that they would be wilting to work with County staff on this. All he is asking is that the County slow down, take the time to study it, and not jump into a footpath. Chairman Scurlock believed that what the Board would like to see is a management program developed for this resource, but emphasized that the only thing that is being asked today is conceptual approval to move ahead and authorization for County staff to work with the developer and consider closing that portion of the road to vehicular traffic. Commissioner Bird believed that a true naturalist would prefer to get out and walk that trail, but Mr. Dean still felt that it would be jumping to a conclusion to emphasize a footpath right now. He noted that the Parks & Recreation Committee has not addressed this as yet, and felt we need to have a long-range master plan for this county just like Teddy Roosevelt had for preserving this country's natural environments. Commissioner Bird assured Mr. Dean that as Chairman of the Parks & Recreation Committee he would be reviewing that part of the plan. Commissioner Bowman felt it was unnecessary to cut the mangroves in order to have a park in this Location. 77 FEB2 3 1988 BOOK 71 PaGE 77 _ J