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Mr. Cindric also requested that the wall be placed at the most westerly edge of the 10' buffer as suggested by former County Commissioner Dick Bird, instead of as currently configured on the east side of the 10' buffer. He also requested that the gates be kept locked instead of being left open. He hoped the clearing of the vegetation would not be done until the wall is ready to be built. Lastly, with the additional traffic, they would like to have a noise survey conducted to see what the noise level is as compared to the Federal guidelines. In response to Commissioner Ginn, Director Davis advised he will contact the St. Johns River Water Management District's Mr. John Amos to lock the gates. Ron Lambert, 1481 56th Way, wanted to thank the County for being willing to provide a wall and asked if the wall could be elevated about two feet through the use of fill to give it an effective height of a 6' wall from the floor elevation of the houses. In response to the previous request, Director Davis advised that they do have in the plans to place some fill in the area to berm up the wall. Capital Projects Manager Terry Thompson advised that the wall will be 130' from the edge of the road with the canal in between. There is a stabilized area for the St. Johns River Water Management District to do their maintenance and there is a 10' buffer zone and a 20' drainage easement. The wall is planned for the outside of the buffer zone effectively to raise the wall and use the existing berm. The elevation of the road is from 22 to 22-1/2 and the elevation at the top of the wall is at 28'. The wall will become the property of the homeowners and the 10' buffer will allow room to plant vegetation. In response to a question from County Attorney Vitunac, Director Davis advised that staff's recommendation was based not only on cost but also on the County's current development code which sets the height limit of 6' unless certain criteria are met. Staff's opinion on the security aspect is that security is provided by the canal itself. David Koolish, 1440 56th Square, in Kingswood Estates, wanted to make three points. The security concern they had was the neighborhood children who might find the canal an attraction. He referred to the 8' wall behind Wal-Mart as written up in the local newspaper to make his next point. He stated that the 50-60 mph traffic on the improved 58th Avenue would be far more offensive than trucks unloading behind Wal-Mart. Finally, the code Director Davis had referred to was for property owners erecting walls and did not refer to walls being erected by the County. He felt that was not appropriate in this case. 55 December 9, 1997 ['0Dr, 103 ! 3