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Mr. Balsis: Okay. Does Mr. Northrop live in your area or was he just visiting the <br />area? <br /> <br />Mr. Pickens: He was visiting the area. He does not live in the area. <br /> <br />Mr. Balsis: Okay. <br /> <br />Mr. Pickens: He was on company time during the middle of the week, during the day <br />time, I don’t remember exactly what time it was. <br /> <br />Mr. Balsis: Okay, Mr. Pickens at this time, I’m going to ask the rest of the Board here <br />if anybody has any questions for you. <br /> <br />Mr. Pickens: Okay. <br /> <br />Mr. Balsis: Adams, Arnie, Glen, Ku? I don’t either. At this point in time I’m going to <br />ask, Bob Northrop is here and I’m going to ask what comments you have to make regarding this <br />petition about you. <br /> <br />Mr. Northrop: I was on company time. I had company business there. They were still in <br />violation of filling in a FEMA Zone streambed and they hadn’t taken any action. I was aware of <br />a fine was attempted to be levied against them for their violation as of the 3rd of December 2012 <br />they were instructed to either before that time, or by that time, to have removed their excess <br />material out of the streambed or be subjected to $500 a day fine. It was approximately a week or <br />so after that, that I had, following through on my duties, gone into the neighborhood to see if <br />they had done any action. They weren’t required to have a grading permit to remove all that <br />material out of the stream, it was just a necessity for us to follow through on our FEMA <br />requirements, Federal requirements to keep that stream from being encumbered. I don’t know <br />what the rules are on eavesdropping, but if you are going to eavesdrop you need to listen better. <br />In regards to the conversation that I was having with the Thompsons, they had been very leery to <br />give us any information in regards to their neighbor because they felt threatened by the neighbor. <br />There was testimony from other neighbors in the neighborhood regarding their new neighbors, <br />Pickens Mejia, and it was feeling throughout the neighborhood that there was going to be trouble <br />with these people. The Thompsons asked me pointedly, what the situation was if Pickens Mejia <br />never removed that material, and the subject of being able to put a lien on their property was a <br />device that I’m aware of that Corporation Counsel has the authority to do if we have to bring in <br />our own equipment via the Highways Division and physically remove that material. It’s <br />something that we don’t do or want to do but because of the blocking of the flood zone, it still <br />needs to be cleared. <br /> <br />Mr. Balsis: Okay. At this time I want to thank you Mr. Northrop. And Mr. Pickens <br />I’m going to ask if you have any comments and first of all did you hear everything said clearly, <br />and do you have any comments? <br /> <br />Mr. Pickens: Yes, I do have a comment, and I believe I’ve heard everything clearly and <br />I believe that the matter has not been answered to the fact that Bob Northrop was up there talking <br />25 <br /> <br /> <br />