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Approved 12/12/16 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 10/10/16 Page 37 of 113 <br /> <br /> <br />Kara Brewer: Yes. 1 <br /> 2 <br />Andy Petesch: And were you in the process of getting any other farm approvals, like a forest management 3 <br />plan? 4 <br /> 5 <br />Kara Brewer: Yes. We did end up getting a forestry management plan in February of 2016 and I also got a 6 <br />Farmer Sales Exemption Certificate that we can buy equipment and we don’t have to pay sales tax. 7 <br /> 8 <br />Andy Petesch: When was that exemption granted? 9 <br /> 10 <br />Kara Brewer: That’s a good question. Maybe in May 2016. April or May of 2016. 11 <br /> 12 <br />Andy Petesch: If I could at this time. It may assist the Board if I could hand out some notebooks that have 13 <br />some exhibits. Some of them have already been admitted, some of them I will admit as we go… So under 14 <br />tab 17 there are a couple of documents. Could you identify those to the Board please? 15 <br /> 16 <br />Kara Brewer: Sure. The first one is my farmer exemption certificate. That was May 2015. 17 <br /> 18 <br />Andy Petesch: That’s for North Carolina sales tax? 19 <br /> 20 <br />Kara Brewer: Correct. 21 <br /> 22 <br />Andy Petesch: And the second? 23 <br /> 24 <br />Kara Brewer: It’s my forestry management plan. 25 <br /> 26 <br />Andy Petesch: And the third? 27 <br /> 28 <br />Kara Brewer: The farm number. 29 <br /> 30 <br />Andy Petesch: This is from the USDA farm service agency? 31 <br /> 32 <br />Kara Brewer: Correct. 33 <br /> 34 <br />Andy Petesch: I’d like to admit those to the Brewers’ exhibits. 35 <br /> 36 <br />LeAnne Brown: I’d like to lodge an objection for the record to the extent that much of the material here are 37 <br />not exhibits for the purpose of evidence but are in fact statutes and other material that, some of which, are 38 <br />in your record. I don’t mind you having it but I don’t think all of it is evidential. So for the record I would 39 <br />object on that basis. 40 <br /> 41 <br />Andy Petesch: And to the extent that there is statutory language; the County’s comprehensive plan, the 42 <br />forest management plan, etcetera. Those documents speak for themselves. Some of them I will seek to put 43 <br />into the record and into evidence when the appropriate time comes. 44 <br /> 45 <br />Karen Barrows: Can I ask a question? I’m looking at the forestry one and it says, “Extra information 46 <br />designed to help you make sound decisions in managing your forest”. What is your forest going to be? 47 <br />Those chestnut trees? 48 <br /> 49