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-ED 1 3 1990 BOOK I Chairman Eggert believed there are some extremely large tracts that it is important to buy, but she also felt it is important to have relatively smaller tracts around the county preserved also. Commissioner Bowman noted that it is also a matter of aesthetics when you talk about the small parcels. Commissioner Wheeler felt strongly that this is almost a matter of the basic rights we have in this country, and Commis- sioner Bird could not believe that a majority of the other 67 counties are going to put something like this in their Compre- hensive Plans. He stated that if he had his first choice, he would eliminate Policy 6.12 completely. If we have to have something along those lines, then he would rather have something that says if we think setting aside 20% of the upland community is a worthwhile thing, we will work towards doing that and we will develop impact fees and other mechanisms in order to acquire these properties and set them aside for this pupose. Director Keating pointed out that a policy that says if we want something, we will do it, essentially doesn't say anything. He felt a good point was made by Peter Spyke who said that Palm Beach County now has only 30 left of the upland communities they originally had, and unless that is what we want, there is no reason to believe we will be any different if we don't put in some of these requirements. Considerably more discussion ensued, and Chairman Eggert noted that we have a Motion on the floor to eliminate AG - change "consider" to "permit - to reduce everything to 20% instead of 25% - to put a cap of 100 of the total property - and to change the last paragraph that begins "Agricultural operations" to Residential, Commercial and Industrial. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. It was voted on and defeated 3 to 2 with Commissioners Bird, Bowman, and Wheeler voting in opposition. 62