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27 <br /> 1 I've seen a lot of different projects, and basically my role as the review appraiser is to protect <br /> 2 the client— clients being financial institutions. The other part of my practice has been a litigation <br /> 3 practice, basically being called in to handle situations like this and condemnation cases and any <br /> 4 type of a case that might involve or necessitate some type of litigation. I do some fee work, <br /> 5 straight up appraising for banks, but probably no more than one case a month on average of <br /> 6 that type. So I've been at this for 37 years and feel very qualified to render an opinion. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 David Rooks: Mr. Stafford, you arrived on the scene in this case, relatively late in the day. Is <br /> 9 that not correct? <br /> 10 <br /> 11 Bill Stafford: Yes sir. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 David Rooks: As in today. <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Bill Stafford: This morning. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 David Rooks: And if you would explain to the Board what it is you have done on you busy day. <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Bill Stafford: Well first off, I was out of town over the weekend but received contact from one <br /> 20 of the homeowners. Spoke with her on Saturday morning. She gave me Mr. Rooks' number. I <br /> 21 spoke with him yesterday afternoon, somewhere around 3:30 and I was deluged with a various <br /> 22 amount of information. And so, concerning this project, the first thing I did today was to go by <br /> 23 Kinston, North Carolina, having grown up in Kinston, I was very familiar with that solar field <br /> 24 that's there. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 David Rooks: Goldsboro. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Bill Stafford: Went by Kinston first. Then I went to Goldsboro second and spent a good <br /> 29 amount of time there. I have a friend that lives in that subdivision, real good friend, Mrs. Pam <br /> 30 Hammond. And so we spent— I spent some time in that subdivision today and then drove up to <br /> 31 meet with the property owners association, or concerned group and spent some time with them <br /> 32 while they toured me around the four contiguous properties and looked at those. So that's what <br /> 33 I have done today as far a physically taking a look at things. <br /> 34 <br /> 35 David Rooks: If you would explain to the Board what you observed when you visited the <br /> 36 Kinston and particularly the Goldsboro sites. <br /> 37 <br /> 38 Bill Stafford: Well the Kinston site that there is location of—to my knowledge hasn't— in a <br /> 39 report that I had been seen advantage of, didn't disclose any sales that came about afterwards. <br /> 40 But, I'm very familiar with that property. I know there's a lot of other issues that are around that <br /> 41 property, as well as manufactured home parks and other issues as well as the solar field that's <br /> 42 in that neighborhood. But I think —you know I was given a copy of—tonight, a little while ago, <br /> 43 and I don't see any mention of that; but that's one of the jobs that I did today was take a look at <br /> 44 that. <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Then I went to Goldsboro. Getting to Goldsboro, I visited every lot that touched that <br /> 47 property. On none of those lots, and I took pictures but with time being on short I am not in a <br /> 48 position to produce those. I can produce them tomorrow. But I saw no pictures on those lots <br /> 49 that showed that farm. I'm going to say it again. I saw no pictures from those properties that <br /> 50 depicted seeing that solar farm. When I went around on the front side of it, over around which <br /> 51 would be the south and east side, it looked to be a very industrial makeup that bordered that <br />