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5 ~ ~ ~. '6 1 to be trying to look at. And the way this works is like all thvel of the fixturearAnd sotl orllight-off 2 fixtures. Basically they do not let the light go above the le 3 pollution purposes that keeps the light e{ f O~t endi Is up ncthe ky and also saves you a~whole 4 the fixture off the pavement and keeps ~ 9 g o back a 5 lot of light, saves you a lot ofVeo '~ waA to put outhn this parka g lot instea'dhof t ese acorns that 6 couple, and this is what you 7 basically emit light almost 360 degrees just spray it up in the air. 8 9 "The 3~d one which shows that even for a regular parking lot you can put a fixture in a 10 box so that if you are back far enough swan either from above or these k nd lofhnte'9nally 9t ing 11 down. Then you have two options for a s g there are a bunch of them at 12 signs that work really well. Then there are the bad fixtures, 13 Easttown, then the wall pack, #2, If driving down 40, look behind Harris Teeter Chapel Hill 14 North, the whole highway is lit up by these things. 15 16 "And then you can get the totally ugly effect, which you can get by driving straight bac 17 towards Chapel Hill, just as you coe en th 5vcountry where~they do not have a comprehensive 18 pollution is a problem m most pla 19 Ordinance and that includes Orange County. 20 21 "So we have got a good start on the Ordinance. Then given that it is kind o a no- 22 brainer, all you want is light where eciate the work tha has already gonea nto~that'nFor this to 23 moving right along and I really app 24 actually be a success this is kind of likesa ctolnstin thehtowns and at the unive sity would be'ng 25 the same things happening m other fur 26 something I wou{d want to motivate. So t thhs and cou d get omeluniformity on theseuth ngsde 27 working group for a little while working on 28 that would be great. 29 30 "One thing just occurred to me, it is possible to even light ball fields and things t a you 31 would think would just have to create thisS like that Irehtty tolerable inghe neighborhood t Soywe 32 can make even ball fields and big facilit e P 33 can actually bring back the stars in to S Hess. And I know t takes'a while foblOrdinanlc sand the 34 astronomers were being put out of bu 35 life-cycle of these fixtures to go th facgif tiesUtoes, I thi k th t sesometh ng thatrcan just'betdone 36 pollution approaches m all county 9 37 by the people that are planning the facilities. 38 39 "And I would realty encourage that and the last thing that I want to ask for is that we ge 40 a referral on this Ordinance so that we can take a look at it officially for the Commission for the 41 Environment. 42 43 "And on a completely different topic,these CDsroverl the~e thatOwere aCesul o that (five oar six) 44 grant last year and there ~s a pile of 45 and they are for you all. Thank you very much.° 46 47 Bill Walser. "Hi, I am Bill Walser, a resident of Orange County. I am alife-time member of the 48 International Dark Sky Association which basically made the presentation. I am an amateur 49 astronomer, I have a private observatory just off Dodson's Cross Roads where I do deep space 50 imaging. It's a university quality facility and there are a number of other amateur astronomers in 51 the area, who until just recently have enjoyed very dark skies.