2019-12-04 Hearing Transcript - Thy Word Ministries USE 18-075

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that they did not after these letters came in, there is no other correspondence, so can you just talk a little bit KEALOHA: —Yeah. No, we did not speak or have any contact with them The, from what I understand, one of the, the complaints—she lives in Seattle. That's what I understand, and as far as we feel that, it's not a problem, you know, with the what do you call, with the church there. CLARKSON: I have a question for staff related to this issue if they might know. Have you received complaints, any complaints, about activities at the rodeo arena from the residential subdivision that adjoins or is across the drainage area from the rodeo arena? KAY: Not that I am aware of, Mr. Chair. In the complaints about this, one of the things I cited was there is already a significant amount of traffic on the weekends in that area. So, it may be inferred that because there is already a lot of traffic, some of that may be rodeo traffic, but in terms of noise or visual impacts, none that I am aware of. CLARKSON: Thank you. RAFFIPIY: I have a question for the staff. There was some, you know, there was a filing error cited in that, for the, you know, on the opposition letters. What is that? What filing error was that? KAY: Sure, so, in most of our mailings that we sent out, the surrounding property owner mailings, there is a statement on the letter stating that they have the opportunity to file for a contested case, and we include a contested case form. A lot of times that can be confusing to folks who just want to submit written opposition. They have a form in front of them. They fill out the form and submit the form to us. When we see the form that is an indication to us that we need to follow up. If the form doesn't include a $250 filing fee, then we follow up with the complainant and determine whether or not they just inadvertently filled out the form or if they actually want to file for a contested case. In all three cases that we received opposition letters on contested case forms, we determined that there was no intention to actually go through with the contested case, but they just, you know, the information that's on the form, we just wanted to submit to you so you can see what their complaint was. RAFFIPIY: Okay, thank you. KAY: You're welcome. CLARKSON: If there are no further questions for the Applicant or for staff, thank you very much, sir. KEALOHA: You're welcome. CLARKSON: We'll proceed to public testimony now. We have listed here one person who is wishing to testify to this application. Will Dwight Vicente please come forward? Are you willing to be sworn, Mr. Vicente? EXHIBIT A