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Approved 1/11/2016 OC Board of Adjustment – 11/9/15 Page 5 of 48 applicant. 1 2 Karen Barrows: Thank you Pat. Do the Board members have any questions for staff at this point about this application? Moving 3 on, we could listen to the applicant. We present to you. 4 5 Sharron Linn: Members of the Board, planning staff, everyone that could be here tonight, my name is Sharron Linn, I represent 6 the applicant Kara Brewer and I have been sworn. So we’re here to show you our evidence tonight that Kara’s application for a 7 Class B SUP is in complete compliance with Orange County UDO. Our experts will demonstrate by confident substantial and 8 material evidence that Miss Brewers application has complied with UDO Section 2.7 on SUPs as well as the specific standards set 9 forth from the camp and retreat center under UDO Section 5.7.4. We believe that building the barn for use as a local wedding and 10 event venue maintains public health safety and general welfare. The use of a renovated, historic barn on the property and 11 surrounding land not only maintains but enhances the value of each of those properties. And the location and the character of the 12 barn is in harmony with the rural areas surrounding. The finished barn will be a beautiful aspect to the community. We do not 13 believe it will negatively impact the surrounding neighbors in any way. Kara has tried to address the neighbors’ concerns in every 14 reasonable way prior to this hearing. We believe that Kara’s project will raise the value of surrounding properties. 15 16 Unknown: Would you speak up a bit? We can’t hear you. 17 18 Sharron Linn: Sorry. We believe that Kara’s project will raise the value of surrounding properties. And when it’s not being used for 19 business purposes Miss Brewer hopes the barn will serve as a gathering place for everyone in the community. I’d like now to 20 introduce Tim Smith, the senior engineer of this project. 21 22 Tim Smith: Thank you Sharon. 23 24 Sharron Linn: Before you start your presentation Tim I just wanted to ask you a few questions, if you could take a seat first. Tim 25 can you tell us about your background and qualifications for your role in this project? 26 27 Tim Smith: Sure, my name is Tim Smith. I live at 1107 Tupelo drive, in Hillsborough. I’m a professional land surveyor and a 28 professional engineer, civil engineer and I work with Phillip Post and Associates in Chapel Hill. I’ve been working with Phillip Post 29 and Associates for 30 years, so I’ve been in the area quite a long time and I’ve been in Hillsborough for 38 years in this community 30 so I have a lot of history here. I first came in contact with Kara, she approached us to help her, assist with the application for siting 31 her event center barn at this property. 32 33 Sharron Linn: I’d like to now qualify Mr. Smith as an expert in the site planning, surveying and design. And I have copies of his 34 resume… 35 36 Karen Barrows: Do we need to enter that into evidence? 37 38 Tim Smith: While you’re doing that, I’d also like to enter into evidence two things. One is a copy of my power point presentation 39 file that I’ll be doing over here shortly. Second is a list of proposed conditions offered by the applicant. Kara has come up with 40 some conditions that she would like to impose upon herself with this application that she feels would benefit the community and 41 the concerns that were raised at the neighborhood meeting. So, I’ll offer both of these for the record. Do I need to pass them 42 around or…? 43 44 James Bryan: If I may we will pause for better housekeeping, I believe Michael is serving as his secretary of the Board so just to 45 clarify to everybody, anything presented to the Board has to be given to him, that’s going to be kept into the record and if we could 46 just ask Mike if he doesn’t shout out what he’s labeling these exhibits are for continuity sake. 47 48 Michael Harvey: So Tim Smith’s credentials is going to be exhibit one, applicant exhibit one. The power point presentation will be 49 applicant exhibit two. And then the SUP conditions will be applicant exhibit three. 50 51 Tim Smith: Pat, thank you for introducing the project. A lot of the slides I have in here are similar or the same as what he showed 52 you. I just want to go through my presentation to discuss the design process that you went through to meet the requirements to 53