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Approved 6/13/2011 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 3/14/11 Page 14 of 59 <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 />Thomas West: Yes sir. <br />Nick Herman: If I had a dog I would bring it to you to groom and then I would pick it up and if I went on vacation I <br />might leave my dog with you for whatever my vacation days were? <br />Thomas West: Yes sir. <br />Nick Herman: And then you have heard, I have mentioned this to the board; you intend to have cats as well as <br />dogs. <br />Thomas West: We have a big room with different types of kitty combos. Not foster those but house those and <br />also, if one of our rescue groups calls and there is about to be an animal euthanized we will bring it and give it a <br />home but we are not going to foster… <br />Nick Herman: The question was raised earlier, you saw the number of runs, your initial phase is to have how <br />many? <br />Thomas West: Sixteen. <br />Nick Herman: With a maximum build out to? <br />Thomas West: Fourteen more would be 30. <br />Nick Herman: Whether or not you do that will depend on how things go. <br />Thomas West: Right. <br />Nick Herman: When you take the animals outside, do you have any limitations on that? <br />Thomas West: We will only take three or four, mainly just four because we have four dogs to exercise other than <br />to just take them on a lease. They would have four enclosures where they could exercise to get them out of the <br />rooms. <br />Nick Herman: How do you intend to finance this project? <br />Thomas West: I was in the military and got a VA loan on my house. <br />Nick Herman: So this is what you plan to do when you retire? <br />Thomas West: Yes me and my wife. <br />Nick Herman: Who will run the facility? <br />Thomas West: Both of us. I will run it primarily until my wife retires. We will both be equally involved. <br />Nick Herman: Do you anticipate any other employees other than you and your wife? <br />Thomas West: Down the road if we get busy, it could be one of my neighbors. <br />Nick Herman: Who will do the grooming? <br />Thomas West: A guy from… <br />Nick Herman: You would have one employee?