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fif.F. i N• LI NF or �.i 1.,r i a .. iR.:VEA 40 2.' PRESERVA•0'14 ZONE _ .1 MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Wheeler, SECONDED by Commissioner Scurlock, to approve the Preliminary Site Plan for Treasury Shores Park as presented. Commissioner Bird introduced Brad Smith whose firm, Brad Smith Associates, designed this. He noted that he was very impressed with the time and effort they have put into this and believed that what they have come up with is a great compromise between man and nature. Commissioner Bowman expressed her dissatisfaction with the plan as she felt there is too much parking and too much paving which will destroy a lot of that coastal vegetation. She certainly did not want this to look like the last park we did which she felt was a total disaster with a great big open parking area without a tree in sight and an ugly plastic slide that is the first thing you see. Capital Projects Manager Thompson assured her this park will be considerably different. Commissioner Bowman wished to know why we are allowing so much parking and if it is all to be paved parking. Ms. Thompson confirmed that it is all to be paved, and it is impervious surface, but rioted that the number of spaces have been reduced considerably from the management plan and stressed that SITE DESIGN CONCEPT TREASURE SHORES -WIPNPIMNI PMV1 IMl Ri APP11ECMAI[ON ARTA .0 Ntl1UNIi1W ilWUNI t, I•LOItll1A / Brad SM0, ASSDCiafese Pi- � n....• moi{ a M• .�_.q. •n . rrrr .. YM :. r fif.F. i N• LI NF or �.i 1.,r i a .. iR.:VEA 40 2.' PRESERVA•0'14 ZONE _ .1 MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Wheeler, SECONDED by Commissioner Scurlock, to approve the Preliminary Site Plan for Treasury Shores Park as presented. Commissioner Bird introduced Brad Smith whose firm, Brad Smith Associates, designed this. He noted that he was very impressed with the time and effort they have put into this and believed that what they have come up with is a great compromise between man and nature. Commissioner Bowman expressed her dissatisfaction with the plan as she felt there is too much parking and too much paving which will destroy a lot of that coastal vegetation. She certainly did not want this to look like the last park we did which she felt was a total disaster with a great big open parking area without a tree in sight and an ugly plastic slide that is the first thing you see. Capital Projects Manager Thompson assured her this park will be considerably different. Commissioner Bowman wished to know why we are allowing so much parking and if it is all to be paved parking. Ms. Thompson confirmed that it is all to be paved, and it is impervious surface, but rioted that the number of spaces have been reduced considerably from the management plan and stressed that