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DRAFT <br /> 27 <br /> 1 <br />Kara Brewer: Seventeen. 2 <br /> 3 <br />LeAnn Brown: Do you recall in the line of testimony that that we were having about the 4 <br />adversement that people have full run of your farm during their weddings, do you recall a 5 <br />conversation about equipment and whether you would move equipment from the barn? 6 <br /> 7 <br />Kara Brewer: I do not. We’d have to. Can you repeat that? I’m not sure what you’re… 8 <br /> 9 <br />LeAnn Brown: Do you recall us having a conversation in that hearing about how much space it 10 <br />would take to store flour in the barn, which at the time you told the Board was what you would be 11 <br />doing with it? 12 <br /> 13 <br />Kara Brewer: Oh, yes. I do have some information about that if you’d like me to introduce that. 14 <br /> 15 <br />LeAnn Brown: I’m not I’m not interested in gleaning from you how your testimony’s changed 16 <br />between this time and the last hearing, I’ll leave that to. 17 <br /> 18 <br />Kara Brewer: My testimony has not changed. 19 <br /> 20 <br />LeAnn Brown: I just wanted to know if you recalled that line of questioning. Do you recall Mr. 21 <br />Petesch asked you about your testimony in the on page what he had identified as page 56? I had 22 <br />asked you about the minutes of the Board of Adjustment hearing regarding your SUP and I had 23 <br />asked you the question, “is this an accurate reflection of your testimony of the hearing?”, your 24 <br />attorney asked you, “And Kara why did you choose this specific property at this site?” and you 25 <br />testified, “Right, so I had looked probably over the course of two years 20-30 properties walking 26 <br />different ones when we came across this particular property it is a just, it’s just a beautiful property 27 <br />and like I said, the size itself was very important to me. The fact that it was 22-acres it allows me to 28 <br />have a very private events in the middle of the property and that was important to me, it’s important 29 <br />to clients, and also I think it will benefit the neighbors as well”. And I ask you if you recall that 30 <br />testimony and you said, “That is correct”. That’s part of the testimony that Mr. Petesch had marked. 31 <br />I then asked you the question or just before that question, I then asked you, “Do you recall the 32 <br />following testimony? You were asked by your attorney and can you just tell us a little bit about how 33 <br />often you expect to be holding events at the barn, like weddings”. And then I asked if you recall the 34 <br />following testimony: “So wedding season is primarily May to October so it does run about six 35 <br />months during that time. I do expect 1-3 events per week at the property. Off-season, which is 36 <br />November through April will be less on where there isn’t going to be there, I apologize but that’s the 37 <br />way it’s written, with the occasional winter wedding. Perhaps the early spring wedding. When the 38 <br />barn isn’t used for weddings and wedding related events that’s when I anticipate we could do more 39 <br />charity and fundraiding raising events on Friday or Saturday night when it isn’t being used for 40 <br />weddings. During the off season there will be weeks where there is nothing going on, there will be 41 <br />a few weeks where there’s one or two events per week”. And I ask if you recall that testimony and 42 <br />you said, “That is correct”. I then ask you how those events were incidental to your farming 43 <br />operation and you answered that, “What we are specific doing specifically with the weddings is 44 <br />we’re offering farm tours. It’s what attracts people to book the farm itself. So we offer farm tours, 45 <br />we offer honey tastings, we offer floral workshops. That’s what they want. That’s why they come 46 <br />out to the farm so it’s just a part of that”. I then ask you if those activities were incidental to the 47