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<br />Q. ~ that has a star next to it. and the
<br />title says, conditional non-conforming use permits.
<br />Do you see that?
<br />A. Uh-huh. I'm following you.
<br />Q. And it says, Searles moved, Franzel
<br />seconded, that the conditional use permits for
<br />non-conforming uses, administrative memo of
<br />September 5, 1968 as accepted, be approved.
<br />Do you see that?
<br />A. I do, I see that.
<br />Q. And that motion would have been your
<br />motion to approve the conditional use permit for
<br />Woodhill Country Club, is that -
<br />A. That's right, yes.
<br />Q. And you did, in fact, move in favor of it
<br />and voted in favor of it?
<br />A. That's right.
<br />Q. I would like you to turn to tab II, and
<br />that is Exhibit 148.
<br />A. All right. Here we are. I’ve got it.
<br />Q. This is a document that is the application
<br />and permit for Woodhill Country Club as a
<br />conditional use for a golf course. And it consists
<br />of four pages here with Bate's numbers 0R0126
<br />through ORO130. Those are the stamped numbers on
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<br />Q. Now, could you take a look at the last
<br />page of this application?
<br />A. I'm looking at it.
<br />Q, It is a hand-drawn sheet with a Bate's
<br />number of 130, is that correct?
<br />A. Right.
<br />Q. And it has the date at the bottom of
<br />May 31, 1968?
<br />A. Exactly, yes.
<br />Q. And I would like for you to describe to me
<br />what you understood about this drawing as it
<br />relates to driveways and road access.
<br />MR. GREENE: I am going to object on the
<br />grounds of lack of foundation and ambiguity.
<br />I have no problem, if you want to ask the
<br />witness how he interprets this in 1999. But I
<br />don't think a foundation has been laid
<br />regarding what he remembers, if anything, of
<br />his interpretation of this back in 1968.
<br />So I would object to the form of the
<br />question and object on the grounds of lack of
<br />foundation.
<br />MR. Mc C arthy : you can go ahead and
<br />answer, Mr. Searles.
<br />A. All right. Although this is conceptual
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<br />the bottom of the page.
<br />A. Right.
<br />Q. And the application is dated May 31,
<br />1968 -
<br />A. Uh-huh.
<br />Q. — is that correct?
<br />A. Yeah. I'm looking for the date.
<br />Q. On the front --
<br />A. Yes, May 31, '68, correct.
<br />Q. On the third page of the exhibit, it is
<br />again dated in handwriting. May 31, 1968?
<br />A, Exactly, right.
<br />Q, And the fourth page of the exhibit, the
<br />14 one that has page 129 on the bottom, is signed by
<br />15 Tony Kallas?
<br />16 A. Right.
<br />17 Q. Was Mr. Kallas the manager of Woodhill
<br />18 Country Club at the time?
<br />19 A. Yes, that's correct.
<br />20 Q. And you knew Mr. Kallas at the time?
<br />21 A. Yes, 1 “ I've known all. yes.
<br />Q. And he would have been available to answer
<br />23 any questions that you had regarding this
<br />24 application?
<br />25 A. Yes. that's true.
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<br />and not accurate, it does describe the access,
<br />showing a main entrance off 15, going up and
<br />circling the clubhouse and tennis court.*;, ard also,
<br />the road branching off and going out and attaching
<br />to Woodhill Avenue.
<br />And it appears to me that in drawing it,
<br />he put two distinct lines at the end of this as it
<br />goes off, which indicates that's where it goes into
<br />a city street.
<br />Q, Mr. Searles, in 1968, would it have been
<br />your practice to review the application for
<br />12 Woodhill Country Club for a property of this size
<br />13 in moving for a permit?
<br />14 A. There was such a - at that time, there
<br />15 was such a consistency of thought that the
<br />16 continuance of Woodhill and what it has been doing
<br />17 in decades before should be approved, that there
<br />18 wasn't a lot of debate. There wasn't any debate
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<br />MR. GREENE: Excuse me. Could the
<br />Court Reporter read back the question to which
<br />that response was posed?
<br />(The question was read by the Reporter.)
<br />MR. GREENE: I need to put an objection on
<br />the record that Mr. Searles' answer did not
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