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BOOK 101 FAGE0 She thought that the review committee should have a SR -60 business owner. She was also concerned about future maintenance of SR -60. She expected that if the County were to maintain SR -60, the County would also assume the maintenance of the Wabasso Causeway corridor. She felt that was only fair. Director Boling explained that DOT is going to be doing projects on SR -60 and will pay for the initial installation and material and irrigation They will do installation provided the County enters into an agreement to assume the maintenance responsibility in those areas. He was not sure that this would happen along US -1. Commissioner Adams felt it would not happen unless we spur it. She felt that both should be treated equally. Commissioner Adams also had some concerns about "native" species in the landscaping requirements. She did not want to prolubit nice vegetative material and did not want to see monotonous landscaping over the 5 -mile corridor. She pointed out where the word "native" appeared both in the memo and in the vision statement. Commissioner Tippin commented that just because a plant is "native" does not always mean that it is best for draught tolerant planting areas. He felt it was a nice idea to restrict to natives, but it was not true that they were always draught tolerant. Director Boling did not believe that "native" was in the actual requirements. Maybe a change would be warranted in the introductory section The idea was to have new vegetation blend in with what is there now. Mr. Waddell advised of an early idea to have a theme for the SR -60 entrance. Citrus was one of the proposals that was discarded. He felt that the committee's idea of "native" was rather random and representative of what Indian River County is and what goes on here, as opposed to a very manicured thoroughfare coming in. The members did not envision the county with manicured hedges like Boca Raton That was why the "native" was thrown in there, not to be limiting, but to keep away from a theme and a very manicured look. Commissioner Adams accepted that, and agreed that they did not want "cookie cutter" landscaping. Commissioner Ginn wanted to keep in mind the maintenance level also. She inquired about parking lots, and Director Boling explained the requirements of canopy tree heights at time of planting. She hoped that parking lot plantings could be increased. She was also very concerned that the buffer width in the plan was inadequate. She did not want to see a 10 foot buffer anywhere as it was much too narrow. She thought that could be raised to 30 feet. (pages 71-72) Director Boling stated this section was the same as the Wabasso corridor plan He explained that a 10 foot buffer would require a greater volume of landscaping in the 10 foot strip and the setback is not impacted. It becomes a concern especially on smaller lots in term of restricting uses and the 32 April 22, 1997