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During the slidefilm presentation, Director Keating answered <br />specific questions regarding the following elements: <br />Soils Characteristics <br />Commissioner Scurlock asked if the soils analyses show a <br />relation to densities in terms of sewer or availability of sewer <br />and/or septic tanks under certain soil conditions, and Director <br />Keating explained that of the 65 different soil types in the <br />county we have generally categorized them in various groups, and <br />one of the things we look at are constraints to development, <br />particularly constraints to septic tank location. Staff did a <br />lot of overlays to identify where the natural resource <br />constraints and opportunities are, as well as the man-made <br />constraints and opportunities. The one aspect that <br />differentiates this plan from the county's current plan is the <br />reference to urban service areas and the urban service <br />boundaries. When we get into man-made conditions, you will see <br />that most of the densities that are in excess of one unit per <br />acre are almost all in existing or potential urban service areas. <br />Coastal Zone <br />Director Keating noted that the Coastal Zone is much more <br />extensive than we originally thought we would be dealing with. <br />In discussing this with the agencies involved, they felt that the <br />Coastal Zone should include any areas that drain into the lagoon, <br />which is why the zone is much further west than we anticipated. <br />Commissioner Scurlock understood that the whole area is <br />considered as drainage basin, and Director Keating said that is <br />correct because either it was draining north into the Sebastian <br />River or Sebastian Creek area or it is draining east into the <br />Atlantic coastal ridge primarily by virtue of the drainage <br />canals. <br />5 s <br />AUG 8 `1999 578 <br />