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APPROVED 11/11/2013 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 9/10/2013 Page 24 of 38 <br /> 1 <br />Larry Wright: Your opinion is what then? 2 <br /> 3 <br />Michael Buck: There is a significant portion of this parcel that are, I am trying not to make that 4 <br />argument now, that are ineligible for being counted as active recreation because of these 5 <br />exclusion points. 6 <br /> 7 <br />Larry Wright: So you are submitting these figures as evidence that this disagrees with the county, 8 <br />right? 9 <br /> 10 <br />Michael Buck: Yes. This says .6633; all I want to do is contrast .6633 which we call ¾ of an acre. 11 <br /> 12 <br />Larry Wright: Does this show in topography or anything else that the county does not have? 13 <br /> 14 <br />Michael Buck: The satellite image does not and that is where I will have pictures to show 15 <br />slopes…. 16 <br /> 17 <br />Larry Wright: Is that part of your argument? 18 <br /> 19 <br />Geof Gledhill: I object to everything except the photographs because the characterization of 20 <br />unsuitability is a point. 21 <br /> 22 <br />Larry Wright: We as a board understand that. 23 <br /> 24 <br />Michael Buck: That is part of the argument I will come back to. I will come back to those 25 <br />pictures. I would like to submit into evidence Appendix K, Appellant Exhibit 3, pages 61 through 26 <br />66. I have copies of a letter in that appendix. This is a letter written by the Orange County 27 <br />Planning Director to Newland Corporation, the developer of Phase IV written on November 1, 28 <br />2006 and in this letter, the planning director describes the requirements that Newland must meet 29 <br />in order to gain approval for Phase IV. 30 <br /> 31 <br />Geof Gledhill: For the record, I would like to object to the introduction of this. 32 <br /> 33 <br />Larry Wright: Why? 34 <br /> 35 <br />Geof Gledhill: For one thing I can’t read it and digest it in two minutes. That is on objection. 36 <br />Second is it apparent to me it is some kind of contemporaneous negotiation going on with the 37 <br />planning department and this developer. 38 <br /> 39 <br />Larry W right: Why would that be objectionable? 40 <br /> 41 <br />Geof Gledhill: I don’t think it bears on the special use permit whether or not this development as 42 <br />platted satisfies the special use permit requirements. 43 <br /> 44 <br />Larry Wright: It discusses special use permit in paragraph 3, the multi-family parcel will include 45 <br />…. As part of the special use permit and paragraph 5 talks about special use permit. 46 <br /> 47 <br />Geof Gledhill: I agree with what it says, I am arguing whether or not it is relevant evidence to this 48 <br />proceeding. 49 <br /> 50 <br />David Rooks: I think it can come in. 51