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9 __ _ <br /> _---,��.-_ _--- .- _- -• -�--p�_:_ i 1 <br /> Jack Tapp: I'm Jack Tapp and I'm representing myself and my <br /> family. I live out there on 1-40 and the main reason I <br /> wanted to speak tonight is just to let you know that since <br /> 1-40 has come through our community, there has already been a <br /> big change. We were a quiet area, farmed, it was originally <br /> a dairy farm in the area, we owned everything that was south, <br /> - everything except for a small piece of Blackwood property, <br /> south of New Hope Church Road, that runs all the way to <br /> Blackwood station on both sides of 1-40. Since then it has <br /> been cut in half, you've got to drive 3 and a half miles to <br /> get around to the other side, it's like the Chinese Wall. If <br /> you want to talk about sound, I live right there on the <br /> interchange, a lot of you probably have seen my car. and all <br /> parked there. I'm with the Sheriff's Department. I have all <br /> kinds of problems day and night, not only do I have the noise <br /> of the interstate but trucks rolling when they start about <br /> 4:00 in the morning. Also all the motorists that break down, <br /> people that are lost, you name it, come to my door, day and <br /> night. So if you think you have a problem with a little bit <br /> . of noise, if you're over on the Hideaway Side or on further <br /> down this way, you ought to come change places with me, but <br /> as I said, the change has already occurred in our community <br /> out there. The best use, and it has also been highlighted b <br /> our Rural Character Study which the County Commissioners have <br /> ongoing at this time, I think the man that is doing the study <br /> has already presented this, that the best use of the land at <br /> this time in these areas is to plan it well, plan it in <br /> advance, to where you get something that is an asset to a <br /> community, if it's only usable for urban type area or a <br /> commercial node so be it. But as far as the way it is zoned <br /> at this time, one dwelling for 2 acres, I don't think it has <br /> any value with the way it is zoned at this time. Also part <br /> of this property won't perk either for dwellings. We run <br /> into the same problems that the Teer property has, the <br /> desirable property that would perk and the desirable home <br /> sites are right on the shoulder of the 60 and 70 foot cuts on <br /> the side of I-40. Also I know that we have some neighbors <br /> that probably wonder why in the world we went with Nello <br /> Teer, we don't look at them as enemies and I've been accused <br /> of siding with Envirotek and all this, but the thing is we're <br /> trying to look a little bit further down the road. I know at <br /> this time I don't want to stay there, this is my home and it <br /> has been my family's home since the King of England gave the <br /> ' we've a <br /> grant to the family back in the ].600 s, so we ve been around <br /> 9r' Y <br /> long time and now we are being moved because of the <br /> atmosphere that is in the area brought on by 1-40. I would <br /> - - like for you to take that into consideration for those of us <br /> - - who are landowners in this area for consideration. Thank <br /> you. <br /> Mr. Carey - The next person is Mr. Clint Burklin, followed by <br /> Mr. Carey: The next person is Mr. Clint Burklin, followed <br /> by Elizabeth Prioli. <br />