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good place for a school site. Kim Callemyn made reference to map #2 in the area north of Hillsborough and asked about sewer. She and her husband will be putting in a sewer pipe and she wants to be sure it is the right size. Craig Benedict clarified that someone could offer his or her land as a potential school site to the school board. Jack Lamb said that, strictly from a selfish standpoint, he is against site #23c on map 5 being a proposed school site because it is directly across the street from his house. There are two schoals at the end of New Hape Church Road. He said that the traffic is horrendous here now. He said that the subject of eminent domain has came up several times and it is in the plan and it is something that everybody should be concerned about. He made reference to the statement that this is a 30-year plan and asked Craig Benedict about a statement that he made on the radio that Orange County needed one school per year. Chair Halkiotis clarified that this statement was in regards to Chapel Hill- Carrbaro and that it would need an estimated 12 schools in the same time period that Orange County is projected to need seven schoals. This is a little under a school per year. Jack Lamb said that there is a need for schools and it is not going to stop. He thinks that there is a better way. He said that the County should go and find someone that wants to sell property far a school. Chair Halkiotis said that both school systems have been doing that for over 25 years. Clint Burklin said that he supports the planning process and that it is goad to look ahead and identify sites. He asked that the County Commissioners consider adding criteria about thinking through transportation and the impacts and what makes the site mast desirable. Also, he feels it would be good to review the ordinances to design schoals. There is only a 24-foot setback and a 10-foot setback for other items. For something as large as a high school, that is a lot of activity close to the boundary of a home. He said that there should be same additional planning and site requirements. He thinks that this would reduce the concern of the neighbors who live close to any of the proposed school sites. George Johnson owns tract 5a on map #2, which is landlocked. He lives on the tract between 5a and NC 86. He asked why site 5a was chosen as a potential school site. Gene Bell said that it was picked because of the shape, acreage, and proximity to NC 86. Marie Bordon lives on US 70A across from the Meadowlands. She feels it will cost a lot to clear all the trees that are down from hurricanes and tornadoes. This land is also hilly and has gullies. She said that there is also a lot of traffic from the Meadowlands that is already an 7~A east. She said that 70A could not handle that much mare traffic. She suggested that the County Commissioners walk this property. It would cast a lot to clean it up and smooth it out to place anything on that property. She was referring to sites 13b, 17c, and 19c on map #4. Gene Bell said that they would look to the Planning Board and the School Board for narrowing these sites down. The staff will do same topographical analysis of these sites. Robert Nichols said that education is important and anywhere you go in this County there will be problems with transportation. He also feels that when these sites are identified that it will have a real impact an everyone else in that area. He is a firm believer in the willing buyer and willing seller process. Also, regarding the eminent domain, he would like to see this taken out of the language. Jim Richmond made reference to map #1, site 4c on Richmond Road and