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0 <br />tree. Staff estimates there were five large live oak (protected) trees in the buffer and staff <br />anticipates a fine of about $2,500. They also need to work with the developer to submit a <br />revised Jungle Trail buffer landscaping plan. It will have to show the developer going over <br />and above the normal landscape/buffer requirements and mitigation for the trees which were <br />removed by providing an equal amount of trees. Staff would bring it to the Board when they <br />feel they have something acceptable and then it would be up to the Board. <br />Commissioner Stanbridge stated that the Board would be expecting the maximum in <br />this situation, not saplings or wax myrtle or any other plant that should not be there. The <br />developer has cut down some irreplaceable trees and a fine is not satisfactory either. <br />Gordon Michael, 2655 69' Street, grew up along Jungle Trail. He reported that <br />beginning the previous Wednesday (April 5), the developer completely cleared the whole <br />buffer zone. There is nothing left. There were no markings, contrary to popular belief, on <br />any trees. He spoke with one of the employees doing the land clearing and was advised the <br />crew was told to clear everything. He recalled years before that he had come to the Board <br />when Indian Trails tried to make a monument of a development there. He called it the <br />"blame game" with the developer blaming the individuals doing the clearing and the <br />individuals saying they followed the engineer's plan. In either case the County is getting the <br />short end of the stick. His concern was that if the developer is not brought to accountability, <br />then we might as well not even have a Jungle Trail, for it cannot be replaced. There are two <br />developments going on presently, Bermuda Bay and Island Club. The Bermuda Bay people <br />have done a good job by hand -clearing the Brazilian peppers and other exotics. <br />Mr. Michael showed the photographs he had brought with him and they were <br />displayed on the overhead projector. The photographs were placed on poster boards and <br />contrasted the differences between how the Island Club clearing had been done versus how <br />the Bermuda Bay development had been handled. He pointed out that there were not many <br />April 11, 2000 <br />23 <br />0 <br />BOOK PAGE J <br />