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Approved 12/12/16 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 10/10/16 Page 56 of 113 <br /> <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Kara Brewer: I was. Yes. 2 <br /> 3 <br />LeAnne Brown: Do you recall Mr. Harvey telling you that you needed a SUP? 4 <br /> 5 <br />Kara Brewer: I do, yes. 6 <br /> 7 <br />LeAnne Brown: Do you disagree with his testimony that you did appeal within 30 days of his decision that 8 <br />you were required to have a SUP? 9 <br /> 10 <br />Kara Brewer: I’m not exactly sure what that means. I mean I never disagreed or never thought that I was 11 <br />not going for the SUP. 12 <br /> 13 <br />LeAnne Brown: Alright. Did you testify truthfully before the Board of Adjustment when you testified at the 14 <br />hearing on the SUP? 15 <br /> 16 <br />Kara Brewer: I did. 17 <br /> 18 <br />LeAnne Brown: Have you reviewed the Minutes of the Board of Adjustment hearing? 19 <br /> 20 <br />Kara Brewer: I have. 21 <br /> 22 <br />LeAnne Brown: Do you recall when you read them that any of your testimony was misrepresented? 23 <br />Kara Brewer: I do not recall. 24 <br /> 25 <br />LeAnne Brown: Is this an accurate reflection of your testimony at the hearing: You’re attorney asked you, 26 <br />“And Kara, why did you choose this specific property as the site?” and you testified, “Right, so I had looked 27 <br />at probably over the course of two years 20-30 properties, walking different ones. When we came across 28 <br />this particular property, it’s just a beautiful property and like I said the size itself was very important to me. 29 <br />The fact that is was 22 acres, it allows me to have very private events in the middle of the property, and 30 <br />that was important to me. It is important to clients and also I think it will benefit the neighbors as well.” Do 31 <br />you recall testifying to that effect? 32 <br /> 33 <br />Kara Brewer: That is correct. 34 <br /> 35 <br />LeAnne Brown: Do you recall the following testimony: You were asked by your attorney, “And can you just 36 <br />tell us a little bit about how often you expect to be holding events at the barn, like weddings?” do you recall 37 <br />the following testimony, “So, wedding season is primarily from May to October so it does run about six 38 <br />months and during that time I do expect to have 1-3 events per week on the property. Off-season, which is 39 <br />November through April, will be less on where there isn’t anything going on there will be the occasional 40 <br />winter wedding, perhaps early spring wedding. When the barn isn’t used for weddings and wedding related 41 <br />events that’s when I anticipate we could do more charity and more fundraising events on Friday or 42 <br />Saturday night when it isn’t being used for weddings. During the off-season there will be weeks where there 43 <br />is nothing going on. There will be a few weeks where there’s one or two events per week.”. Do you recall 44 <br />that testimony? 45 <br /> 46 <br />Kara Brewer: That is correct. 47 <br /> 48