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open water in the Saint Sebastian River. In the Land Use Element, the reference to the <br />67,000 acres is publicly -owned and it probably should be specified in there that all of it is <br />publicly -owned. <br />Environmental Planning & Code Enforcement Chief Roland M. DeBlois confirmed <br />that publicly -owned is the distinction versus the total resource. He promised to look again <br />at the figures to insure consistency. <br />Commissioner Tippin suggested that it be compared with whatever formula the <br />Regional Planning Council used in their figure of 29%. His point was the vast amount of <br />the county which is conservation property. <br />Mr. DeBlois thought part of it was the resource characteristics of any particular <br />county. <br />Commissioner Ginn referred to the top of page 74, regarding xeric scrub. <br />All areas depicted as C-3 on the Future Land Use Map which have xeric scrub vegetation and Orsino <br />fine or Electra sands will be deemed environmentally important, notwithstanding whether or not <br />such areas meet the 5 acre minimum threshold for environmental importance established in <br />Conservation Element Policy 6.11 for other districts in the county. <br />Commissioner Ginn asked if that meant that people were not going to be able to <br />develop their land, and Director Keating stated that the C-3 area is only located along the <br />Saint Sebastian River on the east side. It affects a very small area. He pointed out on that <br />Policy 6.11 is found on page 9 of the Conservation Element as follows: <br />Policy 6.11: Undeveloped tracts of xeric scrub and coastal/tropical hammocks 5 acres or <br />larger shall be deemed environmentally important, in recognition of their scarcity and <br />natural values, and in recognition of the public interest in encouraging the conservation of <br />plants and animals associated with these vegetation communities. The county shall <br />encourage the conservation of xeric scrub and coastal/tropical vegetative communities by <br />establishing density transfer and cluster development incentive land use regulations to <br />apply to these environmentally important areas. <br />Mr. DeBlois advised this is a carryover from the 1990 plan which is virtually <br />unchanged. The intent is to provide a little more incentive for larger tracts of xeric scrub or <br />tropical hammock to try to micro -site away from those areas. <br />21 <br />OCTOBER 29, 1997 <br />BOOK 103 PAGE "'5 <br />