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Approved 9/7/2016 5 217 Lydia Wegman: I saw in your slides that you’re planning to do maintenance between May and September. And I’ll 218 just note that in North Carolina you might need to do maintenance between March and November. There’s a lot of 219 growth that occurs in early spring around here. 220 221 Javier Gorbe: Right. Normally we modify that per site but we tend not to do the maintenance in the winter just 222 because the temperatures and sometimes it’s less productive than doing it in the summer. We tend to cut the grass 223 during the summer and between those we do the maintenance to make sure that everything works correctly. 224 225 Craig Benedict: Earlier slides you mentioned for every dollar invested there’s $1.93 that comes back in revenue. Is 226 there any more information in your packet somewhere that shows where that came from? 227 228 Javier Gorbe: I’m not the best person to talk about financial numbers but I can certainly address that in the future 229 and send you the information, if that’s okay. 230 231 Craig Benedict: I know that for a certain period they’re not taxed fully. So, it would just be interesting to see the stuff 232 that’s behind that. 233 234 Patricia Roberts: I do think they get a break on Orange County Property Taxes too. 235 236 Javier Gorbe: The difference is that when you produce electricity from a conventional point of view the .. drop from 237 outside the country or outside the state. In this case the solar panels; the only thing they do is produce energy and 238 they are here providing it so they tax them; they have a grade but their revenue between conventional power and 239 renewables is much bigger. 240 241 Patricia Roberts: Where are the solar panels made? 242 243 Javier Gorbe: They are made everywhere. One of the companies that was American made was bought by a 244 Chinese company. There is only one company that if you really want to buy American that meets all the criteria. I 245 believe it’s called BAA, By American Act. And there is only one company in the whole of the U.S. and that company 246 has 400 workers. If you buy those panels you are not able to do solar in North Carolina. The difference in pricing 247 doesn’t allow you to do solar. So those panels are made for residents because they are high end, they can get 248 more radiation when they are not in the optimal angle and they have more power per square foot to allow 249 residences that don’t have a big roof. 250 251 Lydia Wegman: Any other questions? I think that’s all we have right now Javier, thank you. 252 253 Patrick Mallett went over attachment 4. 254 255 Kim Piracci: I have a question about the sign, or more of a statement. There’s too much information on the sign. 256 You’re driving by and you can’t really read what the sign says. So I didn’t know if there’s any way of making… 257 258 Patrick Mallett: The sign has to contain what, why, and where. 259 260 Patrick Mallett continued reviewing attachment 4. 261 262 Tony Blake: And this would still apply at the end of the 15 years or whenever the lease is terminated? 263 264 Patrick Mallett: As long as it’s there. 265 266 Michael Harvey went over recommendations and conditions that are included in the packet. 267 268 Patrick Mallett: Just two quick notes. So as we pointed out in the neighborhood information meeting this is the SUP 269 part of the process, which has 3 subparts to it. If approved the applicant would then move on to the next step. The 270