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before and after, and close in versus further out. So my conclusion is that this proposed farm <br /> would not have any effect on the adjacent properties or the nearby community. And then, just to <br /> continue, this site plan has got a really lower density than most of the existing solar farms that <br /> have been built in the last two or three years. That's fewer solar—a smaller array—versus the <br /> total land area. It's got significantly more set back and buffer and screening. I think the visibility <br /> of this— of the solar panels on this property—will be very limited. I just don't think that you'll be <br /> able to see with the natural vegetation that will surround the array. <br /> My finding says that being adjacent or being able to see those solar arrays doesn't have an <br /> effect on the value. In this case, you won't be able to see it or very, very limited visibility. My <br /> conclusion is this will have no effect on the values of the adjacent properties. <br /> Pete Hallenbeck: Are there any questions from the Commissioners? <br /> Beth Trahos: Mr. Chairman, I would tell you that with those experts, in combination with the <br /> testimony of your staff, we believe meets the prima facia burden of proof under your Ordinance. <br /> We would point out to you also that you have previously approved a solar farm just up the road. <br /> There is an existing one in operation today, a five megawatt solar farm just up the road, and you <br /> made all of the same findings of fact relative to that solar farm that you would be required to <br /> make with regard to this solar farm. And so we would say to you that nothing has changed <br /> since you made those findings except that you have amended your Ordinance to require <br /> additional buffers and screenings. And we are, of course, complying with that. I would tell you <br /> that, again, we do have a variety of experts that would be available to come and talk with you. <br /> We have a Mechanical Engineer, we have someone very knowledgeable about solar and we <br /> have another appraiser. If there are any questions that you have we would be happy to bring <br /> those folks forward. We would reserve time for rebuttal and we would thank you very much for <br /> your time and ask for your support of this green and renewable energy project. Thank you. <br /> Pete Hallenbeck: Are there any questions from the Commissioners? Are there any questions <br /> from the Planning Board members? <br /> Lydia Wegman: question... <br /> Pete Hallenbeck: I'm sorry, go ahead. <br /> Chair McKee: Could you step to the microphone, please? <br /> Lydia Wegman: My name is Lydia Wegman. I'm a member of the Planning Board. I haven't <br /> had a chance to look yet through this document and the appraisal that was just discussed by <br /> Mr. Hester, and I'd like a chance to do that—and we'll have a chance to talk about that, in our <br /> next Planning Board meeting. But I do want to get a sense for whether the situation that he <br /> examined in his paired analysis are, in fact, comparable to the situation in White Cross, where <br /> there's already an existing solar farm. And, I haven't had a chance to look through this yet since <br /> I just received it. So I just wanted to flag a concern, and that I want to better understand the <br /> kind of appraisal that he did. <br /> Chair McKee: I think you may be getting ready to get an answer. <br /> Lydia Wegman: Okay. Great. <br />