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Approved 12/12/16 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 10/10/16 Page 15 of 113 <br /> <br /> <br />Thomas Ray: Well at that particular time they said they’d work with us on the driveway and I understand 1 <br />that they did move the driveway somewhat. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Andy Petesch: Further away from your driveway? 4 <br /> 5 <br />Thomas Ray: Further away. But it’s a good thing they did or it’d have been straight in front of me. 6 <br /> 7 <br />Andy Petesch: But they did accommodate you to the best that they were able up to their property line as far 8 <br />as you know? 9 <br /> 10 <br />LeAnne Brown: Objection inaudible.. I just objected to the question… 11 <br /> 12 <br />Thomas Ray: My hearing’s not too good. 13 <br /> 14 <br />Andy Petesch: To the best of your knowledge they did accommodate your request by moving their 15 <br />driveway further away from where it was originally planned to be located? 16 <br /> 17 <br />Thomas Ray: That’s the way I understood it. 18 <br /> 19 <br />Andy Petesch: Ok, thank you. 20 <br /> 21 <br />Karen Barrows: Do the Board members have any questions? 22 <br /> 23 <br />Susan Halkiotis: I’m going to have one later but it’s not of the Rays’. Their presentation just reminded me 24 <br />that there was a mention earlier about a drainage ditch. I think Ms. Carswell mentioned something, I don’t 25 <br />know at what point it’s appropriate to have that question asked. But I do want to let you know that I’d like to 26 <br />go back to that at some point and find out what the issue with the drainage ditch is. 27 <br /> 28 <br />LeAnne Brown: Ok that would be of Ms. Carswell, we’ll bring her back up. 29 <br /> 30 <br />Doris Ray: Could I say one more thing… to answer your question again I had to think about that. To my 31 <br />knowledge we never saw anything in writing but I think that they did say they would try to accommodate to 32 <br />move it but they were already almost as close to the Wilkmans’ house that they could move but I’m not sure 33 <br />how much they moved, they didn’t tell us if it was a foot or two or what but I don’t think we ever saw 34 <br />anything on paper so it’s all hearsay. 35 <br /> 36 <br />Karen Barrows: Ok. 37 <br /> 38 <br />Barry Katz: I’m just wondering. We’re talking about an accommodation of moving a driveway and I’m 39 <br />wondering, do you consider yourselves sophisticated in real estate and understanding what was going on 40 <br />when this property was about to be modified into an event venue? Meaning, do you know what options you 41 <br />might have had when you requested that driveway be shifted from one place to another? Were those your 42 <br />only choices, did you have any other choices or sense of what you wanted to be done? 43 <br /> 44 <br />Doris Ray: I think they could have moved the driveway, maybe put it at the other end but it was still going to 45 <br />come into our bedroom windows so… Their whole area is directly in front of our house. 46 <br /> 47 <br />Barry Katz: I have a question. When we had to public charge read, about electronic devices does that 48 <br />include the gentleman behind you who seems to be recording this? 49