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Approved 3113117 <br />Owen Gwen: Last year. <br />2 <br />3 John Price: At that time did you know anyone was proposing building a cell tower? <br />4 <br />5 Owen Gwen: No, I didn't. <br />6 <br />7 John Price: Describe for the Board what that master plan consisted of, in terms of the Dove Field <br />8 Property? <br />9 <br />10 Owen Gwen: Well, we have a couple of ponds and creek so the idea was to create a wildlife <br />11 corridor through the center and then have some sites that overlook those features. We've got <br />12 creeks and streams, stuff like that. So we wanted to develop sites that fit into the topography and <br />13 the landscape and that they were all self contained types of homes. It could be enjoyed without... <br />14 Low density homes. <br />15 <br />16 John Price: And from your view point is the Towercom cell tower consistent with the masterplan? <br />17 <br />18 Owen Gwen: The cell tower, to me, is here's a company from South Carolina wants to build a <br />19 tower wants to build a tower and lease it with Verizon, it's all about... Wish I had a team of <br />20 attorneys and I could come and prepare a defense. But no, I don't think there's anything about it <br />21 that should be in the rural buffer, or in the Jordan Lake watershed. <br />22 <br />23 John Price: Why are opposed to the application? <br />24 <br />25 Owen Gwen: Well several reasons. Obviously, the eye sore part of it. The fact that why is it 195- <br />26 feet, well because if any higher it has to have a light on it because of aviation systems, and if it <br />27 had a light it would then not kill the birds but without a light it does kill birds, not as bad as a guide <br />28 tower would but there are reasons behind why this is done. This is optimized based on what the <br />29 RDU requirements are. It has nothing to do with the fact that it's in Clearwater Lake, in the rural <br />30 buffer. To me it's just throw it down and go over to the next tower. These guys build them all over <br />31 the country. <br />32 <br />33 John Price: Have you ever engaged in services of an appraiser to appraise your property? Both <br />34 without the proposed tower and in the event the tower is built? <br />35 <br />36 Owen Gwen: I did. <br />37 <br />38 John Price: Who was that? <br />39 <br />40 Owen Gwen: Mike Ogburn. <br />OC Board of Adjustment — 12/12/16 Page 60 of 156 <br />