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38 <br />Larry Wright: On pages 35 -38, these are options available for things to come into that <br />area. <br />Tony Blake: What is the occupancy? <br />Glenn Bowles: There may be 1,500 to 2,000 seats. <br />Tony Blake: There is nothing in the ordinance that says you can only have a certain <br />amount of people. <br />Michael Harvey: You have to remember that you have to comply with all the provisions <br />and codes. <br />Glenn Bowles: Continued abstract review. <br />Larry Wright: Let's go back to the speedway, where do you have the 200 foot buffer <br />there? And where do you have a residence? <br />Glenn Bowles: In this area, we asked them to come forward with a new plan... <br />Larry Wright: I understand that. What was the issue that is on the minutes on page 44. <br />Commissioner Foushee and I both had comments and you said you would address that. <br />What is staff's opinion on our recommendations on let me quote "no vegetation with this <br />area shall be disturbed." We had issues with that. <br />Glenn Bowles: Except for this area where it has already been removed a long time ago, <br />all this buffer area is ..... <br />Larry Wright: What was our argument? <br />Glenn Bowles: That area was to remain vegetated and undisturbed. <br />Larry Wright: Our argument is that trees age and the lower limbs drop off so your buffer <br />is reduced as your canopy goes up; it prohibits light from lower level understory plants. <br />Ok, so you have a 200 foot buffer; DOT recommends a 200 foot buffer. This is what <br />said at the quarterly public hearing if you remember correctly. Now, you have a <br />maturing buffer, over time, you have a resident by 57, Commissioner Foushee <br />understood what I said, and she followed up on it. If you have a maturing canopy, you <br />lose understory protection from the resident of 57 from noise. I said, what my issue <br />was, no vegetation with this area shall be disturbed. If I was that resident and I went <br />online and I saw this, this would be an ordinance, and there was nothing I could do. <br />You said 'we would work with them'. Well, how would they know this? You completely <br />missed this. Commissioner Foushee followed up on it and she said that she would like <br />to see this changed. I would too because I think we need to protect these people on the <br />other side. Yes there should be a maintenance of this 200 ft buffer. Again, I am going <br />