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X989 ROOK 78 D.r,E 47j Commissioner Bowman felt that they simply shouldn't have been allowed to excavate down to the water table. Director Keating believed these are good points. He agreed that basically there is less protection in a development such as Lake in the Woods, for instance, than there is in something that is strictly a mining activity, and staff can look at this when re -doing the Land Development regulations. Commissioner Scurlock felt we need to look into this, especially as we start seeing in -filling of areas between existing neighborhoods. Commissioner Bowman stressed her belief that you could reduce the amount of fill you require if you just used it for your roadways and put your buildings up on pilings. The Chairman asked if anyone present wished to be heard. Randy Mosby of Mosby and Associates, Inc., came before the Board representing the applicant. He wished to make the point that the ordinance was set up originally to apply to the dry mining process, which type mining does have an effect on neighboring wells. Mr. Mosby further pointed out that while St. John's River Water Management District does require consumptive use permits on a dry mining operation of any size to insure there is nodrawdown on adjacent wells, they do not require consumptive use permits on the wet mining process for operations of less than 12 acres. He stressed that why they are here today relates to a strictly technical question, and they are just requesting an amendment to the ordinance to allow wet mining operations closer than 1,000' to subdivisions that do not have public water, with the conditions outlined in staff's memo. Planner Boling confirmed that staff is recommending approval of the requested waiver provision with the 3 conditions suggested in staff's memo, and Mr. Mosby believed that the P&Z concurred with this also. Robert Musante. 7925 126th St., Vice President of the Roseland Property Association, came before the Board speaking for 16