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Commissioner Scurlock thought the Board members should see the <br />LAAC valuation sheet because the Committee looked at other <br />properties and this was head and shoulders above the rest. <br />Chairman Bird agreed it is a fantastic piece of property and <br />unique in this County and he agrees with the committee's high <br />ranking. He was curious whether the committee is proceeding with <br />the intention of purchasing properties to prevent their development <br />and to preserve them for the future by keeping them natural and so <br />forth. He stressed the intent here should be that there will still <br />be some public access to the properties. He realized it must be <br />controlled access and regulated to prevent destruction of a <br />resource but he was not in favor of purchasing property and putting <br />a wall around it and saying, "That's nature and man is not allowed <br />to set foot in there." His hope is that, with the joint effort by <br />St. Johns Water Management trying to be cooperative with the <br />Entomology Lab in their research, they don't over -regulate the <br />property to the point where school children or people who want to <br />go in and appreciate that kind of environment, cannot do it. <br />Chairman Scurlock answered the Chairman's questions by stating <br />the committee does not want to buy anything they can get in some <br />other way; for example, dedication or easement, long-term leases. <br />The committee uses a lot of approaches, one of which is purchasing. <br />The other point he wanted'to make is that the committee is planning <br />in terms of management for compatibility with public use while <br />preserving resources. <br />Commissioner Eggert thought they had a walking path. <br />Commissioner Bowman stated there already is a self -guided <br />trail which is marked and is a lesson in botany. The Florida <br />Medical Entomology Laboratory has this trail through part of the <br />land they own and have offered to extend that nature trail through <br />the County property, if we want them to do it. Commissioner Bowman <br />wanted everyone to realize the tremendous importance of the <br />impoundment which is a nursery ground for all the aquatic life in <br />the river and noted this is going to be a big factor in the SWIM <br />plan and in restoring fisheries in the Indian River. Commissioner <br />Bowman also saw this as an opportunity to replace the broken-down <br />ramp at Oslo Road with a decent dock. <br />Chairman Bird's concern was to continue to have a reasonable <br />amount of public access to it. <br />@(lGK � F'Auc <br />L_ MAY 7 1991 <br />