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16 <br /> 1 ➢ Project does not require water or sewer <br /> 2 ➢ Traffic study performed <br /> 3 • Less than one car per day during operation <br /> 4 • No employees on site <br /> 5 o Two scheduled maintenances annually <br /> 6 o May through September more activity to maintain landscaping <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Chair McKee: Now you say twice a year for scheduled maintenance— and you mentioned a <br /> 9 little earlier about the "mowing". Scheduled maintnenace is not including the mowing, I'm <br /> 10 assuming. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Brian Quinlan: Correct. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Chair McKee: Ok. <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Brian Quinlan: There will probably be different groups that we hire to do that. More technical <br /> 17 guys to go in and actually make sure the system is working, and then more landscapers to <br /> 18 actually do the landscaping. <br /> 19 <br /> 20 ➢ Solar facilities have no significant impact on the permeability of the land and do not <br /> 21 require permanent storm water management <br /> 22 • Panels are supported on direct driven piles — no cement pilings <br /> 23 • Land is not paved and any civil site work is minimized <br /> 24 ➢ Low intensity development of solar facility with minimal impact on land <br /> 25 maintains/preserves the existing surrounding wetlands and significant amount of <br /> 26 woodland <br /> 27 ➢ Wetlands have been delineated by environmental engineers and confirmed by USACE <br /> 28 • Wetlands are delineated on surveys and construction drawings <br /> 29 • Project construction and operation has no impact on wetlands <br /> 30 • Buffer maintained between project and wetlands <br /> 31 ➢ Site designated 10-year transition area in County land use plan <br /> 32 • Transition from rural/low density to higher density uses <br /> 33 • Solar project consistent with plan <br /> 34 o Beneficial use of site with limited/no capacity for higher density uses <br /> 35 o Provides tax base to support transition with no impact on infrastructure <br /> 36 o Location of project and design are compatible with low and high density <br /> 37 Not visible <br /> 38 No noise <br /> 39 + No traffic <br /> 40 ➢ County plan emphasizes sustainable growth balancing social, economic and <br /> 41 environmental factors <br /> 42 • Solar project supports all factors <br /> 43 ➢ County land use plan encourages locally generated alternative energy resources and <br /> 44 promotes alternative and sustainable fuels <br /> 45 ➢ Landscaping requirements and location of project will make it not visible from nearest <br /> 46 residence and street <br /> 47 • Prevents glare from the project <br /> 48 ➢ Decommissioning plan submitted to County to remove all equipment and restore <br /> 49 property <br /> 50 <br />