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r DRAFT He recomneax *d that the Board deny the request and reaffirm the decision to zone the area R-l. Ronald Wagner--Hillsborough Township resident. Wagner indicated he was a recent he eowner and expressed conerns about the devaluation of the neighborhood with Gates proposed actions. He noted that tm years=ago twenty families with a max.`im•zm of four persons per household and two vehicles per house, lived between 1-85 and Oakdale. He expressed concern about the drastic increase in houses and cars this project proposed. He ,n zed. that there were no stores in the area, no shoulders do orange G �s'rove, a 55 mph speed limit, many traffic ac.dents,poor sight distance] and children in the roads at this location.. He encouraged denial of the rezoning. Br. (21ristoperr Byrd - Representing Edi.e M. Hines, owner of 55 acres near site:. Byrd expressed concern that Mrs. Hines was being taken advantage of since the death of her husband who desired the preservation of the neighborhood and maintained the property as forest. He indicated a Plann- ing Board member had told them to sell out as the property 'would be devalued. Byrd emphasized that the existing unity's standards could not be main- tai ned. by the proposal. He expressed concerns about the increased number of stray clogs, increased noise, potential accidents at the crest of orange Grove road and the lack of pedestrian areas along Grange Grove Road. He indicated he and Mrs. Hines were apposed to the development and wanted to preserve the neighborhood.. Rooks emphasized that many residents in opposition to the proposal had attended the public hearing, but that as the night wore: on they had left. The public hearing on the Cates rezoning adjourned at 11;15