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F, APR BOOK 8 ��a rrr !r Discussion followed regarding the actual property leased and the amount to be paid yearly for its use. Alan Gabriel, BellSouth Mobility, Inc., came before the Board and advised that they have a lease with the County that does provide for the fall radius as an easement. He demonstrated on the drawing the yellow leased area (marked with diagonal lines) plus the pink easement area (marked with vertical lines). He stressed the easement area is just for fall purposes and it is addressed in the lease. Commissioner Scurlock asked if this easement precludes the County from utilizing that area. Mr. Gabriel answered no, the County can put anything there it wants to; it's just an area that is set aside for fall purposes. He further explained that the tower is designed to fall down upon itself; it does not fall out and away. County Attorney Vitunac explained the Utility Department did not want to lease the whole pink area because they want to use that for our purposes. Mr. Gabriel demonstrated on the drawing the extent of the area they will use and indicated where the monuments for the guy wires were installed, which is the reason for the easement. Discussion continued regarding the uses the County might have for the easement area, the screening requirements, and what exactly BellSouth would do with the indicated area, and the fact that the vegetation requirements are part of the Land Development Regulations. Assistant Attorney Collins clarified that only part of the pink area is to be used for the native vegetation preservation area and since the tower is not designed to fall on the north side of the property, the intent is to use the area south of the tower for the 0.29 acre set-aside. Everything except that set-aside area and where the guy wires are anchored would be available for County use. Commissioner Eggert suggested clarifying those points in the lease agreement rather than make it look like the whole thing has to be kept in native vegetation. Commissioner Bowman thought that inasmuch as this is a special exception and this is a very special endangered sensitive area, we should leave it alone. She added that saving less than three acres out of almost twenty acres is not her idea of conservation. Community Development Director Keating commented that Mr. Collins was referring to the native vegetation set-aside, which is 0.29 acre. There is also another requirement to provide screening in the lower part of the tower and that can be in the same acres. Commissioner Eggert quoted "screening and landscaping must be 34