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tJ BOOK 75 f'. f_ BSS which is about 10-12'deep along there. Just driving along Jungle Trail is a nice experience in itself, but most people are using the land westward of the road itself. Some, people even bring their boats in there and have picnics. He didn't know how we were going to treat that in the future. Robert Keating, Director of Planning & Development, noted that parking was one of the difficult issues that came up in the discussions on the management plan. The Town of Indian River Shores prohibits parking along the trail, and the question is what should the County do on its portion of the road, particularly as development comes in. The management plan also will regulate the revegetation of the buffer. The question is that if the buffer is revegetated or additional landscaping is put in, will there still be allowances for parking and will people still have water access to the Trail. Commissioner Scurlock felt that the management plan should encourage people to use County land rather than private property for their recreational purposes. Right now, it seems that there is a mass, uncontrolled activity which is degradating Jungle Trail. He assumed we still want to keep the Trail available for people to use it in a positive way, however, and if that is so, he felt there has to be a management plan because we just cannot let people do their own thing. Mrs. Bunnell agreed because the main goal is to preserve the Trait, and Commissioner Bird added that in order to preserve the road we are going to have to stabilize the shoreline in some way. He wanted to find some way to mitigate what is happening there now on Jungle Trail, and hoped that the management plan will finallyiresolve the issue and preserve the Trail without precluding the public from using a certain portion of those lands for recreational purposes. Commissioner Bird inquired about the berms being built along the portion of the road in Indian River Shores, and Director 37