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APPROVED 10/13/2014 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 8/27/2014 Page 20 of 64 <br /> <br /> <br />David Blankfard: So in other words, you have been using their gas? 1 <br />Andrew Moore: Yes. 2 <br />Larry Wright: Any other questions? 3 <br />David Blankfard: This easement was granted in 1950, what if some of the homeowners, in error, have 4 <br />built something over the easement? And you are planning to put this new pipeline, what happens then? 5 <br />Rob Priester: We try to work with landowners the best we can through our land agents or … as we try to 6 <br />go out there, we have land agents, I am sure that most if not all of you have not met one or more of our 7 <br />land agents. We will work with folks if we know about what is in the area to get things moved or 8 <br />whatever we need to do. It will be on an individual basis that we can work with the landowners on. 9 <br />Some things we don’t know about, we try to find out as much as we can and do the best we can. 10 <br />Mark Micol: Are you currently aware of any encroachments? 11 <br />Rob Priester: Yes, we do have some things. Fencing is a common issue; we have some sheds in a 12 <br />couple of places. We do have some. It varies depending on the landowner and where we are at but as 13 <br />far as what the encroachment and some of them are permitting and some of them are not that we know 14 <br />about. As part of that 811 process depending on the crossing some things require permits from us and 15 <br />some things don’t. 16 <br />Larry Wright: Any other questions from the Board? 17 <br />Matt Rhoads: I would like to reserve rebuttal after we hear from the opposed and to give a summary. 18 <br />Larry Wright: Do you have a summary statement or do you want to wait. 19 <br />Matt Rhoads: I would like to wait please. 20 <br />Larry Wright: I would like to open it up to the public and I would like to remind you that this Board has 21 <br />very limited powers and I would like to open it up to sworn testimony that is supported by competent 22 <br />material that we can use to support that it either applies or does not apply to existing county ordinances 23 <br />and the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. This evidence must be submitted in record in proved by expert 24 <br />testimony. Based on that, we have to deal with relevance and if you can form a collation of people that 25 <br />have common interest or a common issue and elect a speaker that would be great. Do we have the list? 26 <br />Michael Harvey: Yes sir, the first individual signed up to speak is Mr. Joseph Zaragoza. 27 <br />Joseph Zaragoza: Before I begin I would like to hand out… 28 <br />Tina Love: Could you state your name for the record. 29 <br />Joseph Zaragoza: My name is Joseph Zaragoza and I live in 1870 Home Road, Hillsborough, North 30 <br />Carolina. I have been sworn. I am going to hand out revised conditions and several sets of documents. 31 <br />Matt Rhoads: Could I have a copy of that? 32 <br />Larry Wright: He is entitled to a copy. 33 <br />Joseph Zaragoza: Let me start by trying to express who I am. I have a Master’s degree in Urban and 34 <br />Regional Planning from the University of Mass. in 1974. I have a graduate degree from UNC in 1981. I 35 <br />have lived in this county since 1981. Excuse me, graduated in 1983. I have been a real estate broker 36 <br />since 1983 and I have worked in both public and private as a land consultant. I was a subdivision 37 <br />administrator in Wake County for seven years. I consider myself an expert on land development and 38