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down there. And it's my opinion, you don't have enough parking spaces so people'. can turn their <br />engines off and go inside. And when you've got a couple of cars you're selling because people <br />couldn't make their payments, you lose a couple of parking spaces there, because you've got them? <br />in a lot with a For Sale-sign on them. You have got to look at what you're doing because we need <br />every parking space we can get so people can turn their engines off. But for somebody who uses it <br />day in and day out on this Board of Commissioners, Oakdale, in my opinion, is the way to go for <br />right stow. It's the safest way in and the safest way out. <br />Commissioner Jacobs: I have questions for our Staff if we're done with the applicant. <br />Jonathan Parsons'::: If'I could make this one response to Mr. Halkiotis"comments? <br />I just want to quickly. address the parking issue directly. With the plan that we are proposing right <br />now-with the middle parking bay, moving all the staff parking from the lower lot up into that area, we <br />are trying to add as much parking as is possibly allowed by the existing Ordinance. Albeit <br />limitations by impervious soil, storm water, .etc., so we are addressing the parking demands directly <br />by at least gettingall the staff`and the one or two impounded cars out of that mainstay and helping <br />-clear up the circulation as well from the entrance on 86. So, right now,:-there are currently some- <br />people that parallel parkin that driveway. By doing the plan with the parking we're showing, we're <br />,anticipating eliminating all of that driveway congestion, which will also make that existing drive <br />function much:.. safer and cleaner, as well as helping the Oakdale drive:. <br />Hunter Schofield: 1 have one>quick question for the applicants:. No one's discussed, that 1've <br />heard about, 'incidents of'traffic accidents at that 86 access. Can anyone speak to that? <br />Jonathan Parsons: When I spoke with Mr. Tapp, who is the Public Safety Reviewer for Orange <br />County, he dial not bring:anything to our attention. He felt that the current site planand the new site <br />plan both functioned., albeit not a perfect situation; there was nothing he brought up specifically <br />telling me that there are issues. And that is why we got theirapproval straight out. He was happier <br />to see :our new traffic pattern with the four-way access bypass fame on the far side as welE. <br />ice-Chair Scofield: What about your own experience? Can you speak at all to that. <br />Jonathan Parsons:. 15 odd trips to Hillsborough..: <br />Hunter Schofield: I'm also a member of the Credit Unio , but I was looking if there was someone <br />who actually'works at the Credit Union at this particular location,..: if they' in `any way°had any <br />anecdotal observations that might give us some insight in terms of the potential hazard ar,lack <br />thereof that that access currently creates: <br />Randall Weliburn: 'No. l don't think we have anything. There have been no accidents out front <br />that we're aware of"at all. <br />Hunter Schofield:: During what: period of time?' <br />Randal Well'burn: Since: we moved in June 1999: <br />Hunter Schofrelds OK, Thank you. That was my question. <br />Rynal Stephenson, The NCDOT also maintains the crash data.. We could get a report from them.. <br />It would probably take a week or so to get that from hem. <br />Hunter Schofield: 1 just thought that was germane, so I thought I'd ask the question. Any other <br />questions before we let the applicants take their seats? <br />