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53 <br /> Mr. Stewart Barbour referred to a petition <br /> twenty-five years ago for the paving of Lawrence <br /> Road. He continued that a petition was sent to <br /> him by Mr. Roberts to pave Lawrence Road. After <br /> reviewing it, he would not sign for the right-of- <br /> way because the boundary line was not right. He <br /> stated that later Mr. Roberts sold his house on <br /> the south side of St. Mary' s Road and built a <br /> house on the north side of St. Mary' s Road. He <br /> indicated he was vague about this and about the <br /> location of the line going to the Eno River. <br /> However, he expects this to be settled in a court <br /> of law. <br /> Larry Roberts, son of Reid Roberts made the <br /> following statement: <br /> "We have an interesting situation. I appreciate <br /> the wisdom the Planning Board had in getting the <br /> neighbors together. I 'm sorry I was not able to <br /> be there. Out of that meeting came some good <br /> things. One is communication. Some excellent <br /> suggestions on the theme of the subdivision, the <br /> size of the houses and how it could fit into the <br /> historical theme along St. Mary' s Road. <br /> Particularly along the historical part of that. <br /> With that in mind, we have every intention of <br /> making sure that it doesn't impact the historical <br /> part of St. Mary' s Road. That' s the reason we <br /> chose not to develop on St. Mary' s Road, but, in <br /> fact move the lots away from St. Mary' s Road. We <br /> also have every intention of putting in screening <br /> so that you cannot see the houses and we plan to <br /> do that. Out of the meeting with the neighbors <br /> came something else; communication and hopefully, <br /> some good feelings. I certainly sensed that. And <br /> we do not want in any way to be a problem in the <br /> neighborhood, we never have. There are six of us <br /> children and we were raised there and we want <br /> this property to be something very special. We <br /> intend to make it that way. We intend to look at <br /> the theme, we intend to look at the style, we <br /> intend to look at the size. We also intend to <br /> pave the road. A dirt road is not a very <br /> desirable thing when you are trying to sell <br /> $200, 000 to $300,000 homes. DOT has given us <br /> their intentions. We plan to go forward with the <br /> paving of the road. We also plan to plant trees <br /> on the property, it not only increases the value, <br /> but it also makes it look better. There is a <br /> little bit of concern I have personally, and that <br /> is with consistency. There has been some <br /> inconsistency along the areas of the environment <br /> and the habitat and the concerns about that by <br />