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26 <br />i Kirk pointed. out that the Concept Plan had nine lots and the Preliminary Plan has eight lots. The <br />2 ninth lot has been combined.,with an existing lot. There are now no easements for septic <br />3 syst=s. <br />4 <br />s Preston add that she was pleased to see landscaping information about the buffers. She is <br />6 concerned that some of the plants that are along Sunrise Road are going to suffer and probably <br />7 die. She wished it had been a mixed planting and not just the cypresses. She was also surprised <br />s that the landscaping was already done when the Planning Board had not yet approved the plan, <br />9 She is also concerned about the storm drainage easement that goes all the way through the site, <br />10 under the road, and through lot seven. She asked what it would actually do to lot sev= <br />I1 <br />12 Emig Dodson, who works with Phil Post, said that there was only a pipe undawath the right-of- <br />13 way under the road. The easement across lot seven follows the n= W drainage area through the <br />14 lot. The house on lot seven is located near the setback line in order to take advantage of suitable <br />is soils for a•8ravity-feed septic system. <br />16 . <br />17 Barrows asked for clarification, on Preston's concerns about the planting. <br />18 <br />19 Preston made rdaenoe to the agenda abstract and said that maples and water oaks ware not <br />20 suitable to go underneath power lines. She said that the planting should not be up on a berm. <br />21 <br />22 Benedict said that the applicant had no approval to do the pla n6g bore the Plammiag Board and <br />23 the County Commisdoners approved the subdivision. He said that the applicant had no vented <br />24 rights of continuing the plan until it was approved. He said that the board could suggest mixed <br />25 planting schemes without berms, and this could be one of the conditions for approval of the <br />26 project. <br />27 <br />28 MOTION: Preston moved to accept the staffs reconuaen116M to approve the <br />29 Preliminary Plan for Sunrise Springs with the change that the type <br />30 A buffer along Sunrise Road is to be reconstructed to be mixed <br />31 planting of small, deciduous trees and small evergreen trees, not on, <br />32 a berm. Seconded by Katz <br />33 <br />3n, ' Strayhorn agrees with the composition of the plants, but he thinks that the berms should stay <br />35 because they provide privacy. presto explained how berms could cause the trees to die. <br />36 <br />37 Ernie Dodsm mid that the intent of the berms was for noise control beemne of how close the <br />38 subdivision is tD 140: He asked if the berms could stay and the cypmsses could just be <br />39 interspersed with other trees. <br />40 <br />41 Katz asked about the responsibility of the developer in maintaining the buffer in the fiAm. <br />42 <br />43 Ernie Dodson, said that the wavanty period was generally one year. <br />44 . <br />4s Katz is opposed to the berm because the plants would die. <br />46 <br />47 Goodwin said that he thinks it is micromaYlastins to say that berms can or cannot be in a