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OLSON:When the Planning Department notified him that he would be eligible, you <br />know, for relocation; and, of course, at that point he just, he gave up. <br />SALAVEA:Okay. All right, thank you very much. <br />OLSON:Sure. <br />GALDONES:Commissioner Iwashita. <br />IWASHITA:Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Olson, I have couple of questions that I hope <br />you can help clarify. In the report from Wood & Tait dated December 30, 2004, the adjuster <br />references a letter from a Patrick Tomlinson, quoting from the letter, ‚For Jan to begin again <br />would mean planting immature trees that would take from seven to ten years to be at the point <br />that the trees on his land are today.ƒ Youre personally familiar with Mr. Malaseks property? <br />OLSON:Yeah, sure. Ive gone down there and bought produce from him, and <br />products,yes. <br />IWASHITA:Okay.Doyouhaveanyinformationthatwouldcontradictthestatement <br />quoted from Mr. Tomlinsons letter? <br />OLSON:Well, that it would take -? <br />IWASHITA:That it would take seven to ten years to -. <br />OLSON:To get his citrus trees into the same condition that they are, I think thats <br />probably optimistic considering that he planted those trees, what, 14 years ago, €80 something. <br />IWASHITA:Okay. The next question I have is the next statement in the Wood & Tait <br />report states, ‚Based on our knowledge and experience, we believe a 7-year period to replace the <br />orchard is reasonable and fair.ƒ Do you have any comment or testimony related to that? <br />OLSON:Again, that would seem, from what I know of it, I mean, that seems to be <br />very optimistic. I mean, you go and look at a tree that has been in production, he planted 14 <br />years ago thats in production, was in production then, how are you going to get a tee to that <br />same state in 7 years? I mean, considering, again, that he was an organic farmer. He did not use, <br />you know, pesticides, herbicides, commercial fertilizers and all of those things to get those trees <br />to the condition they were in when they were in production. So, yeah, thats a pretty <br />conservative approach. <br />IWASHITA:Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Olson. <br />GALDONES:Further discussion? Commissioner Springer? <br />8 <br /> <br />