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8 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 Laura Coronado: Okay. Thank you. I believe that I have the right to speak because I am the owner of my house and I live <br /> 3 on Jefferson Drive that is in front of Lawrence and Jefferson. I think I have my right to speak. <br /> 4 <br /> 5 Leon Meyers: I understand. Do you have an ownership interest in the property that's the subject of the hearing so where <br /> 6 the ball fields will be built, do you have an ownership interest in that property? <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Laura Coronado: Yes. It's mine. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 Beth Bronson:You have a stakeholder interest in your property. We need to know that you are or are not invested in the <br /> 11 property being reviewed tonight? <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Leon Meyers: I'm sorry this is technical and difficult, but we're going to get through it. <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Translator: She would like for you to clarify the question. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Beth Bronson:We're looking for a statement of standing. When you present during a public hearing,we need to establish <br /> 18 standing as part of the quasi-judicial panel of advisory board members. What that means is that as a public speaker <br /> 19 coming forward, you have to establish one of a few criteria for standing which allows us to say you have the right to come <br /> 20 forward at this public hearing and say anything you need. With that said, there are a few ways to have standing as a <br /> 21 speaker at a public hearing. Does that make sense? <br /> 22 <br /> 23 Laura Coronado: Yes. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Beth Bronson: Number 1 is that you are invested in the parcel being discussed tonight. That's one. The 84 acres that's <br /> 26 being reviewed. That's one, yeah, so that one doesn't count. We've established,yes, so you don't. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Taylor Perschau: The three qualifications that they're asking for are these three on the screen. The first question that <br /> 29 they're addressing is Number 1. <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Leon Meyers: Let's just stop on the first one. Let's just ask her if she establishes Number 1. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Laura Coronado: The Number 2. <br /> 34 <br /> 35 Leon Meyers:Then you would need to show the Board with competent material and substantial evidence or with an expert <br /> 36 opinion that the Special Use Permit, if approved,will cause you to suffer a diminution in property value. That means the <br /> 37 value of your property would go down if the Special Use Permit is approved.And it's not, I'm afraid, adequate for you to <br /> 38 believe that. You'll have to have evidence that that's the case. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Laura Coronado: No, I don't have an expert. I live there, and I saw the things that will affect me as an owner and because 1 <br /> 41 live right there in front. I don't have an expert, but I think I don't need to be an expert to see about many things but the one, <br /> 42 the main one is the traffic that I saw when I go out of my house and I come in. I was thinking that because I don't have the <br /> 43 money to pay some study. I just I am using my common sense to say, but no, I don't have an expert. I don't have the <br /> 44 money to do that. So it will be just my testimony. <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Leon Meyers: Does the Board have any other questions for Ms. Coronado before we determine standing for Ms. <br /> 47 Coronado? <br /> 48 <br /> 49 Beth Bronson: I would just like to clarify that Jefferson Drive is an intersection on Lawrence Road? <br /> 50 <br /> 51 Laura Coronado: Yes. <br /> 52 <br /> 53 Beth Bronson: That is on the west side? <br /> 54 <br /> 55 Taylor Perschau: I'd be happy to pull a map if that's useful. <br />