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Approved 7/8/2013 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 6/10/2013 Page 10 of 92 <br /> 1 <br />David Smith: I have done impact analysis on properties where towers currently exist. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Larry Wright: The properties on which they exist? 4 <br /> 5 <br />David Smith: The ones around them. 6 <br /> 7 <br />Larry Wright: Have you found any adverse effects to that? 8 <br /> 9 <br />David Smith: No, I have not. 10 <br /> 11 <br />Larry Wright: In Orange County? 12 <br /> 13 <br />David Smith: No, I have not. 14 <br /> 15 <br />Larry Wright: In Durham? 16 <br /> 17 <br />David Smith: Yes. 18 <br /> 19 <br />Larry Wright: You have found adverse effects? 20 <br /> 21 <br />David Smith: No adverse effect in Durham or Orange County. 22 <br /> 23 <br />Larry Wright: Thank you. 24 <br /> 25 <br />Samantha Cabe: Have you ever found that a tower has adversely affected a property in any of your 26 <br />analysis? 27 <br /> 28 <br />David Smith: No. 29 <br /> 30 <br />Jill House: That is all the evidence I have at this point. 31 <br /> 32 <br />Larry Wright: Are there any public witnesses that would like to speak? 33 <br /> 34 <br />Desiree Goldman: I have been sworn in. My name is Desiree Goldman, I have lived in Orange 35 <br />County 17 years and I am here tonight representing the 500 members of the Greater Chapel Hill 36 <br />Association of Realtors. We service all of Orange County. We are in support of the approval of both 37 <br />cell tower installations that will be up for tonight. We find that connectivity is extremely important to 38 <br />homebuyers. Many people choose to no longer have land lines. When looking at a house, this 39 <br />happened to me today, showing houses in the northern Hillsborough areas, St. Mary’s, I had clients in 40 <br />town from Chicago. They had drove around to the different houses yesterday, soon as we got to the 41 <br />house, before we got to the house, they said we came by and there was no cell service yesterday and 42 <br />that was immediately a problem for them that there was no cell service at a particular house they 43 <br />were looking at. Many clients do not put in land lines anymore and many security systems are no 44 <br />longer using land lines as a way of having the security systems in homes. They are using cell 45 <br />phones. This is all very important to the quality of when people are making their decision and 46 <br />purchasing their home and it is a detriment if there is not good connectivity. Orange County loves 47 <br />people working from home so they are not in their car. We have very intellectual people and people 48 <br />who work at their house and they need all the broadband they can get, all the connectivity they can 49 <br />get. This makes a big effect on when people select their homes and we support any and all 50 <br />telecommunication service and the connectivity for all Orange County. Thank you. 51 <br /> 52 <br />James Carter: You are a realtor? 53