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OC Board of Adjustment – 6/8/2015 Page 35 of 68 Tom Johnson: I would object to any opinion of value because she is not an expert. 1 2 Samantha Cabe: Did anyone ask you whether or not they could place the tower on your property? 3 4 Ann Hall: No. I didn’t know about the tower until the first balloon test came up. I didn’t know anything about it. 5 6 Samantha Cabe: Do you know if her property is within the search ring Mr. Johnson? 7 8 Tom Johnson: Ms. Hall’s property is within the search ring. 9 10 Ann Hall: Is the other property that I was speaking of that is behind my property across the back of the property line. 11 12 Samantha Cabe: I thought you were saying that was your property. 13 14 Jeff Schmitt: The open field she spoke about. Is that your property? 15 16 Ann Hall: No. It is part of the Bergman property. 17 18 Samantha Cabe: The same owners who own this property? 19 20 Ann Hall: Right it is. And there is a road that goes in at the upper part of t hat Bergman property up Kerley Road. It is 21 called Bergman Lane. There are houses up there but they are on the outside of the field area where there is lots of 22 trees and things in between them but the part I am speaking about is where the tower could be c loser to my property 23 which would not affect those that are in the field that are up higher and I don’t have a problem with that. It is where it i s 24 secluded and wouldn’t be seen. People would never know it was up there and it is a much higher elevated are a. 25 26 Mark Micol: Was that brought up at the town hall meeting? Did you bring that up at the town hall meeting? Were you 27 present? 28 29 Ann Hall: I have been at some of the meetings and I have mentioned this but not brought out that we discussed it or 30 anything. The field on how it adjoins… and some that adjoins my other piece of property; we mow that and keep it 31 mowed all the time. The incline starts along that way in that field. It goes up a lot more even than beside my house 32 where the field is where the tower is to be. As you go up there and cross the line, it goes on to the Bergman property 33 there. It keeps going up even higher. It’s not level and then goes up all the way. It’s further on that end and it’s higher 34 on that corner. There are lots of pine trees and other trees that are completely around this hill and I can’t tell you how 35 many acres are there but it’s a large field. Much larger than where they want to put this. 36 37 Tom Johnson: The alternate location you admitted is closer to so me other homes, closer than the proposed lots. 38 39 Ann Hall: No. 40 41 Tom Johnson: The tower wouldn’t be closer to other homes? 42 43 Ann Hall: No. None, whatsoever. 44 45 Tom Johnson: There are no homes up there? 46 47 Ann Hall: There are some homes where you come in on B ergman Lane which is further up at the hill almost near 48 Kerley Road. The height that I was talking about where you can see where it cuts into the woods there. No there are 49 no houses within that field or in those trees. 50