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APPROVED 6/12/17 <br />1 <br />2 Susan Halkiotis: Well if I knew what the motion should be I would, you know, how it should be <br />3 worded and what it should be included, what should be included in the motion I would make it. <br />4 <br />5 James Bryan: So what was_ <br />6 <br />7 Karen Barrows: I thought we were supposed to decide whether Michael had erred in his decision. <br />8 <br />9 James Bryan: Where is Michael's? <br />10 <br />11 Susan Halkiotis: Well I. You know, I've got one more thing to say about that. You know I, because <br />12 we have looked at that decision and based on Michael Harvey's handling of it after our directive to <br />13 look at the March 2016 application and I just don't know how I lost this particular part of what we <br />14 did but I don't remember restricting our directive to him to the March 2016 application. I mean, just <br />15 for the record. <br />16 <br />17 Karen Barrows: Mm -Hmm, <br />18 <br />19 James Bryan: And the Board's not bound by that, but. So the only thing's that can be appealed are <br />20 final and binding determinations. Michael made three here. And I think you can look at his first one; <br />21 is the property a bona fide farm? And he says that it is. <br />22 <br />23 Susan Halkiotis: See; let me clarify what I just said. <br />24 <br />25 James Bryan: Ok. <br />26 <br />27 Susan Halkiotis: I understand that that's the directive that was heard, but I'm, that's certainly not <br />28 what I intended. I mean I understand, but what he did, these are his findings based on the <br />29 paperwork he's got in his hand from March 2016 and I`m not arguing with that but that certainly <br />30 wasn't my intent, and I don't know whether it was everybody else's intent or not. So there may be <br />31 other people that have the, have a different... <br />32 <br />33 Karen Barrows: So James, you want us to just go through the abstract and address each one of <br />34 Michael's? <br />35 <br />36 James Bryan: Well I think you can start by affirming his decision that it is a farm. <br />37 <br />38 Karen Barrows: I think we can agree. <br />39 <br />40 Barry Katz: Well yes. It's a farm. <br />41 <br />42 Karen Barrows: It's a farm. <br />43 <br />44 James Bryan: And then the second one; is the structure being developed on the property being <br />45 used for bona fide farm purposes? I think you could modify that and say if you were to use Matt's <br />46 suggestion that there are bona fide farm purposes of drawing chestnuts and then use Barry's, 1 <br />47 believe, suggestion that, but weddings as described by the property owner would be non -farm use. <br />53 <br />