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4 Draft <br /> 1 <br /> 2 Sylvia Stracke: No, I am requesting a continuance for all matters so that my attorney can be present. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Leon Meyers: All right. Taylor? <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Taylor Perschau: Well, I would just add, so, staff is in receipt of this request for legal standing. Prior to tonight's <br /> 7 hearing, staff received three email submittals for a request to establish legal standing, and 1 <br /> 8 believe as the crowd processed in tonight, Pat also has a list of individuals who are in <br /> 9 attendance and who may be requesting standing. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 Leon Meyers: Okay. Five, right? I see. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Beth Bronson: You've added that perfect. <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Leon Meyers: You want to take a look, Beth, and I'll pass it down the other way. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Beth Bronson: All right,yeah. I mean, nothing is preventing us from hearing anybody's argument for standing. <br /> 18 1 think we can make a decision at that point whether or not to consider a continuance. But, <br /> 19 the idea that it's not the applicant. The applicant is the one who is presenting their case <br /> 20 tonight, so I have a hard time moving forward with proposing a continuance right now. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Leon Meyers: All right. I'm going to give board members a chance to just take a look at the map here to <br /> 23 show where the properties are located related to the folks who have signed up to speak. <br /> 24 Good, then we'll begin the process of determining standing for the folks who have signed up <br /> 25 to speak, and the first person who signed up is Justin and Sarah Lormand. Lormand? Is that <br /> 26 correct? <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Sarah Lormand: Lormand. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Leon Meyers: Lormand, good. Please come forward, and just as a reminder, this part of the hearing is for <br /> 31 the purpose of determining whether folks who are claiming standing as parties to this special- <br /> 32 use permit hearing, actually have standing, and it's the Board,of course, that determines that, <br /> 33 so, I would ask that you tell the Board why and how you believe you have standing as a party <br /> 34 to the hearing. Can you please speak into the mic? <br /> 35 <br /> 36 Sarah Lormand: I was also advised to request a continuance. The lawyer that was recommended to me that <br /> 37 I've spoken to is not available at short notice. From what I can tell, the applicant has had six- <br /> 38 plus months to prepare documentation to present to you. We were only notified 6 weeks ago. <br /> 39 That's not very much time in the scheme of things to secure legal counsel when they're in high <br /> 40 demand and to get an appraisal to contest the one on file. So, I would reinforce our desire for <br /> 41 a continuance in this matter. If you have the plat map there, you can see our house is tucked <br /> 42 directly into the corner of the property in question. So, we are bordered on two sides by <br /> 43 Jubilee and have been impacted by their business to date, and do not want to be impacted <br /> 44 further by the expansion of their business as proposed in this special-use permit. <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Leon Meyers: Hold on, excuse me for interrupting. I want to remind you that the purpose of this portion of <br /> 47 the hearing is to determine whether you have standing as a party to the hearing. I'm sorry <br /> 48 I've complicated a little bit of an obscure concept, but the most direct path in this kind of <br /> 49 situation would be for you to demonstrate that you would suffer special damages if the special- <br /> 4 <br />