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OC Board of Adjustment – 6/8/2015 Page 43 of 68 some of the clients today. They will tell you the reason they chose Carolina Point is they were more comfortable in the 1 rural setting. They like it peaceful, they like sitting on the front porch looking at the horses, the pasture across the road, 2 the farm, the strawberries and employees with tell you that agitated residents are calmed down when they are taken 3 outside to the front porch to watch the horses. Carolina Point has an unobstructed view of the proposed cell tower 4 location. We are number 11 in your packet of the balloon test and this is the picture from that packet actually on our 5 private property looking down our driveway though what is pointed out as the lights are th e actually lights on the 6 building so it’s not giving perspective. One of the three qualifications in Section 5.3.2 of the Unified Development 7 Ordinance says the location and character of the use if developed according to the plans submitted will be in har mony 8 with the areas in which is located. The use is in compliance with the physical development of the county plan as 9 embodied. There is a standard for astatically pleasing and for the 140 residents, their families are 180 plus employees, 10 the place being proposed is definitely out of character for this rural…. 11 12 Tom Johnson: I object to anything with respect to hearsay or what someone else may say. 13 14 Beth Bega: It is not hearsay. 15 16 Tom Johnson: It is hearsay speaking for someone else that is not here to testify. 17 18 Larry Wright: I have to agree with him, I’m sorry. 19 20 Beth Bega: I sat on the front porch and I believe it is an eyesore, not astatically pleasing with the harmony with the 21 character of the rural area and the pleasant situation where it is now. Thank you. 22 23 Michael Harvey: Before summations, I would like the board to recognize Jackie Hicks, a telecommunications consultant 24 so the board can ask questions, the applicant can ask questions and those in opposition can ask questions as well. 25 26 Jackie Hicks: I do want to thank Tom for offering to camouflage this facility because I do have some real concerns 27 because we don’t know what kind of camouflage he means. We haven’t seen information, it wasn’t provided prior to 28 the hearing and it was discussed. Even though he did offer up a monopine, even in his statement or his page he wrote 29 under Tab 21, paragraph 3, he even wrote using a monopine at this location does not make sense because the tower 30 itself is in an open field. I think he is stating that even a monopine is not adequate for this location so I do have 31 concerns about the visual intrusiveness and that is my major thing. I would also like to ask since there is only one other 32 tower in Orange County that T-Mobile is co-located on, does T-Mobile, if this tower is approved, do they have plans to 33 build out service in the county? 34 35 Tom Johnson: I object this goes into business decision. 36 37 Jeff Schmitt: Your capacity with the county is? 38 39 Jackie Hicks: I am their telecommunications consultant. 40 41 Tom Johnson: I object to anything regarding business development because the state statute clearly says that is 42 irrelevant. 43 44 Male: You said you consult with the county, what does that entail? 45 46 Jackie Hicks: Reviewing application basically, all the aspects. The ordinance, everything from co-locations, new 47 towers, modifications, everything. I work hand in hand with Michael. 48 49 Larry Wright: Finish what you were going to say. 50