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Approved 12/12/16 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 10/10/16 Page 61 of 113 <br /> <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Kara Brewer: So for the farm ID number I had to go in and write up a summary of the farm use to get the 2 <br />farm ID number, which I did. And then to get the sales tax number I then used the farm number to get the 3 <br />sales number is what I did. I don’t know if there’s another way but because I already had the farm number I 4 <br />could then get the sales farmer exemption number. 5 <br /> 6 <br />Matt Hughes: So according to these two agencies they basically vetted that your land would be a functional 7 <br />farm and would be operating as such? 8 <br /> 9 <br />Kara Brewer: Yes. 10 <br /> 11 <br />LeAnne Brown: May I ask a follow up question to Mr. Hughes question? 12 <br /> 13 <br />Karen Barrows: Yes. 14 <br /> 15 <br />LeAnne Brown: Ms. Brewer, is it, in fact, true that you were granted a farm number because the property 16 <br />you owned had had a farm number previously? 17 <br /> 18 <br />Kara Brewer: I don’t know. That’s interesting that you brought that up. That has come up before. While I 19 <br />was there they did not indicate to me that that was the case and that they were giving it to me based on my 20 <br />description of what I was doing. Now I do think that it was former farmland as well. So, it could have been. I 21 <br />don’t know. But that’s not what they indicated to me. 22 <br /> 23 <br />LeAnne Brown: Did anybody come out to vet that there was actual farming going on, on your property, 24 <br />before you got your farm number? 25 <br /> 26 <br />Kara Brewer: I do not know. 27 <br /> 28 <br />LeAnne Brown: Did you meet anybody on your property before you got your farm number so that they 29 <br />could vet it? 30 <br /> 31 <br />Kara Brewer: I did not. 32 <br /> 33 <br />LeAnne Brown: If, in fact, farm services indicated that farm number was granted because you had a prior 34 <br />farm number would that surprise you? 35 <br /> 36 <br />Kara Brewer: No, it would not surprise me. 37 <br /> 38 <br />LeAnne Brown: No other questions. 39 <br /> 40 <br />Karen Barrows: Susan? 41 <br /> 42 <br />Susan Halkiotis: One last question, and I hate to prolong it but I’m still bewildered about the January 5th 43 <br />filing. Because I thought you said a while ago that somebody in planning did advise you to check that box 44 <br />that said assembly. 45 <br /> 46 <br />Kara Brewer: After. So I did it and then they advised me that I did it incorrectly and so then that’s why I had 47 <br />to turn it back in. 48 <br /> 49