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Chris Johnston: Just to piggyback on that, I apologize, Cy normally the neighborhood information meeting is in the 274
<br />packet, is there a reason that this one wasn't required to be? I thought that was a requirement as 275
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<br />Cy Stober: That absolutely is. The information is available through the portal. 278
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<br />Chris Johnston: The portal. 280
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<br />Cy Stober: Yep, we'll make sure to include it in the packet in the future. 282
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<br />Chris Johnston: Appreciate it. Sorry about that. Thank you. Sorry. 284
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<br />Whitney Watson: And so just to follow up, if there was a concern about lighting, did you undertake, or consider Dark 286
<br />Sky as a guideline for lighting in the campus area? 287
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<br />Michael Fiocco: That is a possibility, yes, and what we did commit to was trying to find a solution that 289
<br />one, preserved safety while on campus and acknowledge the need and desire for Dark Sky. 290
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<br />Dolores Bailey: Could you share what Dark Sky is? 292
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<br />Whitney Watson: Dark Sky is a, I don't know if it's really a standard, but it's a goal to minimize light pollution, so 294
<br />fewer lights, keep them close to the ground, shielded, to make the sky, and the animals who are 295
<br />out at night less impacted by the light. 296
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<br />Michael Fiocco: One of the key components is the shielding, so that it points the light down, as opposed to not 298
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<br />Lamar Proctor: Thank you. And, and just a follow up question, then, I think in the packet there was references to 301
<br />particular wavelengths of light that were to be desired, and types of lighting, did I read that 302
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<br />Michael Fiocco: Yes, yes you did. There is a wavelength cutoff that is suggested, I can't remember if it's like 7 or 305
<br />800 nanometers. Near infrared. Ultraviolet, sorry. 306
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<br />Lamar Proctor: And I guess the question is, you all would take that into consideration when applying for additional 308
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<br />Karen Cumberbatch: Yes, and I would say if you're ever on our campus, actually, at night, we already are pretty mindful 311
<br />of the amount of light that we have and the impacts for our current section of campus that we use, 312
<br />and so, yes, that would definitely be the same guiding principals that we would use in any future 313
<br />construction. I was reminded that in the neighborhood information meeting, there was one 314
<br />comment that was made about an existing light, and our plan is already to make the amendments 315
<br />that would be needed to ensure that we were managing the light as effectively as possible. I 316
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<br />we're not the kind of school that's going to be lighting fields, and we're not going to have night 318
<br />games, and there's not going to be any of those kinds of things that would be adding to any light 319
<br />pollution or extreme use, so that is also something that we are committed to. 320
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<br />Lamar Proctor: Right, and I think it's also conditioned too that no lighting will be provided on existing or proposed 322
<br />athletic fields or courts, so there won't be general mis-lighting, and that's a condition of the 323
<br />conditional zoning. Okay. 324
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<br />Chris Johnston: Oh, I apologize. Whitney, are you all done with yours? 328
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