City Council Packet - Cornelius

had horses onsite. One was operating a 4-H clinic. That was—wasn't large, maybe 20-30 kids that were
there for the day. The horses that hauled in for that provided their own water and their own facility—usually
most horse trailers have some sort of water apparatus so they can haul water in with them. The riding
lessons happened at other times when I had events happening at our other stables, so horses were taken over
there because there's a really nice big arena, so we used it for that. And, I coach the Glencoe Equestrian
Team, and so there was a time there when we had—we actually—because this facility is one of the largest
arenas in the county, we have seven high schools that practice between the two facilities, and since we have
so many practicing before state, I moved mine over here to get extra practicing for drill team.
To address the question you had about the water on the property, the well supplies the entire barn facility.
The only access to the public water is for the actual residence that's onsite, the restrooms that service the
viewing area, and then there's like a snack shack area. And that's where the public water comes into play.
All the rest of it, all the horses, all the watering of the arena, the watering of the pastures, all that came off
of the well. I don't believe—it's my opinion that you can't differentiate the definition of just stabling of
horses versus the activities that come with that. I have yet to see a horse that's just stabled somewhere and
not used or ridden to some capacity. So trying to differentiate between stabling or, a commercial stabling
facility, that almost—it always has included people coming in to ride, people needing a facility to ride, so
there is kind of this back and forth thing that happens there. [Inaudible #1 Pt B 17:14] And the whole point
is being able to [inaudible 44:43] the arena or the grounds outside to ride the horses.
Vice Chair Sheckla-Cox: Okay. Any questions from the Commission? I have a question for you, so are
you saying the house is actively using the city water at this time?
Ms. Hulsey: I don't have knowledge to that. When we were on site, then yes, the house was actively using
the water, but I've been gone since the 2010.
Vice Chair Sheckla-Cox: Okay. All right, thank you. Next is Brian Metzner.
Brian Metzner: I'm in favor.
Vice Chair Sheckla-Cox: Okay.
Mr. Metzner: My name is Brian Metzner. I'm at 1036 South Flax Plant Road right across the street, just as
Lori is our neighbor. I've been living there for about eight years now. The only problem I've ever seen with
that, the stables in the area was when you moved the tow truck drivers in and out. That was the worst, and I
was happy to see them go. There has been horses onsite at pretty much all times as Heidi was saying.
They're—you know, if they're not grazing, you can hear them in the stables themselves. So, as far as no
horses on the property, there are very few times when I could actually say that I didn’t know they were
there. That's about all I've got to say.
Male Speaker: Thank you.
Vice Chair Sheckla-Cox: Okay, thanks. Next is Dave Schmidt.
Dave Schmidt: Yeah, I'm Dave. I live at 1011 South Ivy. It's down two blocks away, and I've lived there
since 1988. And the stable's always been there, and I'd hate to see them shut it down. I know there's always
been horses there. I might not see them all the time, but over the years, I've had nieces and sister-in-laws
have done the flag drill teams and the barrel racing, all that, and we've sat in the stadiums for years. And I
took my kids. Now I take Kylie there and—my granddaughter—and I'd just hate to see them shut it down. I
think it's a great place, good for the family, good for the kids. She even gets to ride the horses there now,
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