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Approved 6/8/2015 <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 12/08/2014 Page 17 of 49 <br /> <br /> <br /> 1 <br />T.C. Morphis: Is that what was represented to you by Mr. Taibi? 2 <br /> 3 <br />Michael Harvey: Yes. 4 <br /> 5 <br />T.C. Morphis: Did you ever attempt to verify that was true? 6 <br /> 7 <br />Michael Harvey: No. 8 <br /> 9 <br />T.C. Morphis: Alright. If you would flip three pages, the second p age with Mr. Taibi’s June 25, 2013 letter. If you 10 <br />look, it says, “no shooting takes place on the undeveloped parcel by anyone other than the land owner and his family 11 <br />or friends”. Did you ever seek to verify that was true? 12 <br /> 13 <br />Michael Harvey: Not beyond Mr. Taibi’s argument, no sir. 14 <br /> 15 <br />T.C. Morphis: And it says, “The landowner says there has never been occasion where more than six persons 16 <br />including himself have been shooting on a given day”. Did you ever verify that was true? 17 <br /> 18 <br />Michael Harvey: Not beyond Mr. Taibi’s assertions, no sir. 19 <br /> 20 <br />T.C. Morphis: No single session of shooting that has lasted more than a couple of hours or so, that that was true? 21 <br /> 22 <br />Michael Harvey: Staff has never been called when shooting was to start or occur, no sir, we never verified the 23 <br />duration of hours. 24 <br /> 25 <br />T.C. Morphis: It goes on saying, “any representation of greater numbers of shooters engaged in continuous fire for 26 <br />several hours at a time is simply false”. You never had an opportunity to verify that? 27 <br /> 28 <br />Michael Harvey: No sir. 29 <br /> 30 <br />T.C. Morphis: I want to direct your and the board’s attention to the next page, page 3. At the bottom, Mr. Taibi 31 <br />writes, “that said, the landowner nevertheless is willing to enter into a settlement with the interest of community 32 <br />cooperation, he will agree to undertake…”, a long list of things. Would you consider that an attempt to reach a 33 <br />settlement with Mr. Klein over this issue? 34 <br /> 35 <br />Michael Harvey: Yes sir. 36 <br /> 37 <br />T.C. Morphis: Did these bullet points that Mr. Taibi outlined form at least a starting point for that settlement proposal? 38 <br /> 39 <br />Michael Harvey: Yes sir. 40 <br /> 41 <br />T.C. Morphis: Did it strike you as odd that someone who had no range that would have a range safety and design 42 <br />evaluation performed? 43 <br /> 44 <br />Michael Harvey: No sir. 45 <br /> 46 <br />T.C. Morphis: Or they would access environmental issues in conjunction with range safety and design? 47 <br /> 48 <br />Michael Harvey: No sir. 49 <br /> 50