Saving us less?I am just asking for the rationale on why you want to muck up our solar demonstration project that will pay for itself that we have been planning for three years now. Please don't muck it up. Don't hide it, celebrate it. You are completely changing the economics of it by hiding the panels. Please don't get in the way of them being in the correct location as recommended, where the sun can shine on them. This particular set is agreed to go in at the rec center (although it isn't the only good location), but don't hide them for gosh sake, for the sake of hiding them. You defeat the purpose of them in at least two ways. Functionally (making them less effective and making for less cost savings, and they cost more putting them "out of the way"). And demonstratively (part of the idea is that people are supposed to see them).
(I can tell you right now, they are way less obnoxious than say a giant thick 195 foot DART monopole. You might consider making that monopole a wind generator or slap some of those solar panels on it too. It would look better that way too.)
You have all attacked some very good people, so I haven't been holding back, that much, so I'll say you people are some of the most inconsistent, unbalanced, and at times grating and insulting to residents, business owners and city workers, I've ever seen (in addition to your mixed acting abilities). You are okay to slap a giant pole, downtown, with such minimal mitigation (less than would be typically required), but you try to nearly ban our solar panels for the rec center because you are afraid that someone may see these reflective rectangles on the roof line. (Let the acting begin from you.)
I think the (overpriced) rec center looks okay (except for the dated looking 1970's brick zig zag design on the top half, yuck, and that brick color, yuck), but our solar panels are not going to detract from your perfect non-solar panel architectural vision. Just put them up, okay (and don't hide them "back there"). The building was meant to be energy efficient and solar panels make it more so, if installed correctly. They could make it look better actually.
I ask that you rethink this and do right by it since you have the location agreed to and since the panels are funded (out of our Federal bucket) and will pay for themselves.
Even J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) admits he knows how to place solar panels correctly. (Boy, does he.)
"Shine, Baby, Shine!"
