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' 20 DRAFT ~Q 3 1 traveled road in this part of the County. And just because NCDOT does things in a stupid 2 way doesn't mean that we have to perpetuate it. 3 4 If that's their recommendation, fine. But, drive up Churton Street. There are all sorts of 5 examples of this. The taper for the left turn lane starts almost at that same point. So you 6 have people who think they're moving left, to get in the left #urn lane, people turning left, 7 and people coming this way. As Barry [Katz] said, as it gets more highly trafficked, it just 8 gets worse. To say that it's programmed without funding, is to say that we wish it will be 9 true, but there's no guarantee that that's going to happen. 10 11 And I think, that where it's within our purview - we saw this with the Super WalMart, which 12 was not within our purview -and we can see a way to make a traffic improvement, in 13~ advance of when DOT might get the funding five or ten or fifteen years from now, we ought' 14 to go ahead and do it. 15 16 There's a 2300 square foot house on the new lot, is that correct? What is to happen to it? 17 18 Robert Davis There's a small structure there right now. They had talked about moving it, 19 or. allowing it to be moved. There was some discussion; I don't know if they're still on that 20 track or not. They were, or at least one the gentlemen with the Credit Union was, open to 21 that, it seems to be in fairly good shape. It possibly could be moved. 22 23 Commissioner Halkiotis There are two different structures there. There is a house and a 24 workshop out back. So, which one are you talking about? 25 -- 26 Robert Davis The house is the one I'm speaking of. 27 28 Commissioner Jacobs I'm just asking what's on there. I thought I saw..." 29 30 Robert Davis Yes,~there's an existing structure. - _31' _. - - -_ ~. -- 32 - Commissioner Halkiotis There's a :good size..garage-workshop,- freestanding, _out back. 33 - - 34 Commissioner Jacobs I assume that we would require that it be deconstructed or 35 whatever if it wasn't moved. 36 37 Robert Davis We haven't addressed that. We can add that as a condition. 38 39 Commissioner Jacobs I would certainly want to add that. Just a couple more comments. 40 I was taking notes about the right-in and the right-out, which I also support. Those of you 41 who drive on Old 86, there's alert-turn lane into Cornwallis Hills -DOT did not require that, 42 They didn't think it was necessary when Cornwallis Hills was built. The Orange County 43 Planning Board thought that it was necessary. The County Commissioners agreed. And I 44 think anybody who drives through there, is very glad there's a left tum lane there for 45 Cornwallis Hills. The whole discussion that we had in working on the Economic 46 Development District, regarding the limitation on drive-thrus, was exactly what you said, 47 Sam. We are trying to change the way that people do business. For better or for worse, 48 we're in an air quality non-attainment area, and, to me, to build more drive-through lanes is 49 only to encourage people to stay in their cars, as opposed to, since the standards require a