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first builder and hired him to build the desi ns and actually start the process, and he actually got as far as getting the site permit filed with the County as well as our well and septic permits and the sites picked out for our home, but actually never developed a plan so we ended up having to let him go. So we started the process of actually interviewing new builders and actually hired a design firm to build our house and actually got our plans back in November of '07. All this is documented in the presentation, so I won't spend a lot of time, because I know we're kind of short on time and everybody wants to move on. The point is that we were ready to move forward actually building this year and it was kind of ironic that we got the notice from the Farm School right at the beginning of May, right when we were getting ready to put our current home on the market. So we've been on hold since that notice came out. We do have a site selected and site plans, and we're ready to Fo||, but we're not prepared to build a half-million dollar home right beside all of this cluster of buildings that you see presented here. Baeioa||y, on our p|oOs, if you look at the plans we filed with the County, we are set back 600 feet off the road. There's a hill on our property that rises from the front of Terry Road to 600 feet approximately back off the road frontage, which actually puts our approved septic site right in the line in the same area with these buildings basically. For those who aren't aware, the property was actually timbered back about two years prior to our purchase and was largely timbered on our property and largely timbered in the middle section of this land adjacent. So right where their buildings are sitting is an area that was clear cut about three or four years ago, so there's no natural buffer between the two properties other than just brush. There's a bunch of briars and weeds, but no mature hardwoods of any type. Along with that, that's really our number one issue, I gueao, is that the visibility of the site and the noise from the school would have a tremendous impact on the reasons that we purchased the land. Also, we're very concerned with the traffic as was previously mentioned. Yes, Terry Road can accommodate a fair amount of traffic, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the community wants that traffic there. Today it's fairly quiet, fairly peacefu|. not a lot of traffic going through and this project vVi||, as we've calculated as a community, increase the traffic by about 500%, and we'd actually request a formal traffic study to be conducted and looked at. The other issue that I'm really concerned about is my rights as a landowner to continue to hunt and shoot firearms on my property. That was one of the Specific intents when I first purchased this land was to be able to do that. I have major concerns that my ability to be able to do that safely going forward with the school being right next door, especially with no buffer in the area to protect or to protect the children. Another issue that has come to light, I guess from the neighbors is that we're concerned that two wells have been requested by the school and water usage from the school, and with the drought in the area and the surrounding wells in the community, everybody has concerns about what might.happen to wells on our property if the school is using that much water. Another question or concern is impervious surface area. I'm not sure if that's been investigated. I know it's very stringent in Orange County right now. Looking at the map, there's a lot of concentrated driveway and buildings, and it looks just, at a high level, that it's over the impervious surface area, and I'd like to request that that be reviewed and investigated. I guess the next issue, of course, is lighting. We're concerned about light pollution as well on our property. Right now when you go out on the property, it's very dark, obviously no visible street lights. You can see stars at niQht, that sort of thing. I have a lot of concern with seven buildings and a barn that would probably have security lighting and so forth around the outside and what kind of light pollution that would generate into our area with no water or buffer between the properties. It's hard to see from this diagram, but I have a m jor concern that even though this is a fairly significant piece of property at 14.5 acrao, there's a whole large chunk of the property in the back that's being protected, so the development is very