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Approved 9/10/2013 <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 7/8/2013 Page 4 of 82 <br /> <br />the head of the neighborhood. The part of it enhancing or preserving the value, as you see by photographs that has 1 <br />the homes, this photograph was taken from the third home back. It is not the closest to the tower. There are three 2 <br />more homes closer. From every angle of that tower at that height, setback from the road is approximately 250 feet, 3 <br />God forbid, east to west, it will go across the road or hit a tree or cause a tree to fall. As you can see by the 4 <br />photograph, those trees are actually falling so it is already a dangerous situation in the first place. 5 <br /> 6 <br />Larry Wright: Where is that? 7 <br /> 8 <br />Gary Dixon: That is on Sesame Road. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Larry Wright: Where does this impact the AT&T site? 11 <br /> 12 <br />Gary Dixon: Those trees are coming from that side falling toward Sesame Road; I am saying that is the area and we 13 <br />already have an existing problem with stuff falling in the road. 14 <br /> 15 <br />Larry Wright: It looks like it is quite far from Sesame Road on this map. The wooded area enclosing the tower looks 16 <br />like it is quite a distance. 17 <br /> 18 <br />Gary Dixon: That is not the actual trees; there is another line of trees. They are in the right of way. They don’t belong 19 <br />to ….. 20 <br /> 21 <br />Larry Wright: This map… 22 <br /> 23 <br />Gary Dixon: That is Sesame Road coming… That is just a photograph. 24 <br /> 25 <br />Larry Wright: We are supposed to be looking at these trees that are falling so where are they on this map? 26 <br /> 27 <br />Gary Dixon: I can show you… they are closer to the road. They are right on Sesame Road, these here. These 28 <br />actually block the view of this. You can’t really see them because it just a small area of trees that are constantly falling. 29 <br /> 30 <br />Larry Wright: According to our minutes, the owner and the applicant have agreed to retain and get an easement for 31 <br />this cluster of trees to serve as a buffer and protect the integrity of the landscape you are addressing now. 32 <br /> 33 <br />Gary Dixon: I feel like this (the proposed tower) is not characteristic of the farm. The UDO being here to protect the 34 <br />homeowner to preserve and enhance our value so what have I got is some realtors and local representation. I would 35 <br />ask the board for one other thing, please accept our memorandum from our attorney and make it part of the record 36 <br />that ATA&T has given mounds of testimony so I would ask you to accept that as part of the record. The attorney is 37 <br />Andrew Campanelli and he was our consultant and hired by us to represent the neighbors. We had to educate 38 <br />ourselves about cell towers and we had no representation. 39 <br /> 40 <br />Larry Wright: Who are your realtors? 41 <br /> 42 <br />Gary Dixon: Armand Lenchek and Helen Figueror and I have talked to several others. I spoke at great length to both 43 <br />of these. 44 <br /> 45 <br />Armand Lenchek: My name is Armand Lenchek and I am a realtor with Caldwell Banker and I have been sworn. I 46 <br />have been a real estate agent for 10 years in the Triangle Area mainly working in Chapel Hill, Carrboro and all of 47 <br />Orange County and I also cover Durham. I am, in modesty, one of the top five selling agents of the Chapel 48 <br />Hill/Carrboro market. I know the market really well. I have been selling a lot of property for 10 years and Gary has 49 <br />asked me to come and address one question, will this cell tower enhance the neighborhood or seriously detract from 50