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Installing a sound deflecting wall outside of the back door of our pavilion at SPACE, which our events <br />are held. <br /> <br />Installing heavy drapes which could be dropped around the open sides of our pavilion during events. <br /> <br />Topping off the ironwood trees (which we’ve done twice now) which form a barrier between SPACE <br />and the Sea View Subdivision in order to encourage growth and for them to fill in and get more bushy. <br /> <br />We are fortunate enough to have two qualified builder/designers on our Advisory Committee. And <br />after collecting detailed data using a decibel meter which we purchased, they went to work designing a <br />noise reduction system. Then it was up to us to find funding for the proposed project. I’m pleased to <br />say that we’ve secured $50,000 for noise reduction at SPACE! However receipt of the funds is <br />dependent upon approval of the amendment to our Special Use Permit. <br /> <br />More recently, after we retained the services of Mr. Hong and Ms. Lee Loy, we held a stakeholders <br />meeting. At this meeting, we again discussed our proposal for our amendment and our plans for <br />addressing concerns. I have been extremely vigilant and rigid about following the cease and desist <br />order issued to us. Other than the one event, which led to the May meeting, we have been in full <br />compliance. And, please remember, we have concerns ourselves about that event and only moved <br />forward in allowing the Village Green Society, who are the landowners of the property on which <br />SPACE is built, to continue the event after consulting with our attorney who advised us that it would <br />not violate the cease and desist order. My intention here is not to blame our attorneys, but to <br />demonstrate the importance we placed on complying with the orders of the Planning Department. I <br />can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to say “no” to people requesting to hold events <br />at SPACE or to hold classes or family gatherings or community meetings. I take the cease and desist <br />order so seriously that I won’t even allow anyone to stand or walk around our farmer’s market <br />strumming their ukulele or playing any kind of instrument because the Planning Department told me <br />that performing at the market was not allowed. <br /> <br />rd <br />After the May 3 meeting, the Planning Director issued a letter to us detailing the conditions under <br />which we would need to operate. Again, I have followed those without exception. And the Planning <br />Department has received no complaints. <br /> <br />However, please understand that we are a small, struggling non-profit organization. And as a result of <br />these restrictions on performances and on fundraising at SPACE in general, we are in a dire financial <br />situation. Critical sources of revenue have been cut off from us. And as you might imagine, income <br />from grants is down, too, due to more competition for the reduced amount of funds available from <br />government agencies and private foundations. I have cut expenses in every way you can imagine and <br />then more. And we’re still struggling. As a last resort, I finally had to cut my own hours…it was the <br />only thing that was left! And even then, there have been times when I haven’t been able to pay myself <br />on schedule, resulting in a financial hardship for my own family. You know how people refer to being <br />on a shoe-string budget? Well, we aren’t even on a she-string budget. We’re like on a half of a <br />shoestring that’s all frayed out and just a big mess. You know it’s bad when you’re contemplating <br />laying off your own self, which I’ve done before. <br /> <br /> 6 <br /> EXHIBIT C <br /> <br /> <br />