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57 1 for resolving those conflicts, and the law is; you give precedence to the first use, and that's 2 exactly what you should do here. 3 4 You have a residential neighborhood that's been here for 50 years. You should honor 5 that. And then you should resolve the conflict between these otherwise valuable uses, and 6 favor the neighborhood. 7 8 Pete Hallenbeck: Alright, thank you very much. Just so everybody knows, here is what's 9 going to happen next. We will allow the Board of Commissioners to ask any questions. We will 10 then ask the planning board if they have any questions. We still have some people who have 11 signed up to speak. We will ask if they still wish to put any comments on the record with the 12 three minute limit. So with that, I'll turn it over to the— or ask if there are any Commissioners 13 that have questions for the applicants. Commissioner Gordon. 14 15 Commissioner Gordon: Just a couple of things, one, I just want to make sure that we 16 understand where the chain link fence is vis a vis the buffer and the panels. I believe the 17 applicant has stated that; first there are the solar panels; then there is the fence; and then there 18 is the landscaping. But, in our handout it says the eight foot high chain link security fence shall 19 surround the perimeter of the array field outside of proposed land use buffer. Would someone 20 clarify that for me? 21 22 Pete Hallenbeck: Mike, you want to come up? 23 24 Mike Wallace: Your statement first was correct. The fence will be located after the solar 25 panels. Then the buffer comes after that. So the purpose of the buffer is for the residents to not 26 see the fence or the solar panels. 27 28 Commissioner Gordon: And the second question is; in this property, what of the total acreage 29 —what number of acres will have trees cut down? 30 31 Mike Wallace: On the site plan, we define the total land disturbance—that includes trees, or 32 when we put in the gravel road as well - we would consider that as 8.7 acres. So if you do the 33 math on the 50 acre site, that's roughly 17 percent. 34 35 Commissioner Gordon: The 8.47 acres is the total disturbance? 36 37 Mike Wallace: Yes. Yes ma'am. 38 39 Commissioner Gordon: Do you have any idea what percentage, what amount—the number 40 of acres though? It was asserted by someone who came to the podium that it was five. Is that 41 correct? 42 43 Mike Wallace: That's what was asserted. I would have to double check that. I do not know 44 that offhand. 45 46 Commissioner Gordon: I would be interested in knowing how many acres of trees are cut 47 down, thank you. 48 49 Michael Fox: If-With the Commissioners' permission we can determine the amount of trees 50 that would be removed and submit that to the planning board. I mean, I'm sorry, the planning 51 department.