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19 <br /> 1 in.html?page=all) The proposed solar array is not a "farm" in any sense but major commercial- <br /> 2 industrial project conceived exclusively in technical and economic terms without the least <br /> 3 consideration for the neighbors or the neighborhood. Its boundaries reach to the very edge of <br /> 4 adjacent properties, observing only the legal minimum setbacks, while both construction access <br /> 5 and electrical transformer-inverter equipment lie well within earshot along our gateway <br /> 6 residential street. (I am not clear from the testimony we just heard what will happen to the <br /> 7 leases, but our understanding has been that they are sold, sometimes as soon as the facility is <br /> 8 built out.) Our understanding is that Sunlight Partners will likely sell its lease to the investment <br /> 9 company that owns them even before the project is fully built out. While there may be a short- <br /> 10 term tax benefit to Orange County, in the long run the project's only effects will be to despoil the <br /> 11 neighborhood, enrich the investors and the developers, and, for potential new residents, <br /> 12 compromise Orange County's reputation for livability. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 (So just let me repeat)This issue is not about solar power. It is about siting an extensive <br /> 15 solar utility, typically associated with thinly settled rural areas, deserts, rooftops and brownfields, <br /> 16 in sharp juxtaposition with a long-established residential neighborhood. We on Cascade Drive <br /> 17 do not want to be the test-case for large-scale solar utilities in any of Orange County's back <br /> 18 yards. <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Bob Cantwell <br /> 21 5704 Cascade Dr. <br /> 22 Chapel Hill, NC <br /> 23 <br /> 24 David Rooks: If I may ask this witness like two questions. Mr. Cantwell I'm going to ask you to <br /> 25 indentify the photographs. I'm going to hold up first, this photograph and if you could identify for <br /> 26 the record what this photograph is of. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Robert Cantwell: Up to the trees in the distance is our lot, is Nunn Acres lot number 3. <br /> 29 Beyond those trees, the field, which is the whole extent of the background of the photograph, is <br /> 30 where the solar panels will be located from one end to the other. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 David Rooks: So this is where the panels would go in this photograph. <br /> 33 <br /> 34 Robert Cantwell: That's right. <br /> 35 <br /> 36 David Rooks: And this is what is there now. <br /> 37 <br /> 38 Robert Cantwell: That's right <br /> 39 <br /> 40 David Rooks: And that is the view that you now have from your property. <br /> 41 <br /> 42 Robert Cantwell: It is. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 David Rooks: I am pulling out now, the second photograph, which we will put up. If you will <br /> 45 identify this photograph. <br /> 46 <br /> 47 Robert Cantwell: That is the solar array at White Cross, mentioned in earlier testimony, <br /> 48 approved by the County I'm not sure how long ago. It was built up, I think about a year ago, and <br /> 49 we offer that image by way of comparison to suggest what the—what might occur in that field <br /> 50 should the project be approved. <br /> 51 <br />