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Gorfeins not opposed
Stressing that the Gorfeins are not opposed to issuance of a permit for a migrant camp, attorney Frank Reynolds said his clients want only restrictions that will control the detrimental aspects of this land use.
But before addressing the proposed restrictions, he raised what he described as “the specter of conflict of interest.” Mr. Reynolds maintained that any board member who has financial dealings with the Sharps relating to the orchard business would be affected by the decision on the special exception permit and should therefore disqualify himself from taking part.
“Lane Industries does lease a small block of orchards to Alex,” replied Supervisor Nelson Lane. The potential for conflict of interest posed by this arrangement “never occurred to me,” he added.
Mr. Sharp interjected that, at this time, the rental contract for the Lane orchard has not yet been renewed.
Mr. Reynolds still contended that the transaction created a conflict and that the Stonewall-Hawthorne representative should disqualify himself.
Then turning to the issue of the permit itself, Mr. Reynolds reminded the supervisors that the new zoning ordinance adopted in December changed the definition of seasonal migrant labor camp to adult labor camp. State and federal regulations which come into play at the 10-worker threshold are exhaustive, yet make no mention of provisions for heat, he pointed out.
Recalling the history of the facility, he said that the camp was initially authorized with a special use permit in 1984 on the 225-acre Mountain Green Farm. The permit was for a 10-worker maximum, although the facility was built for 16. It made no provision for access, he said, because the camp was on a 225-acre farm. (The following year, 30 acres with the migrant labor camp was subdivided from George and Sally Sharp’s Mountain Green Farm and transferred to Alex and Roseanne Sharp.) The dormitory itself has no heat, no insulation and the sewage permit granted by the Health Department indicates that the facility will be used for only three months of the year, Mr. Reynolds said.
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