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We've seen this slide, so I'll just jump forward to our recommendation slide. The Planning
<br />Director's recommendation is approval with conditions. And, there was a revised
<br />recommendation and an additional condition that was added, and that's on the yellow sheet that
<br />you all should have. And, just to summarize what's written there. The rationale for adding this
<br />condition, this Condition No. 2, is to ensure that the facility matches the description as stated in
<br />the application, in Special Permit application including the number of visitors and the full scope
<br />of the project. So, to ensure that it, that it maintains that in perpetuity, and also to ensure
<br />compliance with County Code and Fire Code. So that would be Fire Code, Building Code, and
<br />all relevant codes just to make sure that that's clearly stated in this condition.
<br />CLARKSON: Any questions for Planning staff? If not, thank you. Will the Applicant or their
<br />representative or both please come forward? Would you please raise your right hands? Do you
<br />swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter before the Planning Commission today?
<br />B. GILMORE/L. GILMORE: Yes. [Mr. Kern was already sworn in from the previous
<br />application.]
<br />KERN: Good morning, again, Mr. Chair.
<br />CLARKSON: Good morning.
<br />KERN: And Members of the Planning Commission. That you for the presentation, Jessica. To
<br />my right, I have Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore. This is a nice, unique project. I'm going to let them talk
<br />a little bit more about it, what they were going to—one of the things that I want to mention,
<br />though that struck me when I did meet with both of them. They love this property, like the
<br />woodedness, the property, how it is up there, and it is beautiful, and that's one of the reasons I
<br />did want to work with them on this project. We don't want to do something big, you know. We
<br />want to be able to have a few people come up there and share that with them and practice their
<br />spirituality with them up there, and that's why you can see it's only, you know, one acre instead
<br />of the five acres, and that's something I really wanted to point out, and you'll hear that from
<br />them as well.
<br />So, Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore, you just want to add a little bit to that. And, I can answer any other
<br />questions.
<br />L. GILMORE: Hi, thank you so much, and thank you for the Planning Commission staff that
<br />came up and walked the property with us, heard the story. I'm trying not to be emotional, but
<br />this was a spiritual call to build this place, and part of our Christian spirituality is silence and
<br />solitude to come away and just be and unplug. So, that's what our call was, and then we got this
<br />property. And, you hear the birds, and you know the birds are threatened. And, we spent a lot of
<br />time in the park, and we know the threat. The first thing we did was invest in fencing. I didn't
<br />want to spend the money that we had for fencing, but if you don't fence off that native forest,
<br />those pigs will take it out, and those birds will die. And, so that was our first investment, like we
<br />don't have a—we're living in the little house, and everything got put aside so that we would
<br />fence it first. So, protecting the property is in my blood, like we're not going to have too many
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