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Attorney Doty wished to point out that the previous recom- <br />mendation passed on to the Board by the P&Z was that written <br />verification of no objection from the grove owners along the <br />Trail be obtained, and that provision was deleted by staff. He <br />felt that is a critical point and that the P&Z recommendation <br />should be left intact. He then went over the various recommen- <br />dations set out in his letter of June 20th in detail, contending <br />among other things that the portion of the Trail that crosses the <br />entrance to the development should not be paved, and there <br />shouldn't be a fire station in the oak hammock. Attorney Doty <br />felt the 500' the developer alluded to at the entrance should be <br />viewed as a red herring and not even discussed and also stated <br />that if the entire length of the Trail is unpaved, that portion <br />at the entrance should remain unpaved also. He further felt it <br />would not be proper for the Board to consider deviations from <br />what has been recommended to them and stressed that the <br />developer's request to be able to build in the 30' setback has to <br />be very closely monitored. He also contended that Mr. McQueen's <br />offer of 25' instead of 20' results in no net gain to the county <br />because he has trimmed the buffer by 51. <br />Attorney Doty concluded his presentation by requesting that <br />the Board reject the application, or at least temporarily deny <br />it, and if the Board absolutely must go with either one of the <br />developer's requests, he would ask for serious consideration of <br />their recommendations just reviewed, which he felt are well <br />founded. <br />Ruth Stanbridge, 4835 66th Avenue, spoke of the research <br />that she has been conducting for some year on Jungle Trail. She <br />contended that the Trail was not an old grove road. The old 1920 <br />description everyone keeps referring to was just a paper road and <br />it took almost 10 years to put it on the ground. In that time <br />there were 2 realignments, but that was over 50 years ago, and 50 <br />years is the historical significance in Florida. Mrs. Stanbridge <br />personally felt that what is proposed will negate any opportunity <br />75 <br />