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MR. REVER NOTED THAT ESSENTIALLY THERE ARE SEVERAL ROWS OF <br />AUSTRALIAN PINES, AND MR. WILSON WISHES TO REMOVE THESE AND RELAND- <br />SCAPE THE ENTIRE STRIP WITH MORE VARIED AND LONG TERM TYPE VEGETATION. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED WHY THESE PLANTINGS SHOULD BE PUT <br />BACK ON THE COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY, AND MR. REVER NOTED THAT THEY ARE <br />ONLY PROPOSING THAT SOME TREES,AND NO OTHER VEGETATION,ENCROACH TO <br />A CERTAIN EXTENT IN ORDER TO HAVE A VARIED AFFECT INSTEAD OF A STRAIGHT <br />LINE. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT HE WOULD RATHER TAKE OUT <br />A BUSH THAN A TREE. HE NOTED THAT A LIMIT OF 12' HAS BEEN SET FOR <br />ENCROACHMENT ON THE COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY, WHICH IS A VERY WIDE RIGHT- <br />OF-WAY. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS NOTED THAT THE PEOPLE IN HOBART LANDING <br />ARE VERY UPSET ABOUT CUTTING THE PINES DOWN, BUT HE FELT THAT MR. <br />WILSON'S PROPOSAL WILL PARTIALLY PLACATE THEM. <br />MR. REVER AGREED THAT MR. WILSON WILL PUT IN ANOTHER <br />BUFFER TO REPLACE THE PINES AND COMMENTED THAT ACTUALLY AUSTRALIAN <br />PINES ARE NOTHING BUT A DETRIMENT FROM THE COUNTY'S POINT OF VIEW. <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS CONFIRMED THAT THERE IS A DENSE <br />GROWTH OF VERY LARGE AUSTRALIAN PINES AT THIS LOCATION, THE BULK <br />OF WHICH ARE ON MR. WILSON -'S PROPERTY, AND WHILE THEY DO PROVIDE A <br />SCREEN FOR THE PEOPLE IN HOBART LANDING, THEY ARE LARGE AND DANGEROUS <br />AND SHOULD BE REMOVED. THE ADMINISTRATOR FELT,IN VIEW OF THE FACT <br />THAT THE COUNTY EVENTUALLY WILL BE FACED WITH THE PROBLEM OF HAVING <br />TO REMOVE THESE TREES, THAT WE WOULD BE MUCH BETTER OFF TO GET R.ID <br />OF THEM NOW THAT A DEVELOPER HAS PRESENTED US WITH A PLAN AND WILL <br />REPLANT WITH PROPER TREES AND PLANTINGS, WHICH IT WILL BE HIS RE- <br />SPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN. HE SUGGESTED THAT MR. WILSON SHOULD ESCROW <br />A CASH DEPOSIT SUFFICIENT TO GUARANTY COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT. <br />ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS FELT THAT THE 12' LIMIT SUGGESTED FOR <br />ENCROACHMENT INTO THE COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY IS AN ARBITRARY FIGURE <br />AND HE DID NOT NECESSARILY AGREE WITH MEASURING THIS DISTANCE FROM <br />THE TRUNK OF THE TREE, BUT FELT THAT THIS CAN BE WORKED OUT. <br />81 <br />mf i <br />BOOK 43 RAGE '4 - <br />