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Approved 9/10/2013 OC Board of Adjustment – 7/8/2013 Page 16 of 82 could not have been off the driveway. I was born and raised out there in that area and another question, I don’t still 1 live out there but my dad does but most of the time around these towers, they have these great big generators. When 2 the power goes out the generator kicks on and I am concerned about the noise. How big are the generators and how 3 much noise will be coming from it? 4 5 Karen Kemerait: I would like to respond about the access road. Sesame Road is a DOT maintained road with a 60 6 foot right-of-way and one of the ordinance requirements states that to the 60 foot wide right-of-way and one of the 7 ordinance requirements states that public roads are to be utilized to the maximum extent possible. It is very important 8 to know there will be very minimal traffic generated by this tower site. Once the tower is constructed, which I 9 mentioned last month, which will be about a four week time period then the tower use will be low impact use and 10 generates approximately two to four vehicle trips per month so it is much less minimal traffic type usage, type of use, 11 than even residential use of the area so very little traffic will be generated. As far as the generator, Mr. Harvey, can 12 you answer? 13 14 Liz Hill: I am with American Tower Corporation and I have been duly sworn. The generator at the site will be 218 feet 15 from the nearest property line surrounded by trees. We complied with whatever noise ordinance the county has. I 16 would like to point out that it only kicks on when the power goes out and the cable phone goes out and when other 17 forms of communication go out when you need your phone. The purpose of the generator is backup communications 18 when the primary power bridge fails. 19 20 Larry Wright: Doesn’t it go on to regenerate the battery? 21 22 Liz Hill: Correct. 23 24 Larry Wright: It is an on-demand generator? 25 26 Liz Hill: Correct. 27 28 Larry Wright: It will probably go on once a week for a few minutes. 29 30 Liz Hill: It will go on for testing once a month for a short period of time to make sure it is operating correctly, otherwise 31 it will not be running in any longer period of time unless it is needed unless the power is out. 32 33 Samantha Cabe: Is there a regulation of the testing time? 34 35 Liz Hill: I think we can schedule it for during business hours. I don’t know if your ordinance requires that but we can 36 certainly schedule it. 37 38 Samantha Cabe: Ms. Hill mentioned that the generator would be located 219 feet from the closest property line. That 39 is the Yow’s property line. The generator will be 375 feet from Sesame Road. 40 41 Linda Ward: I am the owner of 801 Sesame Street Road and I am here because I am very concerned just as the 42 realtor said about those people who are afraid of the cell towers, I am one of them. Very much afraid and very much 43 concerned for my community and we were just talking about the generators that are located at the base of the cell 44 towers and these generators must be maintained at a steady temperature of 77 degrees Fahrenheit. This temperature 45 requirement is often compromised by poor maintenance and insufficient power due to power outages. Improperly 46 maintained generators have been known to break down and leak fluid into the ground thereby polluting an 47 underground water supply. All of Sesame Road people are on well pumps and I am really concerned about these 48 things breaking down or the maintenance can’t get there on its monthly schedule or nobody even knew it was broken 49 but we, in our community, would be the first one to feel the effects of it and if it is seeping into the ground and the 50 water supply, how far will it go before it reaches University Lake. I think the risk is very great. The potential of trying to 51