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Board should cut the skiing area off at the northeast corner of Fritz Island. Board members indicated their agreement with this proposal. Mr. Maclntyre then referred to the area from Sea Grove down to just before where The Moorings start - that is where St. Edward's has their summer camp, which is an excellent program, and he can't tell from the way the map is shaded in whether this is helping them or hurting them, but he would hate to see that summer camp squeezed out. Commissioner Bird stated that shaded area would be from just south of Prang Island down to Porpoise Point, and Mr. Maclntyre asked how far offshore it starts. Planner DeBlois advised that right now it was proposed that the non -restricted area would begin 600' from the shoreline. Mr. Maclntyre felt that is too far out; it would be back on the flats again. Commissioner Scurlock asked if his concept then would be to move the unrestricted area closer in at this point. Mr. Maclntyre agreed that it should be closer in there and that we should cut the one off at Fritz Island so they can't go through the narrows there, and drop the Hole -in -the -Wall situation down where the best of the skiing is. Bill Moody concurred and advised that the only reason the area beyond Gifford Cut was considered was because of the popularity of it. He felt it is an area we could give up, and he does recognize the potential for problems there. He advised that he had made everyone aware of the St. Edward's ski school, and the main concern of the state was that we stay away from the shoreline. There really is no decent water in the south end of the county to water ski as far as quality water skiing goes and that was just an area where they said we have to have it somewhere - let's make it here. Mr. Moody felt possibly we need a buffer from the shoreline, which is the state's main concern, 55 BOR 80 f'A�E MAY � 190