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the people's fear is that the public will not have free access to the Trail in its realignment. Mr. McQueen stated that with the realignment any person from the public can drive the realigned trail across the entrance road and continue as they are doing today. Commissioner Scurlock believed people are concerned that you will have to go through a guard gate with a pass to traverse that portion of the Trail, and Mr. McQueen stated that is not so. Commissioner Eggert expressed her opinion that when you talk about security, what you actually have is a gate and a big bluff because anyone can come in from the river or the beach. Commissioner Scurlock again wished it made clear that when you say security, you are not saying no access, and Mr. McQueen assured the Board that there will be complete public access to the realigned Trail with no restrictions. Commissioner Bowman asked if there will be stop signs there on Jungle Trail. Mr. McQueen pointed out that there are stop signs on Jungle Trail at CR 510. He believed that members of the Historical Society had at one time proposed that possibly this would be a controlled Trail with access only at certain hours, and that is not what is being proposed by the applicant. They are proposing to dedicate the County a new alignment of the area that they are asking for abandonment, and in the existing area of the Trail, they will dedicate what they have shown, and that will be public R/Ws to do with in the roadway aspect what the County sees fit. In the buffer, they would like to tie that to the Town of Orchid and the County, and in the setback, they are open for suggestions. Commissioner Scurlock felt the key issue is that it will be a free open access, and Mr. McQueen once again confirmed that it will be. Mr. McQueen advised that outside of the commercial site, there are no units proposed along the NW section. What they had 53 g g�-� JUN 2 g1 NO BOOK 7 F'� c �•}�