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JUS <br />2 6 1990 <br />HOOK'S <br />F,,c, <br />and west of that there is a pristine marsh full <br />of flora <br />and <br />fauna - large alligators, rare birds,.bobcats, otters, etc. He <br />continued that west of the marsh is a pond they had to dig to <br />keep the nutrients and insecticides from the groves out of the . <br />marsh, and west of that possibly 400/500 yards is the new house <br />for the grovekeeper. Then 600/700 yards from the boundary is the. <br />Saxon house and north of that is Mr. Cobb's house. <br />Commissioner Scurlock believed that puts the first inhabited <br />-structures about 1/4 mile away from the range. <br />Attorney Vitunac asked if Mr. Sales' property is a pristine <br />marsh, and Attorney Sales says it is not - there is an improved <br />citrus grove of about 100 acres with beds for another 100 acres <br />of citrus groves and a marsh in between the groves. <br />Attorney Vitunac asked if any mining has been done on this <br />property, and Attorney Sales confirmed that it has been excavated <br />for shell material west of the marsh. <br />Attorney Vitunac asked if there were any snail darters on <br />their property when this mining was done, and Attorney Sales <br />noted that he was not concerned with them at that time, not until <br />he became aware of the gun range. He stressed that he is nothing <br />but honest - he does not want to take on the county, but the fact <br />that these creatures may have been roaming on his place before <br />they all got on the County's place, doesn't make any difference <br />and doesn't mean that the county will not have to go through the <br />permitting procedures. He is, however, going to have to spend <br />the money to defend his position and have all these creatures <br />counted. <br />Attorney Vitunac explained that what the proposed Agreement <br />with St. Johns says is that the County has 2 years to get this <br />range developed or else the property goes back to the District. <br />He advised that if in that time we can find an alternate site <br />that is better, Commissioner Bird, who is Chairman of the Firing <br />Range Committee, has indicated he would be happier with a better <br />site, but he has tried for 5 years to get any site and this is <br />18 <br />