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Planning Board, I guess does help to some extent, but what time period does that require to <br /> grow. That's not going to be an immediate protection of visibility from the property. One of the <br /> things that I brought to the table were letters from three realtors, which I've documented into <br /> the information — Co!dwell Banker Agent Michael Irwin; Keller Williams Agent John Tatreau; <br /> and Re/Max Agent Kathryn White. So I'd ask that you please read those, because they have <br /> expressed their professional opinion with many years of experience in the real estate market <br /> and how that would have a personal impact on our market value. And I have with me tonight <br /> Geoffrey Odell, who is here in the audience. He is not planning to speak, but I think his <br /> document speaks for itself, if you would please read it. I would ask that if you have any <br /> questions tonight that you please address those directly to him, and if you have any questions <br /> about his methodology or process that he went through to determine his findings. He's also <br /> made himself available for questions anytime. <br /> Commissioner Gordon: To have this be evidence, does the person who provided <br /> the evidence have to speak, or can someone provide written evidence? <br /> Geof Gledhill: I think in its present form, without the testimony of the person saying <br /> who he is or saying that it's theirs, it's hearsay evidence and does not have particularly strong <br /> value. <br /> Commissioner Gordon: I kind of lost track of Mr. Tilley and whether this is the man <br /> that you wanted to testify as to your value, but if it is the person, he should come forward and <br /> be sworn. <br /> Geoffrey Odell was sworn in. <br /> Chair Jacobs: I think the purpose of your being up there is to address the written <br /> comment that we were provided from Mr. Tilley that reported to represent your professional <br /> judgment. <br /> Geoffrey Odell: What I did was considered to be a consulting assignment to analyze <br /> the impact, if any, to his property. One of the big issues; this property has been timbered, this <br /> is timbered probably 90% right in here (he was pointing to the map). What you see are not <br /> really trees, it's the undergrowth. This property up here is clear. This has been timbered up in <br /> that area, and it's wooded in the back. Where the proposed school is, is somewhere right in <br /> here. Where Mr. Tilley's home is proposed, is right in this area. The only buffer remaining <br /> between the two property lines is just leftover trees that weren't timbered years ago and some <br /> saplings, some underbrush. It's not any kind of buffer whatsoever. When I walked over the <br /> property, he's got his house laid out, and where his house is going to be is overlooking the <br /> school buildings there. In my 26 years of appraising real estate, I've appraised a lot of homes <br /> from modest bungalows on 2, 3, 4, 5 acres to large estate quality homes on 15, 20, 40, 50 <br /> acres. The common denominator through all of that- through all of the buyers, sellers, owners <br /> that are financing —the common denominator is the typical buyer lives in these properties <br /> based on the seclusion and the privacy and the serenity given that comes with a large acreage <br /> site with a home. In my opinion, due to the traffic issues created by the school and the <br /> location of the improvements in relation to his proposed house, he's going to have both an <br /> inferior view characteristic at least for a good number of years, until whatever buffer everybody <br /> is talking about has a chance to grow, but he'll continue to have problems with the traffic. One <br /> of the entries, based on the information I had, it's going to be right in here along his property <br /> line. His driveway is probably right down in this area. It's a little bit north of the center. That's <br /> the existing driveway of the property. With that many cars, it's reasonable to assume that <br /> you're going to have traffic issues on Terry Road, in the immediate vicinity of the property, <br /> which is more than likely where his driveway is. In addition to that, I gleaned data from the <br /> market as it relates to external influences on properties, and external influence is defined as <br /> something that is tangent to or nearby a property that exerts influence on it; for instance, if <br />