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15 <br /> enviroment and natural setting that we all anticipated when <br /> we moved out into the neighborhood. Thank you, by the way <br /> I've been in Orange County 20 years, not quite as long as a <br /> grant from the King of England but that does give me some <br /> status I- would hope, in terms of longevity, at least. Thank <br /> you. <br /> Mr. Carey: I would like to recognize Mr. Roosevelt Wilkerson <br /> . and anoth: member of the Chapel Hill Town Council who has <br /> arrived and Alderman, Tom Broganus has also arrived. Mr. <br /> Broganus and Mr. Wilkerson, where's Mr. Wilkerson, Oh, O.K. <br /> The next person is Mr. Kevin Morley. - <br /> Mr. Carey: Mr. Morley and the next person is Mr. King Jolly. <br /> Mr. Morley: My name is Kevin Morley, I live in the Foxlair <br /> development which is south', it joins the area that is being <br /> considered for rezoning. I've lived in quite a few places <br /> around the country and I've lived in various areas of Chapel <br /> Hill and I chose Foxlair, where I purchased land a couple of <br /> years ago because of the wildlife that's there. We have wild <br /> turkeys, the fox, the deer, and the stream and the virgin <br /> forest and it concerns me if this is approved with the rock <br /> quarry going in there, the noise, the pollution, the traffic, <br /> I know I wouldn't want my kid to grow up in an environment <br /> like that. I could see once you dig a deep hole in the <br /> ground to move all that aggregate stone the next thing they <br /> would want to do is say it's O.K. to put a landfill there and <br /> fill it back up with trash. <br /> Mr. Carey: Sir, the specific uses 'of the property is not <br /> under consideration tonight and we would like to ask you to <br /> limit your comments to the appropriateness of change in the <br /> land use. <br /> Mr.Morley: O.K. I don't think it's appropriate then, I guess <br /> my concern would be the environmental impact t •and then the <br /> argument for local, the convenience for the local needs. <br /> Well, I think you can find just about any need you want <br /> within 10 minutes of there, I mean I know I drive 20 or 30 <br /> minutes a 'day to go to work. I don't see there is going to <br /> be any gain, and my major concern is once this place is <br /> approved and they're allowed to do what they want where it's <br /> going to stop once they get their foot in that area, or their <br /> truck I should say. Thank you. <br /> Mr. Carey: Mr. King Jolly and then the next person is Mr. <br /> Pat Keenan. <br /> Mr. Jolly: I appreciate having the opportunity to address <br /> this body tonight. First of all I would like to say that I'm <br /> very pleased with the Planning staff that they voted to <br /> recommend the request to changing zoning. Part of the nature <br />