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23 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 Pam Davis: It would not. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 David Rooks: That's all I have. It is your witness. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Michael Fox: Thank you Mr. Rooks and Mrs. Davis. I'm Mike Fox, and I apologize for being in <br /> 7 your space her, but we're sharing one microphone. A few questions just about the basis of <br /> 8 your opinion; as I listened to your testimony, it appeared that there was really one factor here <br /> 9 that you viewed as an external obsolescence, and that was the view. Is that correct? <br /> 10 <br /> 11 Pam Davis: Yes. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Michael Fox: So, you didn't consider noise, odor, anything like that? <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Pam Davis: At this point I can't determine whether those will be factors or not, so I did not <br /> 16 account for those. <br /> 17 <br /> 18 Michael Fox: So yours was solely based on your opinion that the view was a negative. <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Pam Davis: Yes. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Michael Fox: Okay. You indicated that you had looked at the solar farm on White Cross Road. <br /> 23 Are you aware that that solar farm does not require any buffering or screening? <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Pam Davis: It did have a fence, and it did have minimal landscaping. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 Michael Fox: Right. Did you examine the landscaping plan for this project in the course of <br /> 28 your review? <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Pam Davis: I examined what's up there on the screen, yes. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Michael Fox: So, did you take into account any of the landscaping that is planned and required <br /> 33 by this plan? <br /> 34 <br /> 35 Pam Davis: Yes. But, as Mr. Cantwell stated, the property rises so it isn't going to be fully <br /> 36 blocked by trees and shrubs. <br /> 37 <br /> 38 Michael Fox: Would it be your opinion that at the time that the trees are grown there would be <br /> 39 no negative impact? <br /> 40 <br /> 41 Pam Davis: I can't answer that question. At the time the trees— Show me what the view <br /> 42 would look like, and I'll tell you whether I think it would. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 Michael Fox: I'm actually really glad you brought that up. Did you look at any solar farms that <br /> 45 had screening? <br /> 46 <br /> 47 Pam Davis: I only looked at White Cross. I only had a few days, a week to do this appraisal. <br /> 48 <br /> 49 Michael Fox: Why did you not look at others that had screening? <br /> 50 <br /> 51 Pam Davis: Where are they? <br />