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14 <br />impact report submitted by American Towers was <br />flawed, in that it did not take into account market <br />conditions, improvements to the homes, and <br />differences between the comparison neighborhoods and <br />Greenfield Road homes. Townsley also distributed <br />photographs to the Board which show the natural <br />setting of the homes on Greenfield Road, that power <br />lines are buried, and that trees grow up to the <br />street. He testified that this shows that a 235' <br />tower would not be in harmony with Greenfield Road. <br />Mr. Townsley also testified that American Towers' <br />contention that no cellular service was available in <br />the Highway 54 West area was false. To prove this <br />he submitted a taped recording of cellular phone <br />calls made in the area in question. The tape also <br />showed that both analog and digital signals were <br />available on Highway 54 going West from Carrboro. <br />[Record, 2-8,9.] <br />Chris Braun testified that, although American Towers <br />contends cellular services are needed by EMS and <br />other emergency services, cellular phones have not <br />been used in the seven years that he has been a <br />paramedic. Braun testified that radios are <br />preferred by emergency officials such as ..the Durham <br />EMT Department, and that they do not plan to start <br />using cellular phones. Braun also testified that he <br />had seen a recent .employee memo from the hospital <br />where he works and that the hospital would be <br />implementing a policy discouraging the use of cell <br />phones because they interfered with patient <br />equipment.. [Record, 2-9.] <br />Jon Webster testified that he and his wife had <br />purchased their home on Greenfield Road a year ago, <br />and that 'they might not have if they had known that <br />a tower would be located close by. Webster <br />testified that the existing vegetation in the <br />neighborhood would be inadequate to obscure a <br />blinking tower. [Record, 2-9:] <br />Rakhski Khan testified that if the tower went up in <br />its proposed site, 500 feet from her back deck, her <br />property would not be worth the same to her anymore. <br />She tes~ ified that she never would Have purchased <br />her hoirte in 1992 if the tower had been there. She <br />.further testified that the-tower would not be in <br />10 <br />