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Approved 4/22/2014 <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 11/11/2013 Page 118 of 123 <br /> 1 <br />Mark Micol: Mr. Gledhill actually made the comment that we can state that in the resolution but then we can also 2 <br />say we can answer these 3 questions he has proposed. 3 <br /> 4 <br />Larry Wright: Mr. Buck has gone through a lot of work, we owe him that. Whether he likes out decision or not, 5 <br />we owe him this. 6 <br /> 7 <br />David Blankfard: The County Commissioners were planning to put this in a time capsule to make it happen after 8 <br />the water issue was resolved. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Larry Wright: We did that with Buckhorn. 11 <br /> 12 <br />Jeff Schmitt: Buckhorn had an 18 month time horizon; you had to begin construction within 18 months. 13 <br /> 14 <br />David Blankfard: If you put this in a time capsule, so it would work, the county negotiated all these things with the 15 <br />previous owner and then they sold it to Newland and said you have to finish all this we didn’t build out in the first 16 <br />place, you are stuck building it and they got a great deal because they didn’t have to build any of this stuff. The 17 <br />county had to start re-negotiating with Newland to get all these items put in. That’s the way I am reading all the 18 <br />correspondence. 19 <br /> 20 <br />Jeff Schmitt: So it is your contention that the commissioners knew that in granting this permit and having a 21 <br />hearing and all that stuff in 1986, they knew water would not be there for at least 10 years but they did it anyway. 22 <br /> 23 <br />David Blankfard: And they knew the new 1986 ordinance was coming out as well and that would change all the 24 <br />requirements again so they purposely put in what active recreation was. They put that definition in the SUP. 25 <br /> 26 <br />Mark Micol: It is hard to get into the minds of those board members from 30 years ago. That is taking things out 27 <br />of context. 28 <br /> 29 <br />Jeff Schmitt: I think if we were dealing with the whole shebang but after Phases I, II, IIa and 3b have been 30 <br />completed and done and now we are dealing with the residual from what was or was not done regarding this one 31 <br />section, I find it difficult we can do that simply because I think it is a subdivision thing. 32 <br /> 33 <br />Larry Wright: I am right where you are. I really feel it is not within our jurisdiction and I feel somehow that needs 34 <br />to be said but then we get to these three points that our counsel has suggested… Did Mr. Davis err? That would 35 <br />be more of an interpretation of zoning. 36 <br /> 37 <br />David Rooks: That is just taking the appeal as it was presented and listened to what he argued and then trying to 38 <br />boil it down to a central point, I think summarizes the three bases. 39 <br /> 40 <br />Larry Wright: Then you are saying the Phase IV applied to 1998 standards so that would be… is that within our 41 <br />jurisdiction. 42 <br /> 43 <br />Mark Micol: I think it is a leap to think one person erred when so many eyes were on this. This was big deal. A 44 <br />lot of people signed off on this. 45 <br /> 46 <br />Jeff Schmitt: This was Economic Development which the county has been inadequate on and tried to push away 47 <br />for years. This was a lot of tax dollars, a lot new people, a lot of revenue coming in. 48