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Planning and Zoning Commission <br />Minutes <br />January 8, 2019 <br />20 <br /> <br />Mr. Benshoff said have you examined the view of the solar farm from this intersection. <br />Mr. Wingo said he did again today, actually. <br />Mr. Benshoff said how will glint or glare from the solar farm affect an observer or a driver at that <br />intersection? <br />Mr. Wingo said, I did drive that again today and compared it to our visible or not visible analysis <br />in the actual report. If you have the report or you are looking at it, you are looking at observation <br />points 1, 17, and 2 in that report. Two of those areas where we previously would have had that, <br />at some level of visibility, with the new landscape architecture plan; you are actually getting a <br />buffer there that previously was not even going to exist per the report. So, you are actually <br />screening off more of the farm than was previously assumed, in those three areas in particular. <br />Mr. Benshoff said how will the glint or glare from the solar farm affect drivers travelling south <br />on Mount Pleasant Road? <br />Mr. Wingo said if you are going due south, you should see almost none, because of the angle of <br />the actual arrays at that particular location. <br />Mr. Benshoff said because they are. <br />Mr. Wingo said they are angled toward the sun in that case. <br />Mr. Benshoff said and away from the road? <br />Mr. Wingo said away from the road, coming in that direction, yes. <br />Mr. Benshoff said how about travelling north? <br />Mr. Wingo said north in that report, that is one of the areas where originally you would see some <br />level of glare. Again, it is in the yellow range in which you would possibly see some glare. But <br />again, within standard regulatory limits. <br />Mr. Benshoff said okay, could you express that in plain English? <br />Mr. Wingo said if you were driving down the road and you got a reflection off your rearview <br />mirror, it would be more than what you are going to see off of the solar panel. Solar panels are <br />designed to absorb light, not reflect light; ultimately. So anything such as black asphalt or a clear <br />lake are going to reflect more light than what an actual solar panel should, when constructed <br />properly. So, ultimately, yes, could you see some glare off the solar panels? Yeah. The intent is <br />not to completely eliminate the glare off of those panels. It is to make it so that it will not impact <br />the health and safety of the public, which is his primary goal when he is looking at a report and