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Approved 1/11/2016 OC Board of Adjustment – 11/9/15 Page 35 of 48 friends who camp out all different times of the year because in town you can’t do that. It’s too noisy, it’s not safe. So, I feel that our 1 family also has a lot at stake, as others have said. In trying to follow this, I was concerned about a couple things about the plan 2 and in the plan we heard that it’s a 250 capacity building and there’s a veranda outside that also has seating. In the plan it says 3 that 200 people can sit indoors and it shows seating areas outdoors and so I’m concerned about the potential for parties that spill 4 over. I have been to a wedding at Valhalla where the doors are supposed to stay closed and people spent the entire time trying to 5 make sure the doors stayed closed and it was impossible to keep the doors closed because people do go in and out at outdoor 6 parties. Especially in a beautiful place. So I am skeptical about the capacity of this building to retain sound. On September 26th my 7 son was awakened out of bed. He was here tonight because he very agitated about this potential project. He thought that there 8 were guns going off outside of our window and our walls were shaking and we’re 4 miles from Valhalla and they had permitted 9 pyrotechnics as you all heard. So, I’m concerned about the sound and when I followed up to inquire about it I received records of 10 fireworks going off, there were calls from 25 different folks and I have ... to enter into the record. I have a public record here of 11 complaints about Valhalla, that were requested to compare sound coming from events at Valhalla for the last 2 years, compared to 12 sounds coming from the proposed property for the last 2 years and the only complaints that I saw in here, and you all can look, 13 were sounds coming from Valhalla to the Morrow Mill neighborhood. Whereas at Valhalla there were a number of complaints over 14 the last 2 years about loud noise. In trying to follow this project and learn about what would take place, I found that it was hard to 15 know whether deadlines were being followed and so as a citizen trying to follow something and I really do try to do my homework, 16 there were deadlines that were missed. This is the Board of adjustment calendar that I know you all have but, I’m concerned that 17 this property developed as it is, to me there are a lot of unanswered question about what will be there. We heard tonight, that the 18 property will be 80-90% empty for a good time, particularly during the week, but at the neighborhood informational meeting and in 19 the pamphlet that you all have it says that there will be university and corporate events throughout the week. So, I’m not clear 20 about how much activity will be there and it doesn’t assure me to hear 80-90% empty. And there is a dispute between the 21 applicant and the builder and architect of another facility that we’ve become aware of from when I inquired with the county why 22 deadlines were missed. Apparently there was some sort of dispute about ownership or use of the plans. My family has really 23 benefitted from living in this community, I’ve very proud of these folks who’ve maintained it. We looked at properties recently, with 24 my neighbors Billy Ray, and she showed me where her grandfather lived. Four families who have been here for many years. The 25 Rogers’, the Smiths’, the Taps’, and the Thompsons’, I hope I’m saying this correctly. There are 40 descendants of those folks, 26 living along Morrow Mill and where it ends at Millikan and Orange Chapel Clover Garden. And those folks are directly responsible 27 for keeping this green and beautiful. And at great cost, through you know, depressions, recessions and attempts at an airport and 28 a land fill. These folks have maintained these beautiful properties that don’t have fences along them, don’t have no trespassing 29 signs along the road and I feel all this will be at risk if we have to protect ourselves from all the traffic and disturbances and 30 potential drunk driving at night. 31 32 Karen Barrows: Thank you Laura. 33 34 Sharron Linn: I’d like to state for the record that Mr. Hill is also not an interested party. 35 36 David Rooks: At this point I have nothing further, except the desire to make a statement. 37 38 Karen Barrows: Ok, so I’m sure the applicant has a statement for us, a closing statement. 39 40 James Bryan: If I may, Madam chair, if there’s any other party that wants to present a witness, we have to ask. 41 42 Karen Barrows: Is there anyone else that would speak to the Board? 43 44 Joe Smith: Yeah, I would like to. I’m Joe Smith. I have a farm at 7805, 45 46 Michael Harvey: Mr. Smith, I’m sorry, have you been sworn? 47 48 Joe Smith: Yeah. 49 50 Michael Harvey: Thank you, sir, 51 52 Joe Smith: I have a horse farm at 7805 Morrow Mill Road. It’s about 1800 feet from this. It’s somewhere right in this area, 53 right here. And as Beth has spoken, I board approximately from 12 to 14, 15 horses. And I’m very concerned about what would 54