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4 Draft 1 Steve Staten: Okay. Sure. Thank you. Steve Staten. I've lived on Holy Creek Lane for 5 years this coming 2 September. We're two properties away from the field. And even before I go any further, I want to 3 say this is not a personal thing. My background is engineering, 25 years in ministry and I'm a crisis 4 and conflict management specialist currently. And so, we want to, you know, I want to introduce 5 this from the standpoint that my standing but also, I think some people here want me to represent 6 some of the concerns that they, others might have that I don't necessarily have but I do have my 7 own. So, that's just, did I do that okay? 8 9 Leon Meyers: That's absolutely fine. And if you would for the moment just keep your comments addressed 10 directly toward how you believe, in this case it would be special damages. You would need to 11 show what competent material and substantial evidence that you would have special damages if 12 the case were approved. 13 14 Steve Staten: Okay. So, my understanding that when we came to our property that what was happening there 15 on the corner was going to be a friendly sports event for those connected to cricket. And this 16 seems like it evolved into something else that could definitely affect our property value. We have 17 had contact with some somebody from Coldwell, a banker, a vantage broker that estimated, you 18 know, we could have a 10 to 15 percent decrease property of our value of this, the presence of 19 being anticipated building an 1800-foot structure, a 2000-foot structure, other potential structures 20 on the property, it becomes something different than what we call saw 5 years ago. And it seems 21 like it's moving quickly. The season for playing has extended by a month. It's affected the noise 22 level for those who are much closer to the property. There are questions about the septic and 23 toilet systems that would be needed to support this expansion and the repercussions of that. We 24 don't know. This is coming so fast on us so we would need to do some investigation on the 25 implications on that. The— 26 27 Leon Meyers: Mr. Staten, do you believe that you have special expertise in property value or noise? 28 29 Steve Staten: I do not. Yes. That's why we're asking people in the real estate world. Yesterday I talked to a real 30 estate guy with a, you know, he's also an attorney, a lawyer, and he said we have a good case for 31 concern. He's going to advise me after tonight what we should do based on how things go. So, 32 we're deferring to specialist; I am not one. 33 34 Leon Meyers: Then unless you can demonstrate that you would have special damages if the case were 35 approved, I am afraid the board probably would not be able to approve standing for you as a 36 witness. 37 38 Steve Staten: So, being that this came to us so quickly without the time to prepare or to even see if there is the 39 support in our neighborhood to get attorneys and so forth, to me that seems, Mr. Myers, that, like, 40 well, you don't want to hear from us unless we've cocked our gun and we're ready for a fight, and 1 41 don't want to be ready for a fight. I'm a witness from the standpoint, I live in the neighborhood, and 42 1 see this expansion going on. And we could leverage specialists to say, "Hey, here is the facts 43 based on other situations, I'm following the Maple View situation kind of closely." But does our 44 voice matter as a resident seeing something that's kind of startling happening in our 45 neighborhood? 46 47 Leon Meyers: Your voice absolutely matters. Everybody's voice matters. In the Board of Adjustment's setting, 48 the board's policy is to hear from witnesses with standing. 49 4