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property would be owned by the Company or leased, Mr. Peden said that it would be leased from the Jessup and after 25 years it would go back to Agriculture. Bill Crawford from American Solar said even though it is not required to do the green escaping the will be putting $70,000.00 into the project. People will want to stop and look at the field, they are planning a circle drive to get cars off of the road and had thought of putting a kiosk telling about the project for educational purposed. It will have a 7 foot with a foot of barbed wire on top. Prairie grass (no mow grass). Sandy Miller from 6623 E Rosebud Lane came before the board she asked how far the panels from the ground are and are they on a stand. The answers to her questions were they are on a stand that is 24 inches from the ground,they are also engineered to with stand 100 mile winds and golf ball hail. Ms. Miller also asked about maintance if weeds grow etc. and flooding, again Mr. Crawford assured her that any weeds would be taken care and there should not be any flooding. Clay Jones 1150 E. Greencastle Rd. came forward, he said that the project is much larger then he thought it would be,he is concerned what this would mean to the value of his family property. He also asked if the project goes belly up would it just sit there. Mr. Crawford said that it would be cleaned up. Mr. Jones was assured that the project will be fully funded before it is started. (at this point the recorder did not pick up a lot of conversation,the people were not infront Mrs. Whaley asked if they were sure that IP&L would be willing to buy this energy, .Mr. Crawford said that IP&L has approval from the from the utility commission and IP&L would need to approve also before anything is started. This would mean before nothing would go until the approval from IP&I- Dan Robinson 2079 E S. R. 42 had a few questions one being the height of the units,Mr. Crawford said that they will be 7 to 71/2 high and 6-8 feet apart Also he ask what would be the value of the project? Mr. Crawford said it will be between 20-24 million dollars. It was also said that the Jessup property would not decrease but could even increase in value. Ile also said that the equipment will be taxed. With no any further questions the Facts of Findings and Special Exception facts were read. Ann Whaley asked Mr. Peden if they were going to have a drainage plan for the Plan Commission. Mr. Allman asked about access roads,the answer was that the exciting roads would be used. Alan Kramer motioned to approve the special exception based on the landscaping plan being followed and no herbicide being used for vegetation control, the motion was seconded by Ann Whaley the vote was 3-0 with none opposed in favor of the Special Exception. With no other business at this time, the meeting was adjourned. The next meeting is scheduled for May 12, 2011 �l hairman Sectretary