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DRAFT <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 11/9/15 Page 18 of 156 <br /> <br />John Price: Yes, I’m sorry. I’m John Price, I’m will Calhoun, Bhelia, and Seacrest. A law firm here 1 <br />in Durham. I represent, in this matter, several clients. One is Mr. Owen Gwen, individually, who is 2 <br />a property owner on a property in the area of where this cell tower will be located. Mr Gwen is also 3 <br />the member of Dove Field LLC, that’s about a 220-acre piece of property that’s situated next to 4 <br />where this cell tower will be constructed. I’m also representing Evan and Erin Gwen, who reside 5 <br />on a piece of the Dove Field LLC property. 6 <br /> 7 <br />Samantha Cabe: Thank you. 8 <br /> 9 <br />John Price: Mr. Smith, in your analysis you have several statements that contained in it that I’d 10 <br />like to ask you about. One is, you state that cell towers are in harmony with the area in the same 11 <br />way that other utilities are. Does your expertise include landscape design? 12 <br /> 13 <br />David Smith: No. 14 <br /> 15 <br />John Price: Real estate development planning? 16 <br /> 17 <br />David Smith: No. 18 <br /> 19 <br />John Price: Master planning? 20 <br /> 21 <br />David Smith: No. 22 <br /> 23 <br />John Price: Aesthetic designer analysis? 24 <br /> 25 <br />David Smith: No. 26 <br /> 27 <br />John Price: Have you even been engaged as an expert to impigne on what is or is not in harmony 28 <br />with a particular community? 29 <br /> 30 <br />David Smith: Yes, in front of a place like this I have. Yes. 31 <br /> 32 <br />John Price: Is there anything in your background that qualifies you in such matters anymore that 33 <br />any other citizen? 34 <br /> 35 <br />David Smith: In matters of harmony? 36 <br /> 37 <br />John Price: Yes. 38 <br />20