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