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DRAFT -18- 913 increase and speed this water will come down this watershed. What assurance do I have that 914 this increased water flow will cause no harm to my property? To cite according to code, 1 915 suggest, is not enough to property, nor the health, safety and welfare of those downstream of 916 this facility. Water quality; the pond is in good health. I re -did the pond approximately six years 917 ago. I have never had problems with algae or weeds. Never any fish kills. To ascertain a 918 better understanding of this water quality, I have retained the services of Tri Test, a certified lab 919 by the State of North Carolina. The tests include Nitrate, Nitrite, ammonia, fecal coli, nitrogen 920 and total suspended solids. I took this action myself to provide a baseline. The results of these 921 five tests are included in the packet. Nothing found in the test suggested any contamination 922 whatsoever. We use this pond which is 15 feet from my home for recreation and fishing and 923 irrigating the garden. Mr. Abbott could offer no guarantee that the system would not fail in the 924 future and so stated that disclaimer at our meeting. Please keep in mind that the drain field 925 along the proposed field is about 14 feet in height about the pond. What if it begins to fail? By 926 then it is too late. Once a year inspection, as according to code, hardly seems sufficient for the 927 amount of water going into this drain field directly, as well as all the remaining runoff water into 928 the pond. Code simply does not address this issue at all. There are no plans to test the water 929 quality of the pond that was offered. Also, there was a spring and large water collection box just 930 below the proposed drain field. The Millhouse did get its water from the spring. The water line 931 was cut when the state re -did the road and paved it in 1992. The Millhouse has had its own well 932 water since 1965. This spring and its protection are not mentioned at all in any of the literature. 933 1 can say the same for my well water. I have good well water. The county tested the well four 934 months ago so at least I have that as a baseline. But if this project goes through without further 935 safeguard to drinking water, I should be allowed to test the well myself more frequently. In light 936 of all the above, I submit to you that no documented evidence has been presented to you to 937 ensure the safety, health and welfare of me as a landowner and the county in general. Until 938 such time as all these issues are satisfactory, this project should not go forward. You talk about 939 the noise, you noticed; none of the experts mentioned the north side. There are homes to the 940 north side. The building is to the south side so the runs will be open to the north side and that is 941 where all the noise will be going to the north, not towards the south. Also, hours and weekends. 942 This is a country road and this place will be open as a business seven days a week. Weekends 943 are important because that is when people come home and people leave. We are going to 944 have a very unique situation. The school is closed on the weekends. Nothing goes on during 945 the weekend. On weekends, we are going to have a lot of traffic generated. Winter time when 946 there is traffic, there will be lights all the time. If I am trying to sell my place and I say there is a 947 kennel there and they listen to the dogs and see the traffic, there is no question; it will affect the 948 resale value given the road. Thank you for your time. I think you have to understand, this is a 949 very big watershed for this area. That is why there are three ponds and it all goes into New 950 Hope Creek and there is no other place for the water to go. This is not one home; it is a 951 tremendous area to open up to increased water. 952 953 James Carter: I listened to the presentation about the hours of operation 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 954 p.m. and the acoustic expert who testified. We also had someone who gave an appraisal. Did 955 they answer your questions? 956 957 Cornelius Kirschner: I don't buy the road. The road is very dangerous. I do know that no 958 permit has been issued and one can't be until this is passed. The existing road there now, 959 would be more than adequate to do it. The noise, the point I will make is the acoustic expert, 960 never mentioned the noise to the north where the homes are close by. He said the homes on 961 Millhouse Road are 300 or 400 feet away but the other homes to the north side are close by. 962 He never talked about the north side of the kennel. I don't buy the evaluation. I know it will 963 affect me directly to have that road there and the kennel there. And then with the water quality, 964 there is no guarantee. The one thing I would love to see in this is there is no meter on how 965 much water is going into this drain field a day. There is nothing. How do they know how much 966 water is going in there. I find that astounding that a commercial business would not be required OC Board of Adjustment — 5114/2012 Page 18 of 41