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APPROVED 11/11/2013 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 9/10/2013 Page 9 of 38 <br />Larry Wright: Sustained. 1 <br /> 2 <br />Michael Buck: A discussion of pedestrian bridges and walkways and I guess to … if we look at 3 <br />the original filing which was brought up earlier in Attachment A, on page 2 of 3 in Attachment F 4 <br />regarding the failure to account for the bridges and now I would like to call your attention to the 5 <br />special use permit which is also Attachment A. 6 <br /> 7 <br />Michael Harvey: Mr. Buck, technically, the special use permit is in Attachment C. You 8 <br />referenced the SUP in Attachment A but the approved copy is in Attachment C. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Michael Buck: I would like to highlight, and I can say, it is not my intent to quote anything out of 11 <br />context, it is not my intent to call attention to one area and not another. I certainly encourage and 12 <br />appreciate any objections to make sure you are aware of the complete record so as I quote from 13 <br />particular documents, I am certainly intending you will read the complete context of the 14 <br />documents to best understand what was being communicated. 15 <br /> 16 <br />Larry Wright: I have been a member of Orange County for a very long time and a lot of that time, 17 <br />there has been a lot of turmoil regarding this development and I sort of remember it and so I went 18 <br />back and searched county documents and a lot of what we are going over I saw in a 2007 19 <br />document, you were the county attorney at the time and John Link was the manager and it was in 20 <br />2007 and it is the same pedestrian walkways and this went before the Commissioners and Ben 21 <br />Lloyd was among them. Why are we starting at 2008 and what happened in 2007? It went 22 <br />before the Commissioners then and I thought why are we getting this now as a Board of 23 <br />Adjustment? I am very confused. 24 <br /> 25 <br />Michael Buck: I can provide my context on why there was a delay but I can’t speak to why the 26 <br />appeal filed in March 2008 is just now coming before you. 27 <br /> 28 <br />Larry Wright: If the Commissioners at that time, if it was brought before them, the 29 <br />Commissioners at that time, heard a case just like this…. 30 <br /> 31 <br />Michael Buck: I am not aware of that case, do you know any of the details of it. 32 <br /> 33 <br />Michael Harvey: Mr. Chairman, all I can say is there was no case; the BOCC does not serve as 34 <br />the Board of Adjustment. They did not review an appeal so there was no case, appeal, or any 35 <br />other proceeding. 36 <br /> 37 <br />Larry Wright; It was brought to them as a development and they approved it as such. 38 <br /> 39 <br />Mark Micol: What was their last involvement? 40 <br /> 41 <br />Michael Harvey: Their last involvement in terms of approving this project was in 1986 when it was 42 <br />approved. What Dr. Wright was referring to in 2007 is, I believe in response to neighborhood 43 <br />concerns. Mr. Robert Davis, the former current planning supervisor offered a memorandum to 44 <br />the board but it was not an appeal or case. 45 <br /> 46 <br />Larry Wright: It seems like this started since the earth cooled and we are picking it up mid-47 <br />stream. I am really confused. 48 <br /> 49 <br />Michael Buck: I will do my best to provide some context but I wasn’t here in 1986 when the 50 <br />original conditions and permit were approved. There was a delay in the beginning of the 51