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Vic Knight asked that Hillsborough be allowed to go forward with any proposals rather than waiting until the end of the County's moratorium. Brent Bocook is an attorney and the developer of the Gateway Oaks project, which is approximately 115 acres and four parcels between I-40 and NC 86. He said that he appreciates the work that the EDD task force has done, but there are some conflicting interests. He said that he started assembling land at this area because they knew this was an EDD area. One reason they purchased this property was because of the very fact that this property was already zoned by right. They understand that as long as they are in conformance with the EDD manual that that was all that was necessary. He distributed information on the project that they are working an at this time. The project was submitted January 24, 2000. When they submitted this project they took extreme caution in developing this to stay in conformance with the EDD manual. He read from the EDD manual and the permitted uses. He said that this project is not asking for any different type of use than is already allowed in the EDD. This project would also be in conformance with the proposed new EDD design manual. He feels that there is an issue of fairness in that they submitted this prior to the moratorium being passed. The town was working an the annexation of this property when the moratorium was placed on this area. One of the issues is that when you create a moratorium, it is actually a taking of property without just compensation. He requested that the Board consider not including their particular project in this moratorium for the following reasons: (1) they submitted their project prior to the moratorium, and {2} they have assembled these four lots. Kennon Barden also spoke about the Gateway Oaks project, which is office development as allowed in the EDD manual currently. He said that they were in conformance with the current EDD. He asked that the moratorium not be extended so that they could be allowed to continue their work an this EDD. He would like to continue the process of annexation of this property to the Town of Hillsborough. Allen Addison showed where he and his wife live. They have been an hold for several years to do some repairs and renovation of their home. If the moratorium includes his property, it may never get developed because they will proceed to do renovations. He made reference to the letter that he sent to the Town of Hillsborough. He asked that the County Commissioners give fair consideration of exempting this parcel from the moratorium. Jessie Kaufman just bought some property 2110 of a mile south on old NC 86 from the area under consideration. They would like to start clearing a road to a site they will use for a school. Barry Katz asked Mr. Borden if he owns any land in the proposed area and Mr. Barden said that he does not own the land at the present time. Regarding the issue of fairness, Commissioner Jacobs said that Hillsborough has repeatedly pointed out that they asked for more detail and more planning on the Gateway Oaks project and did not receive it. A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Carey to accept the staff and public input into the public hearing record, and to refer item C1 d to the Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned to the Board of County Commissioners na sooner than January 18, 2001. VOTE: UNANIMOUS e. Amendments to the Oranae County Economic Develoament District [EDD) Desian Manual related to the I-401r31d NC86 and I-85tNC86 economic development district to include abridging and revising the manual to cite more objective standards of review in the areas of performance standard, landscaping, buffers, parking lighting, setbacks and architecture. These standards would be used in site plan review of Craig Benedict said that this was an abridged version of the existing manual. The volume ratios are deleted and replaced with guidelines about building and parking area volumes.