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Approved 1/11/2016 OC Board of Adjustment – 11/9/15 Page 12 of 48 access, that it is in harmony with this community, based on these findings. 1 2 David Rooks: Madame Chairman just for the record, I specifically renew my objection and move to strike the expressed opinion 3 on value. By statute the applicant is not entitled to do that. 4 5 James Bryan: Yeah, so if I may, one of the things also for the sake of speed, if you allow things in is because a lot of times you 6 don’t know what they’re going to say until they go ahead and say it. And it is very proper to object afterwards. Typically, attorney’s 7 usually save that for the arguments at the end so that you guys have heard lots of testimony and then when goes right before 8 deliberation the attorneys will say, “Hey, you know, this is from our side what you should use. Don’t use this from their side.” 9 Expert witnesses as I explained, it has to be an expert, you qualify them through their education and experience. The statutes 10 specifically call out property value, but you have to be an appraiser or something like that to give land value. So, take that into 11 consideration. 12 13 Karen Barrows: Thank you. Objection duly noted. Anything else? 14 15 Barry Katz: Karen I have a question. This is going to come up, I know, more and more about Mr. Ray’s house and whether or not 16 he’s inconvenienced by this. My recollection is that Highway 54 is to the north and this is why you’re talking about left turns at night 17 and headlights. Because basically, people are going to be heading towards highway 54, Right? 18 19 Tim Smith: Morrow Mill Road connects to 54, basically on both ends. So, there’s access on both directions so we don’t anticipate 20 everybody to make one movement there. 21 22 Karen Barrows: Anything else Sharon? 23 24 Sharron Linn: No 25 26 Karen Barrows: Anyone else to speak for the applicant? 27 28 Sharron Linn: Yes, now I’d like to introduce Kara Brewer, who is the property owner and manager. Kara, can you introduce 29 yourself and tell us a little bit about your background and …. Project? 30 31 Kara Brewer: Sure. My name is Kara Brewer. I am the owner of the property on Morrow Mill. Currently, my husband and I own a 32 rental property business in Chapel Hill. 33 34 Karen Barrows: Were you sworn in Kara? 35 36 Kara Brewer: I was. 37 38 Karen Barrows: Ok, excellent. 39 40 Kara Brewer: My background is public relations. I previously worked for the school of pharmacy as a public relations manager. I 41 also worked for a non-profit in Durham doing PR, event planning, marketing and that sort of thing. So, for me, this project I have a 42 unique set of skills involve property management, as well as marketing and event planning so that’s helped me as I planned this 43 project and will also help me in the future as I move forward in the project. 44 45 Sharron Linn: I’d like to qualify Kara as an expert in event and property management and marketing. She asks that her resume not 46 be entered into the evidence because of……. 47 48 David Rooks: I think you need to qualify her; I mean…. I’m not hearing her qualified as anything but as having a rental property 49 business. I’ve not been hearing a basis for her to be an expert in event planning. 50 51 Sharron Linn: I can also add more questions to ask her about her specific background, if it’s ok with the Board. Kara, where did 52 you go to college? 53 54