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DRAFT <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 11/9/15 Page 58 of 156 <br /> <br />John Price: And are you authorized to act on behalf of Dove Field LLC? 1 <br /> 2 <br />Owen Gwen: I am. 3 <br /> 4 <br />John Price: Was the property now owned by Dove Field LLC once your family’s farm? 5 <br /> 6 <br />Owen Gwen: It was. We’ve had it for over 50 years. 7 <br /> 8 <br />John Price: Would you describe the property in terms of terrain, foliage, wildlife, and so forth? 9 <br /> 10 <br />Owen Gwen: It’s ……. It’s …… Cub creek runs basically through the center of it, which is part of 11 <br />the Jordan Lake watershed. We’ve got many springs, and several ponds. At one time, it is 12 <br />interesting, we were going to propose a resovoir for the property as a water supply for Chapel Hill. 13 <br />We would’ve supplied a little over a weeks worth of water at the current use but the impact factors 14 <br />on to meet the environmental impact were going to cost over $4,000,000 just in impact fees so we 15 <br />couldn’t do that project, so instead we looked towards setting up an area for a wildlife corridor. 16 <br /> 17 <br />John Price: Do your son and daughter also live on the Dove Field Property? 18 <br /> 19 <br />Owen Gwen: That’s true. They manage the farm. 20 <br /> 21 <br />John Price: Do you currently hold any positions of any boards or commissions for environmental 22 <br />organizations? 23 <br /> 24 <br />Owen Gwen: Well I’m a family member of the National Trust Real Estate Program. It’s not really 25 <br />inaudible. Also the chair person at the Global Housing Foundation, which builds affordable 26 <br />housing and I’ve been a real estate agent in Orange County for 40 years. So I’m Board of 27 <br />Realtors and that sort of thing. 28 <br /> 29 <br />John Price: What caused you to become involved with other organizations? 30 <br /> 31 <br />Owen Gwen: I was a familiy member of the North Carolina Traveling Tourism Board and part of 32 <br />the mandate of the Board was to preserve the State’s estuaries and forests, wetlands, open lands, 33 <br />and that endoctrined into me towards that. I have to admit I’ve never met an appraiser that didn’t 34 <br />understand what a view shed was but I’m just saying view sheds are an intrical part of valuation in 35 <br />my mind of any property. 36 <br /> 37 <br />John Price: How would you describe the geography character aestheics of the properties? 38 <br /> 39 <br />60