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Commissioner Scurlock understood that they are using <br />Australian pines to buffer this tower, and Stan Boling, Chief of <br />Current Development, explained that these are existing Australian <br />pines. <br />Commissioner Bowman recalled the buffering requirements at <br />the base of the tower on the last request for a special exception <br />for a transmission tower, and asked how this concrete base would <br />be buffered. <br />Mr. Boling advised that the base will be buffered by a fence <br />and a hedge of wax myrtle all around it. There will be a hedge <br />around the guy wire structures also. <br />Commissioner Scurlock felt that at the last meeting where we <br />considered the construction of a transmission tower, he heard <br />from a majority of the Commission an interest in trying to have <br />limits in terms of the total number of towers we end up with in <br />Indian River County. There also seemed to be some encouragement <br />to make sure that when we allow these facilities, they could be <br />multiple use facilities such as the County's tower at Kiwanis- <br />Hobart Park, and he hoped that the Planning Department was <br />looking at that. <br />Mr. Boling advised that when someone first approaches us <br />with this kind of project, the first thing staff does is ask them <br />if they have approached people with existing towers to see if <br />they can go that route. <br />Commissioner Scurlock felt it was also important for staff <br />to ask applicants if they would make their tower available to <br />others. <br />Commissioner Bowman asked if these are strobe lights, and <br />Mr. Boling advised that this is conical strobe lighting, which is <br />the same system that is being used on the tower built by Central <br />Assembly of God. <br />Chairman Eggert opened the Public Hearing, and asked if <br />anyone wished to be heard. There being none, she closed the . <br />Public Hearing. <br />32 <br />11G'I FM,c F� <br />FEB 1990 <br />