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AUG 141990 recommendation for Policy 10.1.2.4, as follows, stressing that it states that conversion of the ag land to an urban use shall not be allowed to occur for at least 20,years after land clearing: golicy' 10.1.2.4.:_ Where eemmercial agricultural development is proposed for lands which currently exist as native upland plant communities, and where the proposed agricultural. development would require elimination of that currently existing habitat, conversion of this agricultural. land to an urban land se suer --c eve->:opme --s xerl-� -- 1 -}--sem Commissioner Bird found that addition totally unacceptable. Chairman Eggert agreed that revision is not to her liking, and Commissioner Scurlock felt we should just tell them to "take a hike." Engineer Darrell McQueen referred to the new policy where they talk about "threatened or endangered." He believed it was said at that meeting last Friday that there was a guideline for when it becomes "threatened" and when it becomes "endangered," and he asked if they have taken that 5% in local and 7%. in regional out of their definitions. Director Keating noted that we have a definition when they talk about endangered or threatened plants and animals, but when you talk about communities, he felt Mr. McQueen has a good point. Mr. McQueen continued to discuss threshholds and the 50 or 7% being based on the historic acres. He noted that if that is so, he believed in the Treasure Coast region scrub is at 210; so, we are right at the threatened threshhold, and everything on the Barrier Island is at 10; so, it is already endangered. Director Keating noted that we have a problem with their lumping tropical hammocks in with their definition of coastal strand. Mr. McQueen went on to express his concern about the changes earlier pointed out in regard to "must" instead of "shall;" what they mean by "regional development;" and no conversion of ag land 81