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Approved 6/8/2015 <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 12/08/2014 Page 42 of 49 <br /> <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Larry Wright: Sustained. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Michael Joerling: My concern is safety. Somebody is going to get shot. 4 <br /> 5 <br />Larry Wright: He has no idea of rounds, I don’t either. 6 <br /> 7 <br />T.C. Morphis: I have no further questions. 8 <br /> 9 <br />Robert Nicholas: I have been sworn in. 10 <br /> 11 <br />T.C. Morphis: If you will turn to Exhibit 1, is your house located at number 1. 12 <br /> 13 <br />Robert Nicholas: That is correct. 14 <br /> 15 <br />T.C. Morphis: How long have you lived at the property? 16 <br /> 17 <br />Robert Nicholas: Since 2003. 18 <br /> 19 <br />T.C. Morphis: Have you ever visited the site? 20 <br /> 21 <br />Robert Nicholas: No. 22 <br /> 23 <br />T.C. Morphis: Tell me about the intensity, the volume, the timeframe, you have already heard testimony, is that 24 <br />consistent with what you understand. 25 <br /> 26 <br />Robert Nicholas: It is definitely consistent. 27 <br /> 28 <br />T.C. Morphis: What you heard is accurate and truthful? 29 <br /> 30 <br />Robert Nicholas: That is correct. 31 <br /> 32 <br />Anthony Taibi: Like the other witnesses, you have no evidence to suggest there is a club, there is an organization, 33 <br />any kind of organized or formal facility or activity going on, just you hear a lot of shooting? 34 <br /> 35 <br />Robert Nicholas: A lot of shooting, very loud. 36 <br /> 37 <br />T.C. Morphis: Thank you Mr. Nicholas, you are done. 38 <br /> 39 <br />Larry Wright: Mr. Taibi, do you have any witnesses? 40 <br /> 41 <br />Anthony Taibi: I do not, I believe the questions before the board are purely questions of law and interpretation that 42 <br />are solely for your determination and are not matters of fact. 43 <br /> 44 <br />Larry Wright: Do you have any questions? Your closing arguments please. 45 <br /> 46 <br />T.C. Morphis: I will make them as quickly as I can sir. I want to thank you all again, it has been a long night. We 47 <br />very much appreciate you giving us the opportunity to speak our mind. I want to emphasize again, this is a De Novo 48 <br />hearing, there are all these issues, we have identified specific issues in the rescinding. At the end of the day, Mr. 49 <br />Harvey made two determinations in his 2013 NOV. One, he said he thought the range was on the Bingham Woods 50