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478 MOTION by Matt Hughes to accept Mr. Wehmann as an expert qualified to testify on the enhancement or <br />479 detriment to the value of contiguous property as well as whether the proposed uses are in harmony with the <br />480 area where it is to be locate. Seconded by Susan Halkiotis. <br />481 <br />482 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />483 <br />484 Chairwoman Cabe: We will accept his opinion on those questions. <br />485 <br />486 Neese -Brown Thank you. Is it your opinion, Mr. Wehmann, that the uses as proposed in the application by <br />487 the American Legion will maintain or enhance the value of the contiguous property in this area? <br />488 <br />489 Johnny Wehmann: That is correct. <br />490 <br />491 Neese - Brown: And based on your knowledge of the area, is it your opinion that the location and the <br />492 character of the use and plans is in harmony of the area where it is located? <br />493 <br />494 Johnny Wehmann: That is correct. <br />495 <br />496 Chairwoman Cabe: Does anyone on the board have questions for Mr. Wehmann? Hearing none, you may <br />497 call your next witness. <br />498 <br />499 Neese - Brown: I'm going to call Bill Munsee. He has some information he'd like to share with you. <br />500 <br />501 Bill Munsee: I'm Bill Munsee. I'm the commander. First of all, I'd like to thank the planners for the great job <br />502 and time you've taken in helping us prepare the package. The men and women who are behind me <br />503 represent about 200 men and women. They are all veterans. They are all skilled people. As you can see, <br />504 we don't have any young whipper- snappers, except for Bob. I think he's pushing almost 50 now. This is not <br />505 a wild and crazy group requesting this SUP. WE've been in Orange County and Chapel Hill almost 100 <br />506 years now. We've been in our current spot in Chapel Hill 50 years plus. And we just need a new spot. The <br />507 building was old and the repairs on that building... it's just an obsolete building and the repairs on it would <br />508 have cost as much as this whole project. My organization is a good citizen. We respect privacy. We respect <br />509 others. And we are land conservationists. We've had those 32 acres in Chapel Hill unblemished for an <br />510 awful long time. And we respect the people who live around us and we got very few complaints the whole <br />511 50 years that we were there. So we request a favorable ruling on our request for the SUP so we continue <br />512 the legacy of the American Legion for the future soldiers, sailors and marines and coast guard people who <br />513 will fall behind us. We know there will eventually be more actions and we'll be called to go forward and fight <br />514 and we need to leave a legacy to them just like the people who fought in World War 1, World War 11 and <br />515 Vietnam left for us. Thank you very much. I appreciate again the effort the planners have made. <br />516 <br />517 Neese - Brown: I think there is a clerical error on the application. The subject property is a home address. If <br />518 you'd change it from Crawford Road to off of 54. <br />519 <br />520 Michael Harvey: If the property is vacant, we don't typically address it... <br />521 <br />522 Chairwoman Cabe: Ms. Brown, if you could read into the record a motion to amend the application to <br />523 reference the address for the plan as however you want to describe it on the plan. Mr. Mallett may have a <br />524 suggestion. <br />525 <br />`Gl <br />