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JUM 12 1990 Boos .80 F,�n'31 Chairman Eggert stated that she has a concern, not so much on the big things as in regard to the fact that we are finding a lot of 10 acre subdivisions, etc., where we are not able to get the 25% into the setbacks along with the stormwater management. Commissioner Bowman believed the TCRPC have exempted AG, but Chairman Eggert noted their policy says "...all development shall set aside.." and she felt it depends on how you define develop- ment. Community Development Director Keating believed it appears that the TCRPC has become even more stringent than they were before in regard to AG. By exempting AG, what they are doing is just postponing the native upland vegetation preservation set- aside requirement. In essence, they are saying when any piece of property comes in, whether it is a citrus grove, pasture land, whatever, they have to reproduce or create some native upland vegetative area now as opposed to their policy before which was just to preserve 250 of what is on that site. The way they have placated AG is by saying we won't say anything about AG, but when AG lands come in for development, if they ever do, then this is what we will do. Commissioner Bird asked if he was saying that if it is in AG, and it comes back for some other use, then they have to go in and create the habitat, and this was confirmed. Commissioner Wheeler noted that he would rather see them exempt, and Chairman Eggert pointed out that they have the alternative of giving money to a mitigation bank. Commissioner Scurlock thought we took a position on this before, and he did not see what has changed since that position. Chairman Eggert explained that she just wanted to tell the Board about the TCRPC's policy. She agreed that our position has not changed, and her inclination, and she feels her responsibil- ity as well, is to take what's in our Comprehensive Plan and pursue it. 80 M