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He said now the owners of 1081 Riverside drive are coming back for a COA to do legally what they had done illegally the first time and caused the King-Hendriksen's tree damage. Commissioner Bullene asked if the survey sketch was inaccurate because it did show a flare on the other side as well. Mr. King asked if he could see a photo because as far as he could tell, the driveway only flared on one side, and the flare was quite extensive. Commissioner Bullene noted it was difficult to read the photographs accurately because of the angle. Mr. King felt, if examined, the western side would come down straight from the ribbon and the eastern side, toward his property would flare off to the side. Mary Hendri.ksen spoke of the inaccuracy of Mr. Talley's statement of the facts of the case. She said this was not a case in which the Commission approved the flange and then she and her husband objected to the flange crossing their boundary line. The Commission Staff approved an in-kind replacement, which was a straight ribbon. She further contended the owners used the in-kind COA to extend a few feet over to. create a flange, and that she believed they knew what they were doing all along. She clarified that their concern was, as shown in the previous hearing, the owners would do something illegally and then come and ask for a COA. She reiterated that they had damage done to a 40-50 year old Norway Maple when the driveway was done illegally. She explained they did not have a particular objection to the flange in brick, except that it set a bad precedent as far as doing work and then seeking approval from the Commission. Mrs. Hendriksen said they wanted the Commission to know there was not approval for this flange, and they objected because the approval was in-kind. She explained their real concern was not so much the bricks and paving, but that the letter she had received from Mr. Talley and Mr. Geisel demanded in thirty days the owners of 1077 Riverside Drive trim all bushes or trees that overhang the property line or the owners of 1081 would do it for them. Mrs. King said she and her husband had never received a copy of the survey. She noted there are two marked points in the boundary line and Mr. Talley had brought in photographs, but that there are intervening bushes and Mr. Talley had stretched the string around them in an are. The string passes behind a rhododendron, behind a lilac and arcs out again. Mrs. 4;i4ign-uted they had their surveyor come out and do a preliminary survey who stated given the two iron stakes in the ground, the peonies and rhododendrons would belong to 1077 Riverside Drive, the lilac would be commonly shared, and that it would be to the inch on the cedar trees. Mrs. tjv1��'a said her surveyor b y quoted a purvey with intervening stakes along the line costing $200. She commented the owners of 108.1 Riverside Drive had not given any reason to have the trees and shrubs cut down and the specimens are established plantings that form a boundary line between the two properties. The plantings don't interfere with access to the driveway nor harm the owners eHast c in any way, Mrs.g nt�?i, and she felt this was motivated out of spite because the day they were pouring the drive she had gone over to discuss with the workers the impact they were having on the Norway Maple. She continued with her concern over the tree and their insistence that the owners of 1081 Riverside Drive follow the procedures all the property owners in Riverside Drive Historic: District agreed to and, especially Ed as Liaison, should know. She noted if the procedures had been followed, they wouldn't have had a disagreement at the eleventh hour, the night before the concrete was being poured and they could have protected their tree. She asked the Commission to do two things. If the Commission approved the COA, Mr's. K,ng asked it to include specific language stating it did not in any way approve a boundary line between the parties and it does not give approval to cut or remove any plantings. She added there had been actions which made her believe Mr. Talley