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BOOK 79 PAGE 155 <br />permits from numerous agencies, and the idea of sticking more <br />regulations on top of that is not an appealing one. <br />Mr. Spyke did feel that there will be some change in TCRPC <br />policy and believed the position the Commission should take would <br />be to have mapping and classification of upland properties, and <br />if preservation is warranted in the next 20 years for AG, then <br />the appropriate procedure would be to purchase this from the AG <br />producers to ensure it is preserved for the public good in a way <br />that will be successful. <br />Commissioner Scurlock commented that after what he has heard <br />so far, he has reached a position where he is looking at Alter- <br />nate Policy 6.12, and to give everyone an idea of where he is <br />heading, he would suggest at the appropriate time, a possible <br />Motion to eliminate AG totally from the 25% retention requirement <br />and to reduce Residential, Commercial and Industrial to a <br />consistent 20%. Then, in Paragraph 3, as suggested by Attorney <br />Barkett, insert the word "permit" instead of "consider" off-site <br />preservation, and in the last paragraph where we are referring to <br />Agricultural operations, that would be eliminated, and he would <br />make that option available for Residential, Commercial, and <br />Industrial. <br />Michael Buska, Assistant Director of the TCRPC, believed <br />from what he has heard, the Board is saying let's find a way to <br />make this less painful. He noted that the RPC doesn't mandate <br />that the counties adopt the 25% policy. TCRPC understands that <br />there is more than one way to skin that cat, but they haven't <br />heard a lot of solutions except what the Board is considering <br />now. They do feel there needs to be some fair share responsi- <br />bility spread out through the community. You can see the <br />consequences of not doing that by looking at what has happened in <br />Dade and Broward Counties where there is literally no intact <br />upland habitat left in the urban area, and Palm Beach County is <br />struggling. The landowners there who own the 4 or 5 remaining <br />pieces of native habitat are now being regulated to save <br />48 <br />