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JUL 101985 BOOK R PnE 452 Planner Challacombe informed the Board that Jim Haeger of Haeger's Native Plant Nursery has been working with the applicant, Mrs. Lawson. Mr. Haeger reported that seven red mangroves were cut back to where they may not return, two will recover; nine black mangroves and seven white mangroves will recover; and there are two buttonwood mangroves which will grow quite rapidly and fill in. Mr. Haeger informed the Board that he proposed to Mrs. Lawson that he could replant and try to rejuvenate this area for between $1500 to $2,000. Planner Challacombe believed some kind of punitive damages should be instituted. Mrs. Lawson came before the Board and expressed sorrow for the damage done. She explained that she is from Colorado and did not know there was a difference in the species, but she takes full responsibility and is willing to repair her mistakes. Vice Chairman Scurlock's only question in regard to any punitive damages related to the fact that the mangroves weren't removed; this apparently was an attempt to trim them back. Mrs. Lawson confirmed that there was a lot of frost damage, and she was told the pruning would not destroy the root system. Commissioner Bowman wished to know how Long Mrs. Lawson has been in Florida, and Mrs. Lawson stated that she visits here from time to time. Commissioner Bowman felt that Mrs. Lawson should have heard that the mangroves should not be touched. Commissioner Bird asked if Mrs. Lawson had applied for a permit what she would have been allowed to do, and Planner Challacombe advised that she would have been allowed to trim 500 of the canopy. She would have been fairly close in complying with the ordinance with what she actually did as far as the white mangroves are concerned. Red mangroves are the most sensitive to trimming and cutting back, and they definitely would have been a lot less cut than shown in the photographs submitted by staff. 40