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Approved 12/12/16 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 10/10/16 Page 53 of 113 <br /> <br /> <br />LeAnne Brown: When exactly did you discover chestnuts? You said that you discovered them but when did 1 <br />you discover them? 2 <br /> 3 <br />Kara Brewer: So let’s see. We bought the property in March. We started and had gotten rid of the almond 4 <br />idea so it was probably September or summer 2015. 5 <br /> 6 <br />LeAnne Brown: Before the hearing? 7 <br /> 8 <br />Kara Brewer: Yes. 9 <br /> 10 <br />LeAnne Brown: How many acres are in your forestry management plan, do you know? 11 <br /> 12 <br />Kara Brewer: I can look. It’s right here. 13 <br /> 14 <br />Andy Petesch: It’s under tab 17. 15 <br /> 16 <br />Kara Brewer: So you’re looking specifically for the total number of acres? 17 <br /> 18 <br />LeAnne Brown: Yes, Ma’am. How many acres do you have in your forestry plan on your property? 19 <br /> 20 <br />Kara Brewer: It’s for the entire property and they divided it out separate. There’s area one and area two but 21 <br />I don’t… 22 <br /> 23 <br />LeAnne Brown: It’s, in fact, the size of your property, isn’t it? 24 <br /> 25 <br />Kara Brewer: Correct. 26 <br /> 27 <br />LeAnne Brown: So how does the barn fit into your forestry plan? Or the parking lot or the septic area that’s 28 <br />all cleared or the flower area that’s all cleared? How does that fit with the forestry plan that you’ve 29 <br />represented would cover the entirety of the acreage? 30 <br /> 31 <br />Kara Brewer: Right. So my choice with the forestry plan was to completely clear-cut, which I did not want to 32 <br />do or it was to leave some of the trees, which that is what I wanted to do. So, that’s what we ended up 33 <br />doing? 34 <br /> 35 <br />LeAnne Brown: But you can’t really have a forestry plan that covers the entirety of your acreage if you have 36 <br />a disturbed area of over two acres, not including your septic field and not including areas you cleared. Is 37 <br />that correct? 38 <br /> 39 <br />Kara Brewer: I’m not exactly sure what you mean. 40 <br /> 41 <br />LeAnne Brown: Alright. 42 <br /> 43 <br />Kara Brewer: I just opted not to clear-cut because I didn’t want to do that. 44 <br /> 45 <br />LeAnne Brown: I’m not asking you about clear cutting. I’m asking you about the inconsistency between 46 <br />having a building and a septic system and a parking lot and a drive way on a piece of property that you 47 <br />have represented to the government would be fully used for your forestry plan. I’m trying to understand that 48 <br />contradiction. 49