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<br /> 274 Chris Johnston: Just to piggyback on that, I apologize, Cy normally the neighborhood information meeting is in the
<br /> 275 packet, is there a reason that this one wasn't required to be? I thought that was a requirement as
<br /> 276 part of the application process.
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<br /> 278 Cy Stober: That absolutely is. The information is available through the portal.
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<br /> 280 Chris Johnston: The portal.
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<br /> 282 Cy Stober: Yep,we'll make sure to include it in the packet in the future.
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<br /> 284 Chris Johnston: Appreciate it. Sorry about that. Thank you. Sorry.
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<br /> 286 Whitney Watson: And so just to follow up, if there was a concern about lighting, did you undertake, or consider Dark
<br /> 287 Sky as a guideline for lighting in the campus area?
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<br /> 289 Michael Fiocco: That is a possibility,yes, and what we did commit to was trying to find a solution that
<br /> 290 one, preserved safety while on campus and acknowledge the need and desire for Dark Sky.
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<br /> 292 Dolores Bailey: Could you share what Dark Sky is?
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<br /> 294 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
<br /> 295 fewer lights, keep them close to the ground, shielded,to make the sky, and the animals who are
<br /> 296 out at night less impacted by the light.
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<br /> 298 Michael Fiocco: One of the key components is the shielding, so that it points the light down, as opposed to not
<br /> 299 having a shield that lets it cast out.
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<br /> 301 Lamar Proctor: Thank you. And, and just a follow up question, then, I think in the packet there was references to
<br /> 302 particular wavelengths of light that were to be desired, and types of lighting, did I read that
<br /> 303 correctly.
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<br /> 305 Michael Fiocco: Yes,yes you did. There is a wavelength cutoff that is suggested, I can't remember if it's like 7 or
<br /> 306 800 nanometers. Near infrared. Ultraviolet,sorry.
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<br /> 308 Lamar Proctor: And I guess the question is,you all would take that into consideration when applying for additional
<br /> 309 permits or further expansion or modification of the facilities.
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<br /> 311 Karen Cumberbatch: Yes, and I would say if you're ever on our campus, actually, at night,we already are pretty mindful
<br /> 312 of the amount of light that we have and the impacts for our current section of campus that we use,
<br /> 313 and so,yes, that would definitely be the same guiding principals that we would use in any future
<br /> 314 construction. I was reminded that in the neighborhood information meeting, there was one
<br /> 315 comment that was made about an existing light, and our plan is already to make the amendments
<br /> 316 that would be needed to ensure that we were managing the light as effectively as possible. 1
<br /> 317 guess we said this in the neighborhood information meeting,and if it's worth saying out loud here,
<br /> 318 we're not the kind of school that's going to be lighting fields,and we're not going to have night
<br /> 319 games, and there's not going to be any of those kinds of things that would be adding to any light
<br /> 320 pollution or extreme use, so that is also something that we are committed to.
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<br /> 322 Lamar Proctor: Right, and I think it's also conditioned too that no lighting will be provided on existing or proposed
<br /> 323 athletic fields or courts, so there won't be general mis-lighting, and that's a condition of the
<br /> 324 conditional zoning. Okay.
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<br /> 326 Lamar Proctor: Chris?
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<br /> 328 Chris Johnston: Oh, I apologize. Whitney, are you all done with yours?
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