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OC Board of Adjustment – 6/8/2015 Page 49 of 68 show us all the towers in two miles. Then they have to e valuate within their search ring so you can ask them about 1 that? 2 3 Tom Johnson: I would object in so far that we would be reopening the record after the summation of the parties. 4 5 Jeff Schmitt: Within the search ring, how many other sites did you consider? 6 7 Tom Johnson: Within the search ring, the search ring is a half mile radius. Typically, I think there are three location 8 presented for consideration and they looked at all factors in terms of the locations and heights. For instance, the 9 American tower sites, we did search ring so they looked at that and examined that with the respect but it not work with 10 the height and the location issue because it was so low so multiple sites were looked but the thing that generates all 11 this, you look with their search ring and determine their sites and you talk to property owners like when you are trying to 12 negotiate a contract to purchase a real estate so you have to determine; number one you have to find a willing person 13 to do it then number 2, you have to have that person reach an agreement with that person where it would be located on 14 their property and there are financial considerations too. You go through a process to do that. It was determined based 15 upon all these factors that this was the best site to present so that is really where we are. 16 17 Male: None of this is in the record before as generated even in the application or hearing tonight and I move to strike. 18 19 Tom Johnson: I was just responding to the question. 20 21 Larry Wright: This is the time when the board can ask questions and we do. 22 23 Male: If you can reopen or new testimony. 24 25 Larry Wright: I have not closed the public hearing. 26 27 Jeff Schmitt: Did you make an offer to locate the tower on another piece of property within the ½ mile. 28 29 Tom Johnson: I can’t address that specifically… there are four others considered. 30 31 Jeff Schmitt: The first lady, Mrs. Hall, pointed us to this large piece of property who own this site located if its approve d 32 in the back. It is further away and surrounded by trees. Yes there are other houses. Did you request of her to 33 potentially locate this tower back there? 34 35 Tom Johnson: All I can say is that we have an agreement with Mrs. Bergman and this is where the future site. 36 37 Larry Wright: I have a question about the buf fer. I see long leaf pines, is there an intent to put a buffer around this 38 thing? It’s a 20 ft. buffer but where is it? 39 40 Tom Johnson: It is around the outside of the fence as required by the ordinance. 41 42 Larry Wright: But the fence adjoins someone else’s property. 43 44 Tom Johnson: No the fence around the compound of the structure doesn’t go that far. 45 46 Michael Harvey: Reviewed Findings. 47 48 Samantha Cabe: The standard, the search ring utilized in finding the proposed site, what you are looking at there is 49 only that they submitted the search ring? 50