Agenda - 11-14-2017 - D.1 - Zoning Atlas Amendment: Conditional Zoning —Master Plan Development

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79 Kim Piracci said that she did not do her homework to study the materials for this development. She cannot make an informed decision on any of the items tonight. She said that she suspected that other members may be in a similar position. If she recommended that this item be tabled, the world would not come to an end. What is the worst that would happen? Michael Harvey responded that if the decision is to table the entire project, it will be tabled and brought back up at the Board's November regular meeting. With the delay, the project would not be going forward to public hearing in November because there will likely not be enough time to get it to the BOCC. He recommended that she ask Mr. Parker any questions. He also said that he would need direction on what Staff should provide in terms of more information or direction. Kim Piracci said that she needs more time to study this project. She feels like this is too much to go forward with, for her personally. Lydia Wegman said that she appreciated Ms. Piracci's comments and gave Mr. Parker a chance to respond. She said that she would also like to know how other members feel, and wanted to give the public a chance to comment. The public has been extremely patient. Jim Parker said that he understands Ms. Piracci's position. He said that on his end, they are on a timeline and have a contractual obligation. Mr. Parker said that he does feel like the world would come to an end for he and his group. He wishes the project had been ready to move forward this past spring but here they are so much later. He said that he really hopes the Board approves the project. If anyone has questions, he will take as long as it takes to answer all of them. He thanked the Board. Lydia Wegman turned to the public for their comments. She thanked them for being patient and asked people who wanted to speak to come forward to the microphone. Beth Rosenberg said that she lives off Davis Road and she is in the same boat as Ms. Piracci. She did not know about this important meeting until she saw a sign. She did not find information about the project online. She wished that the developers had also met with property owners in the area at large since the interstate entrance/exit she uses to get home is the same entrance/exit as the proposed development. Her neighborhood will be impacted. She noted that already Old 86 can get busy with back-ups from the highway and more traffic on Interstate 40 is concerning. She is also concerned about environmental impacts of the project on her neighborhood. Lydia Wegman thanked Ms. Rosenberg for her comments. She noted that the notification requirement is only to property owners within 1,000 feet of the subject property/properties of the intended development. Janet Marks said that she lives off of Davis Road in a small neighborhood. They chose their neighborhood because they could easily get to Interstates 40 and 85 but also live in the country. As a neighborhood, they have not been involved in the discussion. The signs on the side of the road notifying the public about these meetings were too hard to read and were put in places where it was too dangerous to pull-off the road and read them. She said that there is so much traffic already (for example, 4 dead squirrels on the road in one day). Both the heavy as well as the light environmental impacts all matter. Living in the country to her means that lights are dim. She conveyed her frustration in not being included in the neighborhood meeting process; her neighborhood is very much impacted by this proposed development. Gerald Scarlett said that his driveway is Scarlett Mountain Road, the southern boundary of the subject property. His property goes about a half a mile back into the woods. While he came with a lot of questions tonight, he is not going to ask them because they involved District 3. One of his main concerns is with water. If the County is so concerned about "going green" and renewable energies, the point should be made that there are no renewables for water. He said that he lives at a high elevation and has a line of sight to the Sharon Harris Nuclear Power Plant when the skies are clear. The proposed development is at a lower level than his property. His well was made 250 feet down through solid granite. Even though the discussion has been about public water infrastructure, the development document