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Approved 12/12/16 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 10/10/16 Page 34 of 113 <br /> <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Michael Harvey: No. That was my testimony from what the definition of agritourism says in Article 10 of the 2 <br />UDO. But then I also reminded the Board that I am obligated to abide by the State Statute which in 3 <br />County’s Exhibit 3 defines an agritourism activity as any activity carried out on a farm or ranch and allows 4 <br />members of the general public for recreation, entertainment, or education purposes to view or enjoy rural 5 <br />activities including, farming, ranching, historic, cultural, harvest-your-own activities, or natural activities and 6 <br />attractions. 7 <br /> 8 <br />Karen Barrows: Is that it for Mr. Harvey? 9 <br /> 10 <br />LeAnne Brown: I’m not sure. I had hoped we could agree to (inaudible) hearing by agreeing to facts that 11 <br />didn’t work out for us to do because a hurricane came through town and tied up Mr. Petesch pretty badly. I 12 <br />am ready to make legal argument as to why I believe you need to reverse the decision but there may be 13 <br />other evidence so I would want to save that until all the evidence has been received. So I don’t know if you 14 <br />plan to do rebuttal evidence or not. 15 <br /> 16 <br />Andy Petesch: I do. 17 <br /> 18 <br />LeAnne Brown: If the Board would agree I think it would make sense for the rebuttal evidence to go in and 19 <br />then for me to make my closing argument and Mr. Petesch can argue and I can rebut that. 20 <br /> 21 <br />Karen Barrows: Ok. 22 <br /> 23 <br />Andy Petesch: Thank you very much. Again my name’s Andy Petesch and I represent SPG, which is the 24 <br />LLC that owns the property and the Brewers’ who are attempting to start their farm business here on this 25 <br />site. I want to start out by calling… I’m going to call two witnesses. Kara Brewer and Mr. Erin White, who I 26 <br />will submit as an expert in food system policy and then I will discuss a little bit about what the evidence 27 <br />that’s been presented, we’ll synthesized that and then Ms. Brown can present her argument and I’ll 28 <br />respond. So if I could ask Ms. Brewer… Ms. Brewer, could you again state your name and address for the 29 <br />Board for the record? 30 <br /> 31 <br />Kara Brewer: My name is Kara Brewer; I live at 82 Jordan Hills in Chapel Hill. 32 <br /> 33 <br />Andy Petesch: And would you just tell the Board briefly a little bit about your background? 34 <br /> 35 <br />Kara Brewer: Sure. Right now I’m at stay at home mom. I stay at home with the kids. I worked for Carolina 36 <br />Donor Services, an organ and tissue donation organization for the State of North Carolina for about 3 ½ 37 <br />years and then I worked for the University for the school pharmacy for 2 years, and at that point that’s when 38 <br />I left to stay at home with my children. 39 <br /> 40 <br />Andy Petesch: And how would you describe… You said you’re currently a stay at home mom, is that really 41 <br />how you would describe your current employment? 42 <br /> 43 <br />Kara Brewer: No, I manage our business affairs and of course with getting a farm started. 44 <br /> 45 <br />Andy Petesch: And are you married? 46 <br /> 47 <br />Kara Brewer: Yes. 48 <br /> 49