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Jeff Akin: I'd like to respond to Ms. Walstad. The applicant would be willing at this time to officially agree that we would restrict pump and dump systems on this site. We would be more than happy to restrict that. Donna Jean Benson: I've lived on a lot that neighbors this proposed development for 33 years. I have been duly sworn. I'm not particularly opposed to this new development. I guess my biggest concern is wells, because my neighbor, at the same time her well went dry, mine was pretty close to getting dry. I've talked to other people in the neighborhood who aren't here tonight but were at the first meeting that had a real strong concern about the same thing. That was the main thing at the last meeting was the water. There is a development, a new clean place that Diane was talking about with a pump and dump and it borders lots 1-10, that area on that side, I think. I think the Planner was describing that they were two and three-acre lots, but there's at least one that's ten and I think there's one that's sixteen, and they have a community well there that's enormous. Then there was one guy that had pond and he's the one that had the pump and dump thing. The pond was like a waterfall that ran into the creek, the woods, etc., and that was during the serious drought when everybody in our neighborhood was going to the Laundromat and using the dishwater to water the plants and stuff like that. I guess my biggest concern is about the wells. I'm also excited because this area has the rural buffer zone. I'm kind of wondering what's the point of a rural buffer if it seems like this whole area is turning into subdivisions. It just seems like it's a little too dense. Another thing, I keep thinking if I was going out into this rural buffer area and buying land and they came in and said, "your land doesn't perk, you can't put septic here," they're probably not going to allow me to build a house there. I'm thinking that one proposal might be for this developer to take lots 23, 24, 25, and 26 that can't take septic and maybe make that open space or maybe even a park for his development. It would cut the density down a little bit and solve the problem of this remote septic system, which might cause problems for the adjacent property owners. Plus, there's a real cute, nice trailer park over there. I know people don't like trailers, but it's a very nice, clean, nice families that live there, and I know they don't want a nasty septic field for four other remote lots in their backyard. That might make it a little easier to swallow. You know, tone it down a little bit, maybe not so dense, maybe a nice park, and get rid of that remote septic field. Commissioner Jacobs: First, whatever the size of the retention pond is, there's a comment on page 8 from the Fire Marshal. Is there a response to that regarding having a source of water for fighting fires? Michael Harvey: Not at this time, the applicant is working on a response. Commissioner Jacobs: So, we could make a comment about it in this public hearing that they have to address that. Michael Harvey: That's right. Commissioner Jacobs: There's a comment from, in this document, about having a trail that connects with the Johnson trail on the adjacent Triangle Land Conservancy property. Do we have a response to that? Michael Harvey: The applicant has not provided a response and we have not heard from TLC as to whether or not they would even allow a trail from this neighborhood to connect to their property. Commissioner Jacobs: I'd like to see a response before I vote on this.