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15 DRAFT ~'~ t 1 Randall Wellburn My name is Randall Wellburn and I work for the State Employees 2 Credit Union. 3 4 Vice-Chair Schofield Welcome. Ok, was there a comment that you wanted to respond to. 5 We're not sure we heard that. 6 7 Randall Wellburn How long would it be until the same wait time with 15 to 20 cars. I just 8 didn't want it to sound like there's 15 to 20 cars there. It's just on peak days. Teacher pay 9 days, 15"' and 30~' that were mentioned. 10 • 11 Vice-Chair Schofield Thank you. We'll take these questions. Just a note to the Planning 12 Board to keep in mind that this will be returning to us in the period of one to two months for 13 deliberation within the Planning Board as to the merits of this proposal. So this would not, 14 of course, be our only opportunity to weigh in on this application before us tonight. With that 15 being said, we're still open to questions. Yes. Mr. Katz. 16 17 Barry Katz Are there any sites around there that are available for commercial base of 18 food stores or anything else of that nature? 19 20 Robert Davis The ED-LO-1 is the bas~e•district in that area. It's mostly limited office. But 21 you do have undeveloped property down in the business park. You have down the road the 22 potential for the planned development through Hillsborough, the Waterstone Project. 23 24 Barry Katz So, if they have a lot more increase in residents, and with the possibility that 25 without a supermarket developed in there in that stretch or something or some kind of •26 center and that could dramatically increase the traffic here in this area. You're working in a 27 retail vacuum over there. Nothing in there, you know? And with the potential that the 28 customer base is there, you may well have an emergence of retail space there which will 29 dramatically change all your traffic patterns one day. 30 . .. 31. __ Robert. Davis Right. Plus, you also have the fact that this is not a funded improvement ~, . ~ .:- .. 32 through the NCDOT, so it could go quite-e~while'before-it~gets improved, and-the trafhc• ~. ~- 33 would increase. You know the delay normally when you get 125 percent capacity, you get a 34 road improvement maybe five years later. So, we're looking at that, too. It could be a long 35 time before you see an improvement. That's why we were recommending the restriction on 36 turning movements now. But that's the Board's choice. 37 38 Vice-Chair Schofield Yes, Commissioner Halkiotis. 39 40 Commissioner Halkiotis I just wanted to make a quick observation. I may be the only 41 member of this Board who does his banking at the Credit Union. This Board doesn't include 42 you, your Honor. I'm just talking about Commissioners with all due respect. And, I've got to 43 tell you guys, I never come in on the 86 side. I think the safe driving technique tells you to 44 .come in from Oakdale. And I exit out Oakdale whenever I can. I think that's been one of the 45 issues all along. I think the DOT's idea about right and_ right is right for right now and forget 46 about ten years from now. You guys may not like that, but i go in and out of there at least 47 once or twice a week. And when all the parking spaces are filled up in there, and they are, 48 and those people at the teller windows, they're inside conducting business -you people 49 are doing a big business down there. And it's my opinion, you don't have enough parking.