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which is what Director Keating suggested - have Sea Oaks agree to live up to the Plan whenever it is adopted a month or two from now. He noted that every other development on the Trail will have to live up to what is going to be adopted, except for this one gap at Sea Oaks, and Attorney Barkett wants to rush in and beat all the other plans. Staff is charged by an ordinance already adopted saying that we will have the Board adopt rules by Resolution, and Attorney Barkett is not right when he says it is illegal and highway robbery for him to agree to a Management Plan that we are going to adopt in six weeks. Every other developer will be using that plan, and it will protect all the interests. Commissioner Bird wondered whatever happened to the fairness of playing the game by the rules that are in effect the day you play the game. He pointed out that we have had 4 years to adopt this plan, and we haven't done it; so, he does not feel Sea Oaks is rushing in to beat some deadline. Attorney Vitunac believed we all understood we had interim protections available, and that is what this is today. Argument continued at length. MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Commissioner Bowman, to table action on the Sea Oaks request for one week until February 28th to get better information as to the options we have. Commissioner Bowman commented that she had problems with the "opaque" requirement. She did not think the original trail was ever opaque before the Brazilian pepper trees took over, and she had a problem with anything that resembles a hedge. Commissioner Eggert explained that she wanted more informa- tion because staff's requirement specifically says there must be a continuous native vegetation screen 10-15' high along the edge of the road R/W and that has her bothered. She felt it might be better to produce the opaqueness in the 30' buffer than in the FEB 21 1989 41 800r. 76FAH X01