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r i October 29, 1998 to discuss the preliminary findings from the existing riata search, field surveys, and HCP elements. Additional information needed in support of plan development was collected by SES through April 1999. r Existing Data - Location and Number of Sebastian Hlgjlg ads Scrub Lots Recorded as Occupied or Potentialty occu )ipd_by Florida Scrub During the initial informal consultation period between the FWS, FWC, and the City, of Sebastian in 1991-92, a map was developed by the FWC, in cooperation with the FWS to define the location and number of the Sebastian Highlands lots occupied or potentially occupied by Florida scrub -jays, and thereby subject to development review by the FWS (J. King, City of Sebastian, pers. comm.). An untitled table, presented as Table 1, developed by the City of Sebastian shows that this original mapping encompassed 2030 lots. Of this total number, 553 lots had already been altered to provide residential housing. At some unknown point during this initial informal consultation period, the FWS implemented a blanket release policy for all Sebastian Highlands scrub lots that had been previously cleared and were maintained as grass or contained dense stands of pine trees (J. King, City of Sebastian, pers. comm). A total of 1,204 lots were subsequently released by the FWS under this blanket release policy. Of the 2030 scrub lots originally designated by the FWS and FWC as potentially occupied by scrub -jays, 273 scrub lots of regulatory concern remained after refinement of this original mapping. Based on the data presented in Table 1, the original mapping of the affected Sebastian Highlands scrub lots was revisited by the FWS in March 1995. As a result of this additional review, 119 scrub lots were added to the list, of which 26 were determined to be already developed and nine (9) were released pursuant to the FWS blanket policy. The 1995 map revision resulted in the addition of 84 scrub lots of regulatory concern. The combined 1992 and 1995 mapping data for the Sebastian Highlands scrub lots designated a total of 2,149 scrub lots of regulatory concern, of which 579 were determined to be already developed and 1,213 were subsequently released for development under the FWS blanket policy. The final result of this three (3) year informal consultation process was that residential development activities on 357 Sebastian Highlands lots were identified as subject to incidental take authorization from the FWS. Interim to this time ,, period, on May 5, 1994, the FWS issued a letter to the City of Sebastian which defined 184 platted lots in Unit 17 of the Sebastian Highlands which needed to be acquired as part of the regional HCP that was being considered at that time. In a revised list released by the City of Sebastian on July 17, 1995, in response to a June 26, 1995 FWS directive, the number of platted lots identified in the Sebastian Highlands as occupied or potentially occupied by Florida scrub -jays toad increased to 456. This table entitled City of Sebastian Scrub -Jay Areas is provided as Table 2 for review. 30