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preserve this type of business with zoning ordinances. Her taxes have tripled because <br /> her land is in an area slated for development. She said that paving 800 feet of the road <br /> serves no purpose other than as a wedge to pave the entire road to facilitate <br /> development. This paving would cause her to lose fences at a cost of$125,000 and <br /> would increase her liability insurance. It would also increase her tax assessment. She <br /> asked the County Commissioners to ask DOT to leave this road alone and abide by the <br /> wishes of the people who live there rather than an absentee developer who is trying to <br /> make a buck. <br /> John Ingersoll lives one lot away from the proposed project. He said that he <br /> read the letter from DOT and he thinks the County Commissioners should look very <br /> closely at the examples of Borland Road, Lawrence Road, and Tuscarora Drive. The <br /> other issue he has is with the wells. He had problems with his well this year and he <br /> does not know why. He said that certainly 22 homes that are uphill from him and are <br /> within 1,000 feet of his well causes him great concern. He also lives on the north side <br /> on the down side from the knoll and a lot of the water comes his way. He said that he <br /> would have no recourse if these wells messed up his well. <br /> Someone in the audience asked about the meeting with DOT. <br /> Chair Jacobs said that the result of the meeting is the letter that is in the <br /> packet from DOT that tries to outline in more detail what the process was that led them <br /> to this point. <br /> Chair Jacobs suggested that the Board ask for the following information and <br /> schedule it for December 2"' in order to make a decision. <br /> 1) Legislative delegation position on this project. <br /> 2) Ask the Attorney to clarify whether there was a change in the law about <br /> the number of people who live along a road in order for it to be paved by <br /> DOT. <br /> 3) Ask DOT what is the likelihood that they are going to propose paving the <br /> entire remaining unpaved section of Arthur Minnis Road, if in fact there <br /> has been a change in the law that would allow them to do so. <br /> 4) To encourage DOT representatives to set up a meeting with the residents <br /> of Arthur Minnis Road to hear some of their concerns about how the road <br /> project might impact their property. <br /> Commissioner Halkiotis added to ask the Highway Patrol to provide accident <br /> reports for the last 10-15 years as far back as they can on all transition areas that go <br /> from unpaved roads to paved roads. He said that he spoke at a funeral of a young girl <br /> who died in the transition area of High Rock Road about eight years ago. This was a <br /> dangerous piece of road for a long time. He is not going to support endorsing DOT's <br /> paving of the 800 feet. He does not understand unpaved roads. <br /> Commissioner Brown is not going to support DOT paving this road and she <br /> thinks that we should go back to this developer and point out to him some of these <br /> issues that came up out of the Board's questions. She would like for the developer to <br /> work with the Planning Department on coming up with a suitable open space <br /> development for the rural buffer. <br /> Commissioner Carey said that we need to have as much information as <br /> possible. He said that he is not at the point of not supporting this yet because he would <br /> like to hear more information before he makes a decision. <br /> 11. Appointments - none <br />