Subject: South County Tower Dec 11 Balloon Event From: "Rupert, Tina" Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:03:31 -0500 Dear Concerned Citizen: After the November 20, 2009 balloon test, is was discovered that the balloon at the lowest level was 600 to 800 feet away from the desired location. Washington County's consultant, L.R. Kimball will be floating 3 balloons to retake the photos at the some of the same locations as the November 20, 2009 balloon test. The balloons will be located at the two original higher locations and the appropriate lower location. The consultant will be performing this re-test tomorrow Friday, December 11, 2009. See information below from the County's consultant. Thank you for your consideration in this matter. Tina Rupert Documents Coordinator Washington County Division of Public Works 100 W Washington St Rm 238 Hagerstown MD 21740 Phone: 240-313-2254 Fax: 240-313-2251 trupert@washco-md.net From: DANDREA, JOSEPH W Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 1:49 PM To: Rupert, Tina Subject: South County Tower Dec 11 Balloon Event Tina, Please pass on the following plan for the December 11, 2009 Balloon Event. 1. Three balloons will be raised between 7:45 and 9:00 AM at proposed tower sites: red(Himes Farm), yellow(Himes Miller Avenue), orange (Sutton Miller Avenue),. 2. Photographs taken during the November 20 balloon event determined that views to proposed tower locations from viewpoints 1, 2, 11, 16, 23, 24, 25 are obstructed by topography and vegetation. The red location is 100 feet lower in elevation than orange and yellow locations, and would not be visible as well. Sufficient photographs are available for these viewpoints. As such, additional photographs from these viewpoints are not needed. 3. Kimball will collect additional photographs at the proposed tower sites needed for environmental and cultural assessments. 4. Field crews will meet at the Cindy Dees Restaurant at 9:30AM. 5. One Kimball representative and a NPS representative will proceed to Buzzard Rock to collect additional photographs from viewpoints 16A and 17. 6. One Kimball representative and a NPS representative will proceed to viewpoints 26, 18, 12, 27, 3 and 4 to collect additional photographs. 7. The balloons will be pulled down once both field crews have obtained required photographs, but no earlier than 2:00PM. Joe Joseph W. D'Andrea Senior Project Manager Kimball 615 W. Highland Avenue Ebensburg, PA 15931-1000 www.kimballcorp.com