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Approved 12/12/16 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 10/10/16 Page 40 of 113 <br /> <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Kara Brewer: So you’re talking about, specifically, the blight? 2 <br /> 3 <br />Barry Katz: For instance that one. These ones are resistant I assume to that. But a lot of these trees 4 <br />experience die back all the time. I’m astounding by 55 pounds per tree. It doesn’t seem reasonable. Plus 5 <br />you list what you might make on these trees but I don’t see where you list the labor costs. 6 <br /> 7 <br />Kara Brewer: We have all of that… It’s not included in this. 8 <br /> 9 <br />Barry Katz: I see. So the projections you have for net profit do not include your labor. 10 <br /> 11 <br />Kara Brewer: These costs right here do include everything. We just didn’t, because it’s proprietary, so we 12 <br />didn’t… 13 <br /> 14 <br />Barry Katz: Proprietary but the thing is that you have what your total revenue is and what your net profit is 15 <br />and everything but you have shipping and coolers and everything but you don’t have labor. I mean labor is 16 <br />going to be a large part of this thing. I don’t see how your numbers add up at all. 17 <br /> 18 <br />Andy Petesch: Was labor included in the expenses side on this calculation? 19 <br /> 20 <br />Kara Brewer: Yes. 21 <br /> 22 <br />Barry Katz: Where? It’s not there. You have preparation, and buckets and floral wrap and cooler converter 23 <br />and shipping container… 24 <br /> 25 <br />Kara Brewer: That’s just for the flowers. 26 <br /> 27 <br />Barry Katz: But you have to… For instance, harvesting those things. Those are the numbers that I see 28 <br />here. I don’t see the same kinds of numbers over here. There’s no labor cost in here. I don’t believe these 29 <br />numbers at all. 30 <br /> 31 <br />Andy Petesch: It’s your sworn testimony, before this Board , that labor and other expenses are calculated in 32 <br />that number? 33 <br /> 34 <br />Kara Brewer: Yes. Very much, yes. 35 <br /> 36 <br />Andy Petesch: And could you tell the Board the reason why these numbers are proprietary. Is it because 37 <br />this is an emerging market in North Carolina? 38 <br /> 39 <br />Kara Brewer: Yes, and we have partners in this so I can’t release that information. 40 <br /> 41 <br />Barry Katz: Sure, but when you’re talking about chestnuts. I’m sorry to take all this time up but when you’re 42 <br />talking about chestnuts you have to pick each one that falls, individually, you have to deal with the fact that 43 <br />they’ve got to be opened carefully, chestnuts have to be removed. It’s a total labor-intensive thing. It’s not 44 <br />like you can go with a harvester and just… 45 <br /> 46 <br />Kara Brewer: Actually, yes. They do have machinery and equipment for that. Which we will be using. 47 <br /> 48 <br />Barry Katz: Do you own this equipment? 49