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17_ Commissioner Scurlock asked if overall in terms of the type of vegetation, this percentagewise is more native or more exotic than the other part suggested for realignment. Planner Boling stated it is much more native and, in fact, the Florida Native Plant Society said this was basically enough of an area, with the conservation tract that is proposed, to be an ecological community. Gordon Michael, of Earring Point Groves, contended that some of the pictures being shown are out of date and not accurate, and that where vegetation is shown, it is all cleared out and a desolate area now. Planner Boling confirmed that the pictures were taken in April but stated that when he was there last week, he had not noticed that much difference. Planner Boling continued to show pictures demonstrating the setback, noting that staff is proposing the 30' setback be treated more like a buffer and that only certain types of structures could be placed in there. Commissioner Bowman believed the developer wants to build in that setback. Planner Boling clarified that they want golf cart paths there, and in some areas where there are single family lots abutting the project, they would like the ability to have a wall 201 in from the outside and to have pools in there, but staff is not in agreement with that. What is being proposed is to establish buffers and easements along the entire frontage of the project which corresponds with the boundaries of the Town of Orchid. In one area of that realignment, the Town of Orchid is on both sides, but in the other areas, it is just on one side of the existing roadway; so, the proposal for realignment not only encompasses the realigned area, but the entire length of Jungle Trail within their property. Mr. Boling stressed that,the main consideration staff has in this recommendation is that this is a different type of situation than we may run into elsewhere 41 UV BOOK � �