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13 <br /> 1 Richard Kirkland: I am state certified general appraiser in North Carolina, and I also have my <br /> 2 MAI designation. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Merrick Parrot: Approximately when did you get these? <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Richard Kirkland: I've been appraising in North Carolina for twenty years, and it's been about <br /> 7 thirteen years since I got my MAI. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 Merrick Parrot: How long have you been practicing as an appraiser? <br /> 10 <br /> 11 Richard Kirkland: Twenty years. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Merrick Parrot: Please describe your experience with solar development. <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Richard Kirkland: I've been looking at impact study analysis around solar farms for the last <br /> 16 four or five years. Over that time, I've looked at over 200 solar farms. <br /> 17 <br /> 18 Merrick Parrot: Were you engaged by the Applicant to testify this evening? <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Richard Kirkland: I was. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Merrick Parrot: Thank you. I would now tender Mr. Kirkland as a qualified expert witness in <br /> 23 the field of real property valuation and land use impacts. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Chair McKee: Ok. Mr. Kirkland. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 Richard Kirkland: Good evening. I appreciate the time here tonight, and I'll try to be quick as I <br /> 28 can while still explaining what I'm doing here. If you have any questions afterwards,just let me <br /> 29 know. <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Chair McKee: And we may interrupt you also, as we go along. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Richard Kirkland: That's perfectly fine. Again, I've been looking at this question on impact <br /> 34 analysis. I do impact analysis for a number of different uses but I have been looking at solar <br /> 35 farms, in particular, over the last four to five years, as I've been going across the state. I've <br /> 36 visited over 200 solar farm sites across North Carolina, and been quantifying what uses are next <br /> 37 to them. I do this to identify where solar farms are located in North Carolina. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 Merrick Parrot: My apologies, I meant to ask you, did you prepare an affidavit. <br /> 40 <br /> 41 Richard Kirkland: I did. <br /> 42 <br /> 43 Merrick Parrot: And you also prepared a report this evening? <br /> 44 <br /> 45 Richard Kirkland: I did. <br /> 46 <br /> 47 Merrick Parrot: Yes. Both of those are located behind tab 4. Thank you. <br /> 48 <br /> 49 Richard Kirkland: Thank you. I'll start with the subject property. I looked around it, identified <br /> 50 all the parcels, and looked at what those adjoining uses are. In the same manner, I've been <br /> 51 doing that same breakdown of adjoining uses for all 200 solar farms I've been looking at across <br />