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18 1 Amanda Godwin: And by the way, the rules that you are stating are different than what UNC Governors rules say so I read 2 that and it did say that homeowners with just experience could speak and don't ask me to find it now I've got it my office but 3 anyway your rules are different than what I read for other. 4 5 Beth Bronson: The rules are not different. The rules are statewide. Establishing standing is at the discretion of the Board of 6 Adjustment that's why we are going through this enormous rigmarole of establishing standing. 7 8 Leon Meyers:Any other discussion on the motion to deny? All in favor please say aye. 9 10 MOTION made by Adam Beeman to deny standing. Seconded by Jeff Scott. 11 VOTE: 4-1 (Beth Bronson opposed) 12 13 Leon Meyers: Chad Pickens. 14 15 Cy Stober: Mr. Chair,just for the record, Mr. Pickens is the online attendee so at your discretion he is present but online. 16 17 Brian Hill: I'll be quick. I just have a quick comment. So we received, based on your last comment and we're a homeowner 18 on Jefferson, second house in off of Jefferson. 19 20 Leon Meyers: Excuse me, Mr. Pickens, if you can hear we're coming to you next. Thank you for your patience. Go ahead, 21 please. 22 23 Brian Hill: So the last comment was that we were provided the documentation requiring Clause 2 when we signed up at the 24 initial scheduled meeting. 25 26 Patrick Mallet: For our audio records, can you just state your name. 27 28 Brian Hill: Brian Hill. If the intention of the Board is to only people to speak if they brought an expert witness, how would that 29 have been acceptable in the first night when we were only notified upon signing up to speak? That's when we received the 30 handout saying we needed to have an expert witness. The only reason we're even in this position is we're now on the third 31 delay because the Board wasn't present three different times. The applicants were given extra time to prepare to have their 32 Board heard or have their witnesses present. Can the public have the same courtesy? Now that we are being denied 33 standing constantly, and I think that's going to be the case for everybody here, I mean, I don't see anybody that's a 34 homeowner that's brought an expert witness at this point, maybe the online people do. Give us the extra time to come 35 back with the witnesses. If that's going to be what we have to require to have standing, give us the same courtesy that the 36 applicant's had. 37 38 Leon Meyers:Thank you, Mr. Hill. Right now the Board is in the process of establishing standing for the folks who signed 39 up on October 18th. And you did sign up. Did, do you want to assert standing? 40 41 Brian Hill: I would like to have the time to provide the expert testimony that I apparently need to have standing based on, 42 you know,what we're hearing from the Board today. Everybody's getting declined. They're saying being a homeowner and 43 having eyes and ears is not qualified. That's fine. If we have to have these things, give us the courtesy that the applicant's 44 had to provide that. Again, had this meeting occurred as scheduled,there's no way we probably would have been 45 prepared because we didn't get notified until signing that document initially. 46 47 Adam Beeman: So you were notified and you signed a document on the first meeting. And here we are on the third one, 48 you had two delays to do something about it based on that piece of paper. 49 50 Brian Hill:This has also been something that's been denied about 15 times at this point.The other question that I would 51 have is based on what council said, if you're going to deny standing to everybody and not listen to standing witness are you 52 going to allow just witness testimony? Is that going to happen? Apparently, that is subject to the Board? Correct? 53 Whether they decide to allow it or not is what I heard you say a minute ago. 54