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DRAFT <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 11/9/15 Page 7 of 156 <br /> <br />Barry Katz: You would also have an irrigation plan, some way to maintain this vegetation? Not 1 <br />simply put the vegetation in? 2 <br /> 3 <br />Laura Goode: I’m not sure that there is an irrigation per se but it definitely has to be maintained. If 4 <br />the vegetation dies we have to go in there and ranstall it. It has to be maintained in order to 5 <br />maintain our SUP. 6 <br /> 7 <br />Barry Katz: Alright. You know when they go in they’re not big enough to actually obscure anything. 8 <br />They have to grow and have to live. Is there any plan for suppressing the inevitable poison ivy and 9 <br />sumac and things that come in there so that you can actually sustain these plants? 10 <br /> 11 <br />Samantha Cabe: May I clarify, did I understand you correctly that this is a heavily wooded area 12 <br />now that you’re only putting this in if the current trees die? 13 <br /> 14 <br />Laura Goode: That’s correct. Yes. And I believe that Towercom would agree to any additional 15 <br />conditions that you want to place on the SUP to make sure that it is maintained appropriately. 16 <br /> 17 <br />Barry Katz: My sense though is that if the natural vegetation is lost and you make the effort to put 18 <br />in this landscape plan and it’s not sustained that the Planning Department will hear from the 19 <br />neighbors. 20 <br /> 21 <br />Michael Harvey: Well actually the Planning Department will revoke the SUP. 22 <br /> 23 <br />Barry Katz: Right, ok. I understand. 24 <br /> 25 <br />Samantha Cabe: Ok. I didn’t mean to interrupt, I just wanted to make sure that that agreement 26 <br />was documented in what we were going to be improving. 27 <br /> 28 <br />Barry Katz: You said at the top of this tower there’s a 4-foot lightning rod? 29 <br /> 30 <br />Laura Goode: Yes. 31 <br /> 32 <br />Barry Katz: And there’s not little red light at the top? 33 <br /> 34 <br />Laura Goode: Correct. It is not required to be lit by Federal and Aviation administration. So that’s 35 <br />how we satify all three findings of fact for the Board. In addition to the three findings of fact there 36 <br />are SUP standards that this Board must consider. The first being that there’s adequate sewage, 37 <br />solid waste, and water for the facility. This will be an unmanned facility that will not require those 38 <br />services. The second special use standard that the Board must consider is that there be adequate 39 <br />police, fire, and rescue squad protection. According to the staff report they state that the Orange 40 <br />9