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Box 43 Ftcf 378 <br />ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS STATED THAT HE DID NOT WISH TO <br />DISPUTE MR. HYND'S STATEMENTS, BUT FELT THAT HE MAY NOT HAVE EXPLAINED <br />THE MATTER TO MR. HYND AS CAREFULLY AS HE MIGHT HAVE SINCE ANY PROJECT <br />SUCH AS THIS AUTOMATICALLY GOES THROUGH SITE PLAN APPROVAL AND THE <br />STANDARD PROCEDURES. MR. JENNINGS COMMENTED THAT MR. HYND WAS THE <br />FIRST PERSON HE COULD RECALL WHO OBJECTED TO TAKING DOWN AUSTRALIAN <br />PINES THAT WERE ON THE COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY. MR. JENNINGS AGREED THAT <br />I <br />THE APPLICANT WAS TAKING DOWN TREES THAT WERE INTERFERING WITH THE <br />FP&L POWER LINES, WHICH IS STANDARD PROCEDURE. HE CONTINUED THAT <br />FP&L HAS AN EASEMENT AND HAS A RIGHT TO CUT THE TREES, AND HE DID <br />NOT SEE WHERE THE COUNTY WAS AT FAULT. THEY WERE NOT TAKING DOWN ALL <br />THE TREES ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. <br />MR. JENNINGS POINTED OUT THAT A GOOD PORTION OF THESE LARGE <br />AUSTRALIAN PINES,WHICH ARE CONSIDERED TRASH TREES IN MOST PLACESpARE <br />ON PROPERTY THAT BELONGS TO MR. WILSON, AND MR. WILSON HAS A PERFECT <br />RIGHT TO TAKE THEM DOWN ON HIS OWN PROPERTY. THE ADMINISTRATOR <br />REPORTED THAT MR. WILSON AND ENGINEER LUETHJE DID PRESENT A PLAN <br />FOR REPLANTING, WHICH HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO OUR PEOPLE IN THE PLANNING <br />DEPARTMENT. HE NOTED THAT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY AGREED IF THEY WOULD <br />TAKE THESE TREES OUT OF THERE AND LANDSCAPE WITH MORE ACCEPTABLE TREES <br />AND PLANTINGS, NOT PUTTING THE TRUNK OF THE TREES MORE THAN 6' IN ON <br />THE COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY, THE ADMINISTRATOR WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE <br />COUNTY PERMIT THE AUSTRALIAN PINES TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THERE. HE <br />CONTINUED THAT THE TREES ON THE COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY ARE ENORMOUS. <br />MR. WILSON HAS AGREED TO TAKE THEM OUT AT HIS EXPENSE AND AGREED <br />TO CUT THE SWALE DITCHES BACK FOR THE DRAINAGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH <br />THE PLAN PRESENTED. MR. .JENNINGS FELT THAT EVERYTHING IS ENGINEERED <br />AND DONE AS HE WOULD WANT TO SEE IT DONE. <br />THE ADMINISTRATOR NOTED THAT THE PROBLEM FROM THE OTHER <br />SIDE OF THE COIN IS THAT THIS WILL REMOVE A DENSE MASS OF TREES <br />WHICH HAVE BEEN ALONG THE ROAD A NUMBER OF YEARS. HOWEVER, IN A <br />FEW YEARS' TIME, IF IT IS LANDSCAPED PROPERLY AND DONE IN ACCORDANCE <br />WITH THE PLAN PRESENTED, HE BELIEVED IT WOULD BE A MORE PLEASING <br />THING AND CERTAINLY A MUCH BETTER SITUATION FROM THE ROAD & BRIDGE <br />