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122 <br /> 716 Meg Millard: What are the trees that you have planted at the other storage unit? Across the street. <br /> 717 <br /> 718 Justin Chandler: I can't speak to the scientific name. <br /> 719 <br /> 720 Meg Millard: You don't need the scientific. <br /> 721 <br /> 722 Justin Chandler: I would have to refer to my site plan. I'm sorry about that. <br /> 723 <br /> 724 Meg Millard: Are they dogwoods? <br /> 725 <br /> 726 Charity Kirk: Can we recommend with a condition that like the plantings be non-invasive at least? <br /> 727 <br /> 728 Cy Stober: That is a standard in the LIDO, landscaping, and we do have a planting guide. Mr. Chandler <br /> 729 would have to indicate whether he's agreeable to that condition or not. The Planning Board could <br /> 730 still make the recommendation if he's not agreeable, and we would just reflect that in the abstract <br /> 731 to the Commissioners. <br /> 732 <br /> 733 Charity Kirk: I mean I'd like a minimum to be non-invasive species, preferably native species, but I understand <br /> 734 the difficulties. <br /> 735 <br /> 736 Patrick Mallett: I would discourage any condition that would specifically states like these three species. <br /> 737 <br /> 738 Charity Kirk: No. I don't want to list species. <br /> 739 <br /> 740 Patrick Mallett: I would point towards the recommended plant list that we spent a lot of time working on. It has a <br /> 741 large variety of native drought tolerant, non-invasive species. If you're going to point to <br /> 742 something, I'm not saying that's where they're headed, but use that as your plant list, because it is <br /> 743 easy to maintain. I could also say across the street, a lot of those materials are not on that list. 1 <br /> 744 would not use the same plantings. <br /> 745 <br /> 746 Charity Kirk: Is that amenable to you,to do some other plantings? <br /> 747 <br /> 748 Justin Chandler: Absolutely. <br /> 749 <br /> 750 Charity Kirk: Okay.And trying to be an inspiration to your community,which you list as a value,would you be <br /> 751 willing to consider trying to move away from lawns and grass and toward rain gardens or sort of <br /> 752 landscaping that is more inspirational? <br /> 753 <br /> 754 Justin Chandler: We are implementing what's not included in this packet but is under review with the County now. <br /> 755 We have an entire erosion control packet that I'm happy to provide to you to refer that is signed <br /> 756 and sealed by a licensed civil engineer that has worked with the county with countless projects. 1 <br /> 757 think Pat and Ashley both have experience with him. He has recommended all of the erosion <br /> 758 control measures that keep in mind some of these eco-friendly practices. <br /> 759 <br /> 760 Lamar Proctor: What would the condition that you're looking for look like?The applicant is committed to using <br /> 761 non-invasive, native species as from the recommended Planning department list? <br /> 762 <br /> 763 Charity Kirk: Most native species aren't invasive. So, it would we either allow non-native species that are not <br /> 764 invasive, or we encourage just native species. One is a bit more rigid than the other one. <br /> 765 <br /> 766 Lamar Proctor: The native is more invasive. <br /> 767 <br /> 768 Charity Kirk: A little more rigid. <br /> 769 <br />