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of Strata Solar, who is the contract tenant of the project. As you've heard, they would like to <br /> construct a solar array on 53 acres out of the 112-acre farm. As has been explained to you, <br /> your process is a quasi-judicial one, which requires that we provide expert testimony to indicate <br /> that we have met the findings of fact that are set out in your Unified Development Ordinance. In <br /> the interest of not taking up too much of your time, we have put together affidavits of the experts <br /> that we have brought to testify before you tonight. They will summarize the testimony provided <br /> in those affidavits for you and of course answer any questions that you might have. <br /> I must apologize to you, I misunderstood and thought that this initial hearing was just the Board <br /> of County Commissioners and I thought I was arriving with an ample number of affidavits, and I <br /> find now that I don't have quite enough and I apologize to you. Mr. Harvey has indicated that he <br /> would be happy to include those in the Planning Board packet so that everybody can have a <br /> copy. I do apologize. <br /> Here with me tonight is engineer Phil Post of Philip Post and Associates, real estate appraiser <br /> Rich Kirkland, and Lance Williams of Strata Solar, as well as Beth Bradshaw, who is a <br /> representative of the family who owns the property. I will ask each of them to come forward and <br /> share their testimony with you. I wonder if it might be appropriate at this time to pass up the <br /> affidavits that we have and to ask that they be included in the record. I would of course ask that <br /> the staff report and associated attachments be incorporated into the record. Is that acceptable <br /> to the Board? It was answered yes. Thank you very much. So at this time I'll call Phil Post, our <br /> engineer. <br /> Phillip Post: Members of the Commissioners and members of the Planning Board, my name is <br /> Phil Post. I reside in Chapel Hill. I've been properly sworn. I've been an engineer in Chapel <br /> Hill for over 33 years. I'm really happy to be associated with the Bradshaw property, and <br /> particularly this element of the development property. This is White Cross Road here. The <br /> entire parcel is 122 acres. The Strata project will occupy about 53 acres. The Bradshaw Mobile <br /> Acres is here, that will continue to operate as it has for residential purposes. The array will be in <br /> this area. The stream buffers, these hashed areas represent the area of the stream buffer that <br /> the County and we agree is the protected stream buffer area. The other piece that we have on <br /> this is the Type E 75-foot buffer that we're proposing around the entire perimeter of the project. <br /> It doesn't include of course the right-of-way. It does not include the power line; it's in addition to <br /> that. I'll just point out a few features of our proposed plan here. There is one part of the <br /> Bradshaw Mobile Acres; most of it is really heavy, nice, old hardwood. There is one area that is <br /> sort of a lawn area, so we're going to have an alternative buffer right here. That's why there's a <br /> discontinuation. We'll still have a Type E buffer, but it will be planted in a slightly different way <br /> and a little more intense and narrow buffer. <br /> Our proposed driveway is here. It will be a gravel drive directly opposite to the existing gravel <br /> residential driveway on the opposite side of White Cross. There will be a small gravel area here <br /> where the array materials and construction materials will be deposited as it's being erected. <br /> That will be a permanent sort of parking area with the gate right here. As Michael has told you, <br /> the array really rests off the ground, so underneath the array would be grass. It will really be a <br /> grass field with the raised arrays on it. The only feature that is kind of different about it, is the <br /> little square places right here, and I think there's five of them. There will be sort of some <br /> electrical equipment that will gather the electricity that is generated by these solar panels so that <br /> it can be converted from DC power to AC power, and then distributed back to Duke Power. I'm <br /> really pleased to be associated with a project of this type because I think it provides so many <br /> benefits to our County and particularly in advancing the environmental goals, not only of the <br /> Board, but of the County Comprehensive Plan. There are many citizens in Orange County that <br />