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Planning and Zoning Commission Minutes October 11, 2022 Mr. Pattersonsaid that is correct,yes sir. Mr.Hudspeth has a question for the RF Engineer. The Chair said can we finish with the speakers. Mr. Johnson said is glad to do it in any order that you want but he thinks there are other people who may speak in opposition and then he will come back with rebuttal and that is fine. The Chair said there are, lets finish the public hearing first.He called on Lance Brown. Mr. Lance Brown, 210 Horsepower Lane, China Grove, NC, addressed the Board stating that he owns property on Tuckaseegee Road,and he is against the tower. He does not see anything to gain, they already have one tower. Just like the gentleman said back here, he does not see anything to gain by it. The Chair called on Kevin Gilman, 2367 Oxford Drive, Kannapolis, NC, addressed the Board stating that some of his questions have already been answered by the statements. One question he had for Mr. Johnson is what is the monetary value is going to be by placing a new tower on the proposed site for that landowner? This seems to be a battle of monetary,from one tower to the next tower. What is the reasoning behind that,ifthere is an opportunity to use the existing tower and go higher? His one reason to beagainst it,isbecause it is right in our back yard. We have our neighbors here. The height of it will stick out like an eyesore. It is an open field with that,and then two being in theradius of all the RF signalsthat they are putting outwith us being closer. We understand there is a tower across the street, across the road, whatever. But the meter readings are subject low andare within normal range. Our concern is with the tower being this close,it could go from normal to medium or even to high. He is wonderingif the proposed company has done any RF studies on that and what those signals may look like for us. Another question he has is what affect this tower will have foramonetary value onthe property at Westgate. A comment was made that it wouldhave anincrease valueon properties or neighborhoods that are to the north of us a little bit so with it being in our backyard what type of affect will it have on us, whether it is positive or negative. Another thing he would like to point out is Coddle Creek Reservoir is not usable for recreation, so it has no effectofuse on the waterways. It is not going to help anything like that,it cannot be used.The tower being closer to the watershed or having better coverage is not going to matter for the water and safetyof anybodywith that. That is basically all he had, everything else was kind ofcovered. 29