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APPROVED 10/13/2014 OC Board of Adjustment – 8/27/2014 Page 33 of 64 1 Jason Thomas: I so affirm as to both what I’m about to say and what I have said. 2 3 Larry Wright: Ok 4 5 Jason Thomas: My third concern has to do with the maintaining of the character of the environment in 6 which the work is being done. There is an existing substation of some kind across 86 and the new one 7 that they are building adjacent to my driveway on the west side of Old 86. They are relatively large and 8 industrial looking facilities in which the pipes come up from above the ground and are linked to one 9 another in a variety of ways that I don’t claim to understand. The one across from Old 86 appears 10 occasionally to burn fuel or waste or something and this is in a residential area. There are apparently no 11 efforts to obscure or beautify or landscape these facilities which is disappointing to me honestly. What 12 we had before they came was a woodland and what we now have is an industrial site. So I’d encourage 13 the Board in a third condition of this Special Use Permit to assure that PSNC folks take adequate steps 14 to landscape their work such that it is consistent with the surrounding use of the land which is entirely 15 residential and all the comments that I have. 16 17 Larry Wright: Thank you very much. Next. 18 19 Michael Harvey: Aaron Tartar. 20 21 Aaron Tartar: Hello, my name is Aaron Tartar, I’ve been sworn in. I am a property owner of 1008 Maple 22 Ridge Drive it’s adjacent to the pipeline. I’m also the home owner’s association president for the 23 neighborhood so I speak on behalf of myself and also the neighbors that are part of the neighborhood I 24 represent. As the gas line comes through the back of our neighborhood and the surrounding 25 neighborhoods the current easement for the 10 inch pipeline is 30 feet and the proposal wants to clear 26 an additional 20 feet so they have 50 foot of easement to lay the new to have 25 feet on each side of the 27 new 16 inch pipeline. One of the standards in the UDO says that they must act in a way that is 28 harmonious with the environment with the community to try to preserve the character of the environment. 29 What I don’t understand from the proposal, page 37 does list some rough drawings of why they might 30 need 50 feet but there are no dimensions of the equipment there are no dimensions of the piles there are 31 no dimensions of what room they need to move around in that space, so it doesn’t show to me why they 32 couldn’t do it with less and they are proposing to take out 20 feet of width of trees which would 33 significantly affect the character of the environment and would significantly affect the harmony of the 34 community around it. I think in order for this plan to approved, they should show the dimensions 35 specifically and justify that 50 feet. 36 37 Larry Wright: The tree removal, is this in a buffer zone that was part of the development that you are 38 living in? 39 40 Aaron Tartar: Some of the trees are on a HOA common property and some of the trees are on private 41 properties that are in the neighborhood. 42 43 Larry Wright: What I’m asking is when you made plans when you submit plans for development the 44 County requires various buffers and are you aware that these may be part of these buffers? 45 46 Aaron Tartar: I’m not aware if they are or aren’t but the point is that they don’t specify any dimensions for 47 justifying the 50 feet that they need. 48 49 Larry Wright: I see your argument, yes. 50 51 Aaron Tartar: It may be that it can be done in 40 feet and if it could be done in 40 feet or if it could be 52 done within the 30 feet that they have already that would be a lot better for us. Maybe there is reason to 53 take 50 feet but it’s just not clearly explained in the proposal there is nothing that justifies the dimensions. 54 That the only thing that I have. 55