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Approved 11/8/2010 <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 10/11/2010 Page 10 of 35 <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />50 <br />51 <br />52 <br />Michael Harvey: Dr. Carter, if I can be allowed to expand just a little bit, if I can call your attention back to your packet. <br />Beginning on page 61of the Board’s abstract, the original application talks about their general guidelines for success <br />and how they are going to be moving forward with the various development activities on the property. While I don’t <br />know if there is sufficient detail here to answer your question in its entirety, I will call your attention to attachment B the <br />minutes of the original public hearing where there was lengthy testimony about how this group wanted to begin the <br />process of working and identifying special curriculum activities that not only provided educational opportunities on the <br />farm but hands on educational opportunities and that this curriculum would morph and change over time as the needs of <br />the centers and the needs of the students change. In fact, there was a lengthy discussion about how the curriculum <br />component of this operation would be fluid so you wouldn’t have classes just in one particular issue or section for ad <br />infinitum that the ag center would be able to morph that curriculum and add new elements based on the concept of this <br />being an education and hands on farming center. <br /> <br />Tom Brown: Do we have any citizens that wish to speak on behalf of the appellant? <br /> <br />Mike Parker: Could I hand these out? This is nothing more than the Orange County GIS site for informational <br />purposes. <br /> <br />Michael Harvey: Mike, your attachments or exhibits so far are one exhibit which is the green colored folder, exhibit two <br />which is the entire set of pictures, and then exhibit three is this document. <br /> <br />Larry Wright: Michael, let’s refer to page 55 of the abstract please. This is as staff noted within their June 22, 2010 <br />courtesy notice the following additional activities are documented and noted on the property then we have list 1 in <br />roman numerals through 7. Could you list which roman numeral we are directed to which roman numerals, which <br />activities they are please? <br /> <br />Michael Harvey: Yes, after several meetings with the representatives of the ag center and Mr. Parker, the focus of my <br />concern as to illegally expanded uses on the property would be roman numeral one, yoga instruction classes; roman <br />numeral two, special events and fundraisers; I am willing to, after having Allison explain the retail sales component <br />which is actually occurring at the Mapleview Country Store and not on the property, roman numeral three I believe is no <br />longer an issue. Roman numeral four is no longer an issue, roman numeral five, which is the space rental is a concern <br />for me; roman numeral six should not have been listed as a concern that was my error,; and then roman numeral seven, <br />hayrides, as long as the hayrides are in conjunction with the activities, educational activities on site as part of that <br />component, I have no concerns. What I am concerned with, and I don’t have any evidence that it has occurred, is <br />hayrides for hayrides sake for financial purposes, you pay for a hayride. <br /> <br />Larry Wright: I’d like to follow up on this. So, what is our concern off this list? One, two, and five or one, two, and <br />maybe seven? I’m not really clear what is going on here. <br /> <br />Michael Harvey: One, two, and five. <br /> <br />Larry Wright: Ok, thank you. <br /> <br />Michael Harvey: The applicant has addressed my concerns on three, four, six, and seven by submitting sufficient <br />documentation during the months leading up to this hearing that the activities were consistent with the approved SUP. <br /> <br />Tom Brown: We will return to that later with Mr. Parker, I am going to have some questions specifically on those three <br />items but before we finish up I want to see if there is any other testimony on behalf of the appellant. Seeing none is <br />there testimony opposed? For those that are signed up if you wish to speak on behalf from your perspective as a citizen <br />or a neighbor please do so. <br /> <br />Michael Harvey: The next person on the list to speak, no we don’t have to go in this order, but the next person that is <br />listed is Marilee.