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price points, a homeowner, someone who is going to live there as opposed to a rental, they are going to be motivated by the same factors. Commissioner Rich: Okay, except for the fact that they are moving into a subdivision that they know that the farm is there. And this, the property owners here lived there for 25 years, and they didn't choose to have the farm there. So they didn't have the option of whether or not they were going to buy their house next to the farm. Rich Kirkland: And then there's the next two categories down in my chart, where it shows you before that solar farm was announced, what sales were doing in that neighborhood at that time too. So that would have been before any awareness of the solar farm. So you can see that's still consistent. Commissioner Rich: Thank you. Chair Jacobs: I more had comments, but I will ask one request, I guess for Mr. Harvey. I would like to see in the materials that go forward a subdivision plat that shows the affected area along Cascade Drive, with the names of the owners. Using this map is pretty useless for me, and when people are referring to it I would actually like to see how it lays on the ground. And I think I could, referring to people's comments, have a better understanding of what it is they are referring to than this map. And for Mr. Fox, whether we consider the person who spoke a competent authority, why would I not want to request that you do a noise study. There was sufficient question raised in my mind about whether in fact there was no —there was going to be no noise generated. Are you wedded to the assertion that there will be noise offsite of a measurable amount? How do you regard that? Michael Fox: It's our position as Mr. Wallace testified that the noise, any noise that would be offsite would be well within your County ordinance for noise limits. For both —and obviously there would be—you have a different daylight and nighttime limit, and these fans, you know generally the noise is being generated by the cooling fans in the inverters, and those would typically not be operating at night when the sun is not shining, generating electricity. So there would be no noise at night, and then the noise of the fans operating would be, you know, well within your County noise ordinance during the day at maximum, whatever sound they were. Commissioner McKee: I guess my question would be for Mr. Wallace, I believe. And then I have another question. I'm not exactly sure who to address it to. Did I understand that you said it would be mowed twice a year? Mike Wallace: That's the initial plan, yes sir. Commissioner McKee: Then how do you intend to maintain a good appearance on the property when some weeds, such as Johnson grass, pigweed will grow 6 to 8 feet tall in a matter of about 30 to 45 days. Mike Wallace: So we would evaluate that based on what we saw as the site was laid out and set up. So if we noticed that that effort needed to be more than twice a year, like once a month, then we would do that accordingly.