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that their road is not paved at this time and it would cause great concern to access a commercial or large residential area. He said that this type of road would degrade the nature of the subdivision. Phil Shloss lives in Becketts Ridge and objects to the building of townhouses directly behind his property. He said that what was once a subdivision and infrastructure will now be used as office space. He feels that area 2 is an area that people are looking at developing right now. He said that there were a lot of people from Becketts Ridge at the meeting that had already left, and he hopes that there will be another opportunity for them to speak. Pete Langon lives in Wildwood, which is above Becketts Ridge. He mentioned that it looks like a road will be needed from Old NC 86 to New NC 86. He suggested planning a road below the school so that the private homes will not be disturbed. Iris Simon lives in Becketts Ridge and said that he is opposed to the expansion of a business district behind their Names. If it does proceed, he would like to see at least a 200-foot wooded buffer behind the Names in Becketts Ridge. Don Charland, a resident of Becketts Ridge, said that he was concerned because when he bought this property he understood that it was residential. He said that there are a lot of children in the area and with increased traffic there would be an increase in the danger for children. Also, noise would be an issue. He is opposed to the rezoning. Jeff Hillsburg, a resident of Becketts Ridge, is opposed to this plan. He feels that there would be increased traffic with the thoroughfare between Old and New NC 86. Also, he does not want light industry in his back yard. Area 3a Lawson Brown spoke on behalf of Chandler Concrete Company. He supports excluding Chandler Concrete from the rezoning. He said that the Planning Board recommended, with a vote of 7-2, that Chandler be deleted from the rezoning of area 3a. He spoke about the reasons for excluding Chandler Concrete -general land planning principles, peculiar character of this property, historical use of this property, present zoning of the property, special use permit that is on the particular property, extensive regulation of the existing use of the concrete facility by the state and federal governments, and the fact that Chandler has been a stellar corporate citizen. He said that basically, the Chandler property was the tail of the property, and across the street is a commercial use and a trailer park on the north, which were originally included in 3a but have since been excluded. He feels that the goals of economic development could be accomplished by the exclusion of Chandler without wrecking any plans. At this time, it was about 10:30 p.m. and the Board decided to hear the remainder of the citizen comments. Commissioner Jacobs pointed out that there was a moratorium deadline and another meeting should be rescheduled quickly because this still has to ga to the Planning Board, back to the County Commissioners, and be completed before April 18tH Area 3b Carl Merritt was representing Merritt Marine. His property is zoned commercial industrial. He is not sure if he is against the rezoning or for it, but he thinks he is against it. He is trying to gather information about the impacts this rezoning may have on his property. Area A Wayne Pollard lives adjacent to Stagecoach Run Subdivision and owns aaine-acre tract. He said that it looks like he will be surrounded on three sides by office space and he would like to see the boundary with him not included in it. He is actually not part of Stagecoach Run Subdivision but has access to his property through the subdivision. He cannot subdivide his property because he is not on astate-maintained road. He would like for his property to be included as an additional tract in Area A. But if it is not going to be allowed for any residential or transition residential, then he has a concern for his neighbors that would be brought closer to a commercial area. He submitted a letter to the Commissioners requesting that his tract of land be considered as an addition to the EDD, with