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that "the Commissioners hold a special meeting to reopen the public hearing on Tuscany Ridge, receive <br /> public comment, and as well have staff research recommendations on the issues brought up at this <br /> planning meeting." He pointed out that all of the quotations are people saying in effect that they would <br /> not have voted to approve this subdivision had they known all of the issues. <br /> Bob Johnson made reference to the pink piece of paper and said that DOT plans to pave 800 <br /> feet of Arthur Minnis Road. He said that people along the unpaved section of road are mixed in the <br /> views in paving all of Arthur Minnis. All of the people are against paving the 800-foot section of this road <br /> because it is obviously a driveway for Tuscany Ridge and a government subsidy of the development. <br /> DOT wants to pave this road because it has a mandate to pave roads. He requests that Orange County <br /> reject paving this portion of the road. <br /> In closing, Bob Johnson asked the Board of County Commissioners to reverse approval <br /> because of the above issues. <br /> Commissioner Carey asked about the 800 feet of paving and how DOT got permission to <br /> pave. Bob Johnson said that when the lots were first broken off two or three decades ago, a right of way <br /> was given by the original owner of the land to the DOT. <br /> John Ingersoll-deferred to Bob Johnson <br /> Virginia Godfrey-deferred to Bob Johnson <br /> Fred Zimmerman-deferred to Bob Johnson <br /> Kim Dodson from 6511 Rocky Ridge Road said that they have a corner property and no one <br /> has approached her about paving the road, but DOT came out and put up stakes. DOT told her in-laws <br /> that they were going to pave their road. No one has had notification about paving her part of the road. <br /> Her second issue is water. She has concerns that the County is in a drought situation and this <br /> development wants to put in 22 wells. She said that someone should have notified them. She believes <br /> Mr. Byrd and Mr. Benedict must live in that "little room" in Raleigh that Commissioner Halkiotis spoke of <br /> earlier. She said that some numbers are rolling out of someone's little office and they have not bothered <br /> to think about the impact that it is going to have on their community. <br /> Bob Newton-deferred to Bob Johnson <br /> John Potter-deferred to Bob Johnson <br /> Dorothy Potter-deferred to Bob Johnson <br /> Lucy Adams-deferred to Bob Johnson <br /> Susan Attermeyer-deferred to Bob Johnson <br /> Ann Cava I I ito-defe rred to Bob Johnson <br /> Sally Enso-deferred to Bob Johnson <br /> Doris Friend-deferred to Bob Johnson <br /> Sam Fudge said that he has been referred to as the SOB because he refused to agree to let <br /> DOT pave this road. He bought the land from Don Mathison. He has been fighting DOT for 40 years to <br /> get them to keep the culvert from draining in to his pond. He paid an engineer to look at it and sent the <br /> report to the DOT, but they ignored it. <br /> Pam Eastwood-deferred to Bob Johnson <br /> Bellina Veronesi said that she has lived in this area for 15 years. Yesterday they attended a <br /> meeting held by the developer, Mr. Byrd. He presented himself as a gentleman that wanted to be part of <br /> the community and to live within Tuscany Ridge on a 17-acre lot. As the meeting deteriorated, it turned <br /> out that it did not perk and it became two-acre lots also. She said that they left the meeting disheartened <br /> and discouraged. She said they have tried to deal with this in a civil manner. She thanked the County <br /> Commissioners for listening to the neighbors. <br /> Marion Wilson said that she owns the 147 acres to the east. She said that nobody asked her <br /> anything about this land. She said that her land will now be in the conservation program and will not be <br />