Agenda - 12-04-2017 - 8-a - Minutes

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14 1 tenants are already on board. i.e.: Ikea, Wegmans. I feel speculative development is not the 2 answer. 3 4 Secondly, I am worried that if this plan is approved (which I hope it is not) the county will have 5 little to no control over what tenants actually do move in. Light industrial could be a chicken 6 processing plant as long as all the business is enclosed. Warehouses, 24hr manufacturing 7 companies, etc. could be allowed to come in and affect the entire area with nothing to prevent 8 them if they are within the very broad boundaries of'light industrial'. Most of the residents in the 9 surrounding area are on well water, (myself included) what assurances are there that incoming 10 businesses do not foul the water? i.e.: GenX contamination around Fayetteville that was not 11 from dumping, but from leaching of the plant. If development does go forward, there must be 12 very strict limits as to what can be and cannot be allowed. 13 14 Lastly, the way that the zoning commission handles this project is most disturbing. One member 15 admitted she had not read the 274-page plan, credit to her for abstaining. One member said he 16 had received the plan only 8 days before. When asked to postpone the decision, the developer 17 claimed it would hurt their plan. What about the consideration for those in the area? Many 18 questions were raised, most did not have answers. A few stoplights are the only traffic 19 improvements? -for a plan that adds a hotel, retail, restaurants, AND businesses? This is all a 20 speculative gamble on almost 200 acres that borders miles of large lot residential, some going 21 back generations. 22 23 I ask that you reject this plan and take into consideration that this decision will forever impact all 24 those who live close to this area. Once the approval is given, you can't take it back. Please 25 reject on behalf of all of us that have to directly live with your decision. 26 27 I appreciate your time on this issue and look forward to your response. 28 29 Sincerely, 30 31 Bob Bundschuh 32 Orange County 33 34 John Ackerley said he is a Hillsborough resident, and he signed the first petition due to 35 concerns about the speed of this process, and the lack of transparency. He said he is 36 concerned about toxic byproducts and run off if pharmaceutical development is established in 37 District I. He said his main concern is District 2, and he opposes it as a commercial hub. He 38 said the plan to build here would divert income from Hillsborough merchants, and deprive the 39 Town of tax revenue. He said the Town has gone to great expense to revitalize the Churton 40 Street downtown area, and permitting an alternate commercial hub would be a knife to the back 41 of the downtown merchants, and the commercial corridor of Churton Street. 42 Jeanette Vega said she lives in Northern Hillsborough, but commutes through this area 43 every day. She said she is against this proposed development, and asked the BOCC to reject 44 this project until it has more information, especially regarding traffic. She said she agreed with 45 other speakers about other issues. 46 Alyse Polly reviewed the following comments below: 47 48 My name is Alyse Polly, and I've been a resident of Orange County for 11 years, and a resident 49 of Cornwallis Hills in Hillsborough for nearly 8 months. I feel very lucky to live here—in Orange 50 County, and specifically in Hillsborough. It is a great place to live and a great place to raise a 51 family. 52 53 One of the things I've really been struck by since moving to Hillsborough and learning more 54 about this town is the amount of effort, thought, deliberation, and intention that the town has put