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APPROVED 10/13/2014 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 8/27/2014 Page 3 of 64 <br /> <br /> <br />traffic engineer or something like that. All parties must establish standing before offering evidence. All 1 <br />persons offering must be sworn under oath and be subject to cross examination. All exhibits must be 2 <br />given to the clerk and will become part of the record. Witnesses are asked to refrain from irrelevant, 3 <br />immaterial or unduly repetitious material. I apologize; I am being a little unduly repetitious with this. 4 <br />Parties other than the petitioner are asked to designate a spokesperson or agent for cross examination 5 <br />and calling of witnesses. If the parties are unable to come to such an agreement, please advise the 6 <br />Chair. Evidentiary objections will generally be noted but not ruled upon at the time of objection. Once all 7 <br />evidence has been gathered, the Board will then move to deliberations. During deliberations, the Board 8 <br />will consider the whole record and will only rely upon substantial, competent, material evidence in 9 <br />determining the basis for its decision. Thank you Mr. Chair. 10 <br />Larry Wright: I would like to add that this Board has very limited powers and the powers of this Board is 11 <br />that we hear applicants and applications and we hear them in terms of if they conform with the Orange 12 <br />County Unified Development Ordinance and/or the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. That is it. That is all we 13 <br />can consider so moving forward, I would like to have all those who have signed up to speak group 14 <br />around this bible and you don’t have to touch it, just kind of do that and I’ll swear you in once everybody 15 <br />is up there. Attorneys and judges do not have to be sworn. 16 <br />Individuals Sworn: 17 <br />Jerry Raines 18 <br />David Laudicina 19 <br />Timothy Ives 20 <br />Jason Thomas 21 <br />Aaron Tarter 22 <br />Markus Lesemann 23 <br />Jean Earnhardt 24 <br />Jay Bryan 25 <br />Matthew Rhoads 26 <br />Robert Priester (Project Lead Engineer) 27 <br />Andrew Moore (Engineer) 28 <br />Steve Hancock 29 <br />Wendy Feldman 30 <br />Kenneth Feldman 31 <br />Ann Oliver 32 <br />Thomas T. Averette 33 <br />Joseph Zaragoza 34 <br />Susie Thompson 35 <br />Larry Wright: When you come up to speak, please state your name and that you have been duly sworn. 36 <br />Mr. Harvey. 37 <br />Michael Harvey: Mr. Chairman, Michael Harvey with the Orange County Current Planning Department. I 38 <br />have been sworn. It is my job this evening to present to you staff’s abstract on this particular item. As 39 <br />you have already indicated, the abstract begins on page 135. There are several attachments that I 40 <br />would like to call to your attention at this point in time. Specifically, we have Attachment 1 which is a list 41 <br />of the properties and maps of the subject properties to this permit and it begins on page 143. We have 42 <br />PSNC’s application which begins on page 151. That is Attachment 2. Attachment 3 is the certification of 43 <br />mailing. It begins on page 183. Attachment 4 is a Findings of Fact assessment completed by Staff that 44 <br />begins on page 271. You also had in your packet the 11x17 site plan submitted by PSNC showing the 45 <br />layout and location of the proposed gas line. We have provided you an additional copy this evening to 46 <br />ensure you had it. You also have a couple of items at your places. Specifically, you have an email and 47 <br />letter submitted by Mr. Joseph Garcia and a Ms. Janet Morris Jones associated with this project and you 48 <br />have a memorandum provided by Mr. Rich Shaw of the Orange County Department of Environment, 49 <br />Agricultural Parks and Recreation. Mr. Chairman, at this time, with your indulgence, I would like to enter 50 <br />my Abstract along with all four attachments, as well as a copy of the Unified Development Ordinance and 51 <br />these two emails and this memorandum into the record please. 52