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Michael Ha From: 10 March 5, 2014 Planning Board Item 7 Strata Solar response to questions raised by adjacent property owner during public Louis Iannone <liannone @stratasolar.co hearing Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 10:35 AM To: Michael Harvey; Louis Iannone Subject: Fwd: Strata Solar Response to Adjacent Property Owner Virginia Wise Concerns Mike: I copied you on the detailed response below to Mrs. Wise, but If you like you can also forward it to the Planning Board. We'll be happy to discuss it or answer questions tonight. Thanks Louis Iannone Site Acquisition and Entitlement 919 - 960 -6015 ext. 305 919 - 669 -0693 cell ---- - - - - -- Forwarded message ---- - - - - -- From: Louis Iannone <liannone@stratasolar.com> Date: Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 9:41 AM Subject: Strata Solar Response to Adjacent Property Owner Virginia Wise Concerns To: wisemom4444 @yahoo.com, Michael Harvey <mharve oran eg countync.gov >, Louis Iannone <liannone@stratasolar.com> Dear Mrs. Wise: I wanted to provide a written response to your questions about the Strata Solar project near your home in addition to the information our experts orally provided at the public hearing last week. Strata Solar Development, LLC ( "Strata "), based in Chapel Hill, will operate and maintain the proposed`solar farm, including the landscaped and buffer area. Strata has constructed more than 40 similar facilities around North Carolina. Our construction process is well - planned and very efficient. It takes us about 4 months to construct a facility. There may be some small delay if there were very bad weather, but it is highly unlikely that the construction process would extend a month beyond the ordinary process. Strata takes site safety very seriously. We have a dedicated security and safety manager that supervises security on all of our sites. We employ security guards, who are often off -duty law enforcement offices, at night and our on —site supervisors manage security during working hours. We also install security video on all sites to monitor activity 24 hours a day. Our hiring practices including drug testing and background screening. Most solar farms are located in residential areas such as this. Our expert appraiser has studied properties located adjacent to solar farms to determine whether the facility has an impact on adjacent property values. He found that adjacent property values are maintained. Our solar farms make good neighbors: they are quiet, the solar panels are lower in height than any barn or home and they generate fewer vehicle trips than a single- family home after construction.