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Commissioner Macht also credited Mr. Coffey and advised it was hammered out at the last LAAC meeting. He thanked Mr Coffey, the members of the committee and members of the LAAC for their good work. Commissioner Adams noted that the map of the northwest portion of the county had again been put in as an insert to the full county. She asked if it would ever be possible to show it without an insert, but as a contiguous county. Mr. DeBlois advised that the map size was an issue; that was a part of the suggestion for the increased size of the brochure. There were other issues as well which he enumerated. Commissioner Adams thought color usage was confusing in the area of the Carson - Platt tract. She thought that expanding the map would help that confusion. Commissioner Macht took the blame for the red stripes because he was anxious to show that on the western bank of the estuary from the south city limits of Vero Beach to virtually the county -line that we control nearly all of that shoreline which is so important to the protection of the Lagoon. Vice Chairman Stanbridge agreed that it is important to show the county as a whole, not segmented on the map. Environmentally, it is important to connect properties, greenways or corridors, which is what our neighboring counties are doing. Our south county stormwater tract will benefit from the utilization of these lands as well. She noted that in the brochure she saw a lot of costs, but not a lot of costs associated with benefits. She thought there was a lot of cost -benefit for those areas besides for the scrub jay because it recharges our aquifer to the benefit for those who are not connected to municipal systems. She felt it important for the public to know that there is more involved here than just cost and that the benefits have a dollar amount. In response to Commissioner Macht, Mr DeBlois advised that the format, etc., are on computer. March 20, 2001