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23 <br />Orange County Solid Waste has indicated the request, if approved, will not impact their ability to <br />provide services. <br />We have submitted this to the State Clearing House, as we are obligated to do by our ordinance <br />for environmental review. We have gotten no negative comments back from the State <br />concerning this project. It goes without saying that, if approved, this project will have to go <br />through all local permitting, including: storm water, erosion control, zoning, building and what <br />not. There will be issues identified and addressed at those permitting stages to address various <br />independent issues. One concern that has been brought to our attention, and I would like to <br />address to the Board now and have Strata Solar expand on this answer if they feel necessary. <br />One concern expressed that this will create additional runoff problems in this portion of the <br />property and even here for the manufacturing use. What I would like to remind the Board is, per <br />our ordinance and consistent with State law, Strata Solar is obligated to basically insure and <br />maintain existing runoff that is predevelopment, post development; meaning once all the trees <br />are removed; the solar panels are erected, all the storm water generated from the site has to be <br />maintained and kept on the site consistent with how the property existed before it was touched. <br />The property, based on the contour data on your site plan, actually slopes in this general <br />direction. So, as development occurs, existing storm water patterns will be maintained, and <br />Strata Solar has informed staff you should not see any negative impacts on adjacent property. <br />Having said that, I will just remind the Board one last time, once they go through the storm water <br />process they are going to have to guarantee to the satisfaction of County staff and according to <br />our local regulations: 1. There will be no off site impacts; and 2. They are going to be <br />maintaining the storm water flow as currently exists on the property. <br />With that, Mr. Chairman and members of the Board, what I would like to do is turn this over to <br />Strata Solar and let them present their application. I will get into staff's recommendation at the <br />appropriate time, and if you have any initial questions for me, I will be more than happy to <br />answer them. <br />Buddy Hartley: Any questions or comments from the Board? Any questions or comments from <br />the planning board? <br />Commissioner Price: On the storm water runoff, how much land disturbance will there be? <br />Michael Harvey: I'm going to let Strata Solar answer that question, but what I will tell you quite <br />candidly is that there will be sufficient disturbance on this site to require a storm water permit. <br />Buddy Hartley: Would the applicant want to make the presentation to the Board? <br />Dave Neill: Thank you Chairmen, members of the Commission, members of the Planning <br />Board. My name is Dave Neill. I am an attorney with the law firm of Smith, Moore, <br />Leatherwood, 434 Fayetteville Street, Suite 2800, Raleigh, NC, and I have the pleasure of <br />appearing before you today on behalf of Strata Solar and the Stout Family Farm, under which <br />we have negotiated a long term ground lease for the — for the site that's been referenced by Mr <br />Harvey. <br />This evening, we lawyers don't get to put on — we don't get to provide the evidence, but we do <br />get to play ringleader or ringmaster and provide those who can provide that evidence that you <br />need to render your decision. Let me give you a preview of the four witnesses that we would <br />bring for your information this evening. First, Louis lannone, and I'll ask — sneaking up behind <br />me — Louis, immediately at my six o'clock — Project Director and site acquisition for Strata Solar, <br />