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31 <br /> 1369 Beth Bronson: They talk about the different components of the neighborhood, like the hardwoods, like the mature <br /> 1370 hardwoods, and then the recently ecological community. Is there going to be a prioritization on <br /> 1371 preserving the mature hardwoods. <br /> 1372 <br /> 1373 Ward Marotti: I believe a lot of them are, because a lot of those areas, as I recall, are within the areas that are <br /> 1374 not able to be impacted, and thereby,they're not going to be cleared or cut just as part of the <br /> 1375 development unless there needs to be earthwork done in those areas, and that is not the case <br /> 1376 within those conservation areas. <br /> 1377 <br /> 1378 Beth Bronson: Yes. <br /> 1379 <br /> 1380 Laura Haywood: We do have a tree conservation plan on Page 67 of your packet. And in the lower bottom right- <br /> 1381 hand corner,the primary tree protection area that we have in our plan is 22.23 acres or 20,very <br /> 1382 small, 28.4 percent of the overall site. Secondary tree protection area is 27.04 acres,which is <br /> 1383 34.5 percent of the site, and the total protected area is 49.27 acres,which is 62.9 percent of the <br /> 1384 overall site. <br /> 1385 <br /> 1386 Ward Marotti: In addition to the environmental assessment,we did do a tree survey of the entire parcel and <br /> 1387 documented the size, the diameter at breast height, species, and location of all the trees. I <br /> 1388 believe, I'd have to look back, but I believe it was all trees greater than 4 inches diameter breast <br /> 1389 height,so everything bigger than about like that got identified to species and it's at least <br /> 1390 approximate location documented. <br /> 1391 <br /> 1392 Beth Bronson: Now,was that back in 2024 or was that more recently? <br /> 1393 <br /> 1394 Ward Marotti: I believe it was'24, is that right? I mean, not a whole lot is going to happen in a year. With <br /> 1395 exception of having it be cleared, obviously, that could have happened. But with regard to the size <br /> 1396 and the species wouldn't change substantively. <br /> 1397 <br /> 1398 Laura Haywood: I was just going to clarify. It has happened at the end of'24. <br /> 1399 <br /> 1400 Ward Marotti: Yeah,that's what I thought it might have been in the early winter this year. <br /> 1401 <br /> 1402 Delores bailey: Can I ask a quick question about the trees, so that means her trees won't get cut down,the ones <br /> 1403 that this owner was referring to. <br /> 1404 <br /> 1405 Laura Haywood: Correct, there is a 100-foot buffer surrounding our property boundary edges, so I don't see a <br /> 1406 scenario in which those would be impacted. That would be tree save. <br /> 1407 <br /> 1408 Delores Bailey: So, Cathy's trees won't get cut down? <br /> 1409 <br /> 1410 Laura Haywood: No. <br /> 1411 <br /> 1412 Delores Bailey: Okay. <br /> 1413 <br /> 1414 Jonah Garson: And there's a 100-foot buffer around Mr. Medred's property? <br /> 1415 <br /> 1416 Laura Haywood: It should be a 100-foot perimeter buffer on all sides of our property. <br /> 1417 <br /> 1418 Jonah Garson: Where it's not developed or are you just leaving natural state? <br /> 1419 <br /> 1420 Laura Haywood: It's going to be a natural state. Now, I will say that there has already been, on the back side of his <br /> 1421 property,there is some young succession trees that have not been touched by us that would have <br /> 1422 been from previous or from the land seller, I can't confirm, but they are much smaller, very small <br />