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DRAFT -22- 1126 want to on behalf... I think Claudia said it great and Kathy said it, we have all mustered together 1127 to protect this part of the northern Chapel Hill area from a lot of things. This is a beautiful 1128 building and I love all the green elements to it. I have to question, how much clearing there will 1129 have to be for the solar rays to get the maximum benefit facing south. There will not be a tree 1130 buffer there if the solar is going to work and we all know that is how solar works. I also want to 1.131 say the Schmidt's are very nice people I am sure and want to contribute but your dream does 1132 not necessarily match with my dream. You are bringing your dream to my neighborhood. My 1133 neighborhood is where I have lived for 15 years and want to continue living for a lot longer. This 1134 is a large building in a small area and it will have 10 employees, we understand, which hasn't 1.135 been mentioned. That is a business of sizable proportion. When we mention Spence's Farm 1136 and Emerson Waldorf School, they have both been there. Emerson Waldorf School has been 1137 there 25 years and Spence's Farm 30 years. Those are not like new intrusions into our 1138 neighborhood and I want Tammy and Drew to prosper and do what they want to do. I am just 1139 saying there are problems ahead. There are problems yet to discuss. I often run up and down 1140 Millhouse Road and I think Chad has, in all due respect, plans that don't show the topography. 1 1141 wish before you make a decision that you could come to the site and actually understand the 1142 topographical issues we are talking about. It is not as flat and benign as it looks in plans. 1143 Please give it your best thought. 1144 1145 Dawn Brezina: Any more testimony? 1146 1147 Bob Hornik: Can we address some of the neighbor's issues? 1148 1149 Dawn Brezina: Yes. 1150 1151 Bob Hornik: I think Mr. Harvey has the receipt of having the receipt of sending the letter to Ms. 1152 Harris. 1153 1.154 Robert Long: Our letter was delayed for a week and a half to two weeks and it finally got to the :155 homeowner's association on Friday. .156 .157 Michael Harvey: They were stamped by the Hillsborough Post Office on the 27th of April. .158 .159 Bob Hornik: Perhaps Chad can talk to the board a little about Bruin Way and whether that was .160 considered as a proposed access to the site. .161 .162 Chad Abbott: There were several issues brought up especially during the safety of the access. .163 1 tried to go into as much detail as possible and I even showed pictures. Bruin Trail is located .164 just around that curve so I don't see how anybody would deem that as a safe condition since .165 there is already an access at that location that isn't safe so while it might be a benefit for Mr. .166 Kirschner to not have the driveway at this location doesn't mean it is a safe location because it .167 already exists, especially if you want to increase traffic in that location. The horizontal land, you .168 can see on our site plan. You can see the curvature of the road. You can see that Bruin Trail is .169 located at the top of the page and you are on the inside of this horizontal curve. You can see .170 from the picture, you can see all the way back to the point but if you were here you would not be .171 able to see to the point you can see... .172 .173 Mark Micol: Has that been brought up to the DOT? They recommend the use of ..... .174 .175 Chad Abbott: The Department of Transportation, we sent the plans to them, they had four .176 comments. This pipe was shown here, it is not surveyed, just drawn in based on the concept 177 but the actual drainage pipe for the picture I showed is in the right of way. We will either replace 178 or maintain and extend that pipe. The other comment is that we provide the site... on the outer OC Board of Adjustment — 5/14/2012 Page 22 of 41