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We have received additional information this morning from the applicant, that would be the written testimony of Debra Adams as well as the written testimony of Michael Terry. At this time the Planning Director is recommending that the Planning Commission approve this request. Are there any questions? GRAHAM: Commissioners? Commissioner Siracusa? SIRACUSA: Yes. The lines on those maps are fairly faint. I really can’t make out anything from here. It has been a long time since we took this up before. Could you refresh my memory please, Jeff. How far from the property line is the tower? DARROW: If it is okay it will probably be a better question to ask the applicant. I’m not absolutely sure in regards to the distance between the project site to the highway. Is that the question? SIRACUSA: Yeah. Basically thinking, you know, with all these high winds we’ve had and watching trees blow down and that sort of thing, my concern is to make sure that if the tower fell it would still fall within that same parcel and not on somebody else’s property. DARROW: It appears, I mean, just from the site inspection, that it is quite a distance away from the highway. I mean definitely further than 150 feet. But I’m not sure exactly how far that would be. SIRACUSA: Okay, I’ll hold that question then for the applicant. DARROW: Thank you. SIRACUSA: My second question has to do with the written testimony of Michael Terry that was submitted, and he’s the landscape designer; and he was discussing the constraints of Condition No. 4 on the type of trees that he feels would be most suitable. So I’m wondering if Director Yuen had a chance to look at that and has expressed any thoughts on that matter to you. DARROW: We’ve just received this this morning so the Director hasn’t had a chance to look at it. It appears that, I mean, as far as the type of trees, I don’t think the condition states what type of trees that the applicant needs to plant, as long as it’s trees that have to go to a height of 100 feet. SIRACUSA: Yeah, that wasn’t the problem with Mr. Terry’s testimony. It was getting what he felt would be the most suitable trees. If he gets them at 30 feet in height they would not be able to grow as fast as they want because of their root system, and how quickly they can accommodate themselves, and transplant shock, and all that sort of thing. And so he was offering another suggestion, and that’s what I was wondering if the Director had had an opportunity to look at that. Because we might under the circumstances want to make some modifications to Condition No. 4. EXHIBIT A 3