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DRAFT ' ~c 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2.3 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 3.3 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 4.3 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Craig Benedict said that the ordinance allows for the Board to make a decision on the same night if it is so inclined, but it has not been the practice.. Commissioner Halkiotis asked if this was being driven by the lease of the modular units and why it would have to be approved tonight. Associate Superintendent for Support Services of Orange County George McFarley said that the reason for getting the special use permit approved as soon as possible is impacted by the facility that the school is currently occupying. The leases expire in June 2006. Commissioner Halkiotis said that there has been no harm done by the facility in Hillsborough as was feared when it was put there, He would hope that the Town of Hillsborough would consider an extension of the (ease for a couple of months since things are moving along. Chair .lacobs made reference to the process and the finding that there is a public necessity that exempts the applicant from the evidentiary requirement, He said that this was new to him. Geof Gledhill said that the ordinance has always been this way, Commissioner Gordon asked why this has not come up before and it was answered that it came up with OCS Middle School #3, Commissioner Carey asked when the Board would have to make the finding of public necessity, Geof Gledhill said that it is part of the deliberation process. He would recommend that the special use permit be left open so that the applicant is not foreclosed from presenting the evidence.. Public Comment Sally Logan (the map says Sarah Logan, but her friends call her Sally) said that her property is next to the proposed softball field, She said that before the football field at Stanback was constructed, all of the trees were cut, The school board had promised that a buffer of trees would be left between their houses and the field, but the loggers cut all of the trees., The homeowners endured months of site preparation and dust and the noise of earthmoving equipment. There were also erosion problems. She said that when she moved to Orange County, she wanted to live in the woods. She loves her house and that there are so many trees around. She said that it was almost an afterthought that "phase 2 will provide four tennis courts and a softball field as shown on the overall site plan." She said that this softball field will be 200 feet from her house and anyone standing in the outfield will be able to look in her windows. When she bought her house she knew that she would hear students, but she never expected to see them. She said that she has many questions, and she listed them: Do you intend to cut all of the trees along my property line? What will you do to ensure that the loggers do not cut all of the trees on my line? What compensation will I receive if my trees are cut? WiII the hill beside my house be leveled or flattened? Mow deep will the excavations go What assurance can be given that the consolidated rock will not be disturbed? How will the large rocks in the hill be removed? By dynamite? Who will pay if the windows in my house are broken? Who will pay if there is any damage to my house during construction? WiII my well water be affected? (I have already been advised to take a baseline sample of the water.) What will be done to prevent or correct any contamination to my well and who will pay for it if there is? What will be done to prevent erasion? Has anyone assessed the effects of a project of this magnitude on the groundwater in the area? As a taxpayer, how much will the construction of the ball field cost? If you moved the house near the proposed tennis courts and put the proposed ball field there, would it be more