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DRAFT <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 11/9/15 Page 27 of 156 <br /> <br />John Price: Is that important to you in accessing the impact? 1 <br /> 2 <br />David Smith: No. 3 <br /> 4 <br />John Price: That’s not important to you? 5 <br /> 6 <br />David Smith: No. As long as it’s screened by trees or a buffer. 7 <br /> 8 <br />John Price: As long as it’s… Repeat that please. 9 <br /> 10 <br />David Smith: As long as there’s some screen from the trees or from a buffer, I don’t think it 11 <br />impacts the property values. 12 <br /> 13 <br />John Price: Well if there are mature trees and you made a note that it’s completely surrounded by 14 <br />mature trees, aren’t you saying because of that there’s less impact? 15 <br /> 16 <br />David Smith: I’m describing the property. 17 <br /> 18 <br />John Price: You also note in the report that the area between the least area and the tower site are 19 <br />heavily wooded. 20 <br /> 21 <br />David Smith: Yes. 22 <br /> 23 <br />John Price: You also make the statement in your report, “If the trees are removed a 40-foot wide 24 <br />landscape buffer would be installed.”. 25 <br /> 26 <br />David Smith: Yes. 27 <br /> 28 <br />John Price: Were you aware at the time you prepared your analysis that the Butner family that 29 <br />owns the property on which the cell tower was going to be constructed was going to be 30 <br />considering timbering this property? 31 <br /> 32 <br />David Smith: No. 33 <br /> 34 <br />John Price: No one advised you of that with Towercom? 35 <br /> 36 <br />David Smith: No. 37 <br />29