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DRAFT <br />60 <br />61 Michael Harvey: You have two options, you can go section by section or you can review each item. <br />62 <br />63 Brian Crawford: First we need to hear from the public. Who is representing the applicant? We have several members from the <br />64 public. <br />65 <br />66 George Whiffed: My name is George Whiffed. I am a resident-of Efland. My concern is the amount of habitat houses that will <br />67 be constructed along with the others that are already in the area. Over on Richmond_Road, there is something like 45 to 47 <br />68 houses already and this subdivision will have like 28 more houses. My understanding is there will be a footpath from one to the <br />69 other. That looks like it will be a village of habitat houses and I just think that would be too many habitat houses in one section. I <br />70 am not opposed to-housing but I think it should be spread out. My mother-in-law owns property that joins this particular property <br />71 so that is another concern. I have over the impact to her property. I appreciate your consideration. <br />72 <br />73 Etvira Mebane: My husband and I are residents of Efland and have property off Tinnin Road and our corrcem is the increase <br />74 population in Efland. We have Ashwick across the road and- the development in Richmond Hills. Our concern is making sure <br />75 that, if it is allowed to be put in, how would that affect the other property owners in that area and that development. What would <br />76 happen if we wanted to develop our property? About Tinnin Road, there are seniors who live there, and the continued traffic they <br />77 would have to endure. We are looking at the impact on that road, from Tinnin to School House Road, as well as Fuller Road and <br />78 also, looking at the school because now they are changing the pattern as to how you drop your kids off at Efland Cheek. When <br />79 you talk about when school is in, that will create issues trying to get in and out of Efland Cheeks School and that is come up <br />80 since the school went back into session. That will impact a lot of folks. <br />81 <br />8~2 Emmy Whiffed: I am stilhtrying to get information because I know things have changed. Some things have changed so I may <br />83 have questions. Just to continue, I own property that adjoins the Habitat property and I live in Hillsborough. They put in a turn <br />84 .lane by Efland Cheeks School to accommodate the school with drop off and pick up. Now that they have redirected the traffic, <br />85 what will they do about that little space in the morning because traffic does get heavy, which is the reason for the turn lane. <br />86 Tinnin Road has a lot of traffic so if the project goes through, maybe you could think about the possibilityof putting traffic strips to <br />87 slow people down. I have a question about the water line. I was under the impression that Tinnin Road was getting fire <br />88 hydrants. I understand that the fire hydrants will only come down to the end of Tinnin Road. <br />89 <br />90 Larry Wright: A question to Mr. Abbott, when you were here and you -testified previously addressing her traffic issues, you <br />91 estimated the amount of recurring trips from this development, is that right? <br />92 <br />93 Chad Abbott: Yes sir, within our application narrative and in our testimony we.indicated the amount of vehicle trips. Let me find <br />94 that number ..... <br />95 _ <br />96 Larry Wright: I would like to ask Ms. Whiffed a question. Do you, during school time, or your neighbors, experience problems <br />97 getting out of Tinnin Road or Fuller Road with the amount of hospitals that -are located there? <br />98 <br />99 Emmy Whiffed: I have not tried to get out in the morning. In the past, when they were going in Fuller Road, I have been in the <br />100 area and they had people from Fuller Road down to the entrance of the parking for the school backed up. If I had to come out <br />101 into That area early, the way they used to do it, I would avoid Fuller Road. <br />102 <br />103 Larry Wright: Mr. Abbott, have you located that? I remember it was much less than the U.S. Department of Transportation <br />i 04 estimates were and that made sense to me. I would like to follow up that question, how much of an impact would you esfimate <br />105 that this would add to both Fuller Road access and Tinnin Road access to 70 during peak traffic times when people are picking <br />106 up their children from school? <br />107 <br />108 Chad Abbott: I really can't estimate that. Someone in our office did provide an estimate of the trips per day which I believe was <br />110 <br />111 Larry Wright: My next question would be to Mr. Harvey. This would all be DOT generated issues, correct? <br />112 <br />113 Michael Harvey: Correct. <br />114 <br />115 Larry Wright: So in the best interest of these people here who are really concerned, I can understand that, what would their <br />116 recourse be if this development goes in and once it is in, what would their recourse be to try to get out of Tinnin Road or Fuller <br />117 Road and be able to not take a suicide attempt to go out through traffic? <br />118 <br />38 <br />2 <br />