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