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CEO I�_1990 <br />Boa'! m,,r 14SI <br />have these regulations but, in some situations, subsidize their industries. We <br />have to meet this competition in a world market where price is a very critical <br />component. We also feel that these regulations will lower the value. of our <br />property thus, reducing borrowing power to our growers which is essential in <br />periods of hard times, such as a freeze which just happened, or a canker <br />outbreak, when a grower needs to borrow against the value of his property. With <br />these regulations in effect, a growers' borrowing power would be reduced by 25 <br />percent and his ability to produce on the land he owns and pays taxes on would <br />also be reduced 25 percent. <br />We urge you to reconsider these regulations that are harmful to agriculture such <br />as the 25 percent upland rule and the proposed densities for agricultural land. <br />Sincerely, Bernard A. Egan <br />President <br />Sea Oaks Communities - Attorney Bruce Barkett appeared rep- <br />resenting Sea Oaks Communities, as well as Edgar Schlitt, Dale <br />Sorensen, Tom Hamilton, the Estate of Carson Platt, and Jim <br />Caine. Attorney Barkett advised that he has a specific recommen- <br />dation in regard to the alternative proposed by staff "Where <br />preservation of the referenced percentage of the native plant <br />communities -on-site isnot feasible given site specific <br />characteristics, the county shall consider off-site preserva- <br />tion......" He felt the implication is that the county might <br />reject that alternative, and he felt instead of consider the word <br />should be permit. <br />Attorney Barkett then addressed Commissioner Bowman's <br />comment that setting aside these little tracts may not do any <br />good at all. He believed if the county is going to set aside <br />native upland communities, they, as a county, should have the <br />opportunity to buy them in large tracts where they will be <br />viable. He noted that the county has only given the AG opera- <br />tions the ability to buy out of this 25% set-aside, and he felt <br />that option should be given to all developments. Lastly, many of <br />his clients have AG properties, or potential AG properties, that <br />would be affected detrimentally by this proposal, and he felt <br />Mrs. Bowman's remark was well taken. The goal should be to <br />preserve viable ecological communities and not just little <br />42 <br />