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Michael Fox: Again, I get to answer the questions, and you are here testifying as an expert. Would you not consider it within your job duty to try to find a similar solar farm? Pam Davis: I did. I went to White Cross Road. Michael Fox: But it's not the same because it doesn't have any screening, does it? Pam Davis: It doesn't have the same screening, but that doesn't prohibit me from forming an opinion. Michael Fox: Did you make any effort to find any other solar farms? Pam Davis: I looked at the one at Maple View on Dairyland Road. Michael Fox: Okay, and does that have screening? Pam Davis: No. Michael Fox: Okay. Did you make any effort to find any solar farms that were completely screened and buffered from the adjoining properties? Pam Davis: Did I make any effort. I looked at what Orange County solar farms were. That's the extent, so no. Michael Fox: You are well aware that the best method for determining whether or not there is any impact on a particular property is to find an identical situation and measure the impact, correct? Pam Davis: Yes. Michael Fox: Did you attempt to do that? Pam Davis: Yes. But as I stated, since solar farms are new, Chapel Hill —this area doesn't have that data, and what happens in Zebulon and Goldsboro is not necessarily the same. Michael Fox: Even if it's the only comparable that you can look at? Pam Davis: Well I think a more relevant issue is looking at some other adverse effect on value. Michael Fox: Would you not consider your appraisal incomplete if it didn't at least consider sales beside an existing solar farm that was similar to the one that is being planned here? Pam Davis: If I had those, I would. Michael Fox: So, knowing what you know now, you feel like you appraisal is incomplete. Pam Davis: No. Michael Fox: I thought that's what you just said, that if you had those, you would have looked at them.