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6 Draft <br /> 1 <br /> 2 Leon Meyers: Yeah, we do have a map of the houses, but there's no dimensions on there of course. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 David Cates: It is to scale. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Leon Meyers: May I ask how far is the house now from the 615 contour elevation in this site plan that we're <br /> 7 looking at? <br /> 8 <br /> 9 David Cates: I believe you all said it was 145. It was my understanding, and that may have been incorrect, that <br /> 10 there are limits as to how close our disturbance can be to that. Patrick can explain it better than I <br /> 11 can because my initial understanding was that the disturbance couldn't be within the reservoir <br /> 12 setback, but there is some allowance for disturbance within the reservoir setback. Patrick could <br /> 13 probably explain that better than I could. We have so many members here, quickly, it gets pretty <br /> 14 confusing. <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Leon Meyers: And is the limit of disturbance with respect to the reservoir, is that a part of the planning in the site <br /> 17 plan here? <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Patrick Mallett: I guess the best way to describe it is, what we're considering tonight and what he has shown is the <br /> 20 building setback from the reservoir water line and the septic setback from the reservoir water line. <br /> 21 In addition to that, there is a stream buffer that goes around the water body that's 65 to 80 -feet. In <br /> 22 his case, it would be 65-feet from the water line that strictly prohibits what you can and can't do <br /> 23 and, to a large extent, I'm being general here, you can't disturb in that area. So, the distinction <br /> 24 being, we're talking about tonight the building setback and the septic setback. There's an <br /> 25 additional element to this, as with all of the properties, they have some sort of water body stream <br /> 26 buffer that also limits disturbance and the use and how close you can get to the reservoir. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Leon Meyers: Is it correct understanding the 65-foot buffer would be even closer to the lake and the applicant has <br /> 29 proposed to set the setback here? <br /> 30 <br /> 31 David Cates: Yes. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Leon Meyers: So, the buffer really is not in play here except as it would be on any other property? Yeah? <br /> 34 <br /> 35 Patrick Mallett: That's right. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Leon Meyers: Anybody have any other questions for Mr. Cates, Board members? I guess my only reservation is <br /> 38 that we've got the site plan here that you guys have obviously worked on in a level of fine detail <br /> 39 here, and the house is 140 feet, and you're asking for a 75-foot setback. Is there some reason you <br /> 40 wouldn't move the setback? You explained four reasons here. Is the main reason just kind of in <br /> 41 case you run into something that turns into a problem? <br /> 42 <br /> 43 David Cates: Yes. I mean, I think many of you have building experience, and I don't know if you've ever run into <br /> 44 rock. I'm not saying we're going to run into rock, but when you run into rock sometimes, you have <br /> 45 to adjust things. And that's one reason why we would like some margin. I tried to be fair and show <br /> 46 the actual tightest that we could go, but I don't feel comfortable with that being, you know what I'm <br /> 47 saying? It's like, okay, if that's what you're going to give us, then we have no margin. You know? <br /> 48 What if we run into something? I don't know. <br /> 49 <br /> 50 Leon Meyers: Got it. <br /> 6 <br />