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DRAFT -3- 103 permit from this board. As Mr. Harvey has indicated he has reviewed the application and 1 104 guess we would not be here tonight if the application itself were not in compliance with the 105 requirements under the Orange County UDO. Hopefully the accumulated testimony of all who 106 will speak to the board tonight will show the board that we satisfy the requirements of the UDO, 107 both the specific requirements of the kennel operation and the general requirements that are 108 generally for site plans and that as a result entitled to the special use permit. We first have 109 Dave Schmitt to testify and give a presentation of the background about the application and 110 what the proposal is about. 111 112 Dave Schmidt: Thank you for coming out tonight and thanks for the attention you paid to the 113 package. Michael assured us that you would be familiar with the packet. I had not planned to 114 speak tonight but Drew is sick and so if there are questions that come up, I might be called upon 115 to answer, so I thought I needed to introduce myself. My wife and I have been in Chapel Hill for 116 about 11 years now. We have two kids in the Chapel Hill Schools; we are very involved in the 117 local community. I have done a lot of coaching for Culbreth basketball and baseball. Margie is 118 the president of the PTA at Culbreth. We are very involved in the St. Thomas Moore 119 community. We like the community involvement and we would like to continue that with the 120 kennel project. I have done a lot of corporate America stuff for longer that I would like to recall 121 and now we want to own and operate a business. We are referenced in the narrative as the 122 second family. This kennel is like a dream of ours. The tag line would be clean, green, safe 123 and fun. The green aspect would be cisterns for some power generation. The clean aspect 124 would be, we have toured other kennels, and the one thing that would be a distinguishing factor 125 would be the mechanisms that we use to keep the kennel clean and our commitment to keeping 126 it clean for the dogs. The safe aspect would be that we want to at all times to be safe. People 127 love their dogs and we want to take great care of them when they are in our care. The fun part 128 is that we want these dogs to be very active. We have play yards specifically designed for them 129 in an outside lot. Some of the kennels we toured, the dogs would only be outside for minutes or 130 a half hour a day. We are pleased to say that we meet the standards, as we understand them 131 and we want to thank your colleagues in Orange County for helping us work with them. We met 132 with Bob and Irene at Animal Services and learned a lot from them and look forward to working 133 with them in the future and the other departments with whom we have met. You have been very 134 cooperative and highlighted the things we needed to do to meet the standards. We have taken 135 a lot of care in the design of the project. I hope that comes through in the material. We wanted 136 to have a lodge type atmosphere. There are some kennels that are low key, very casual. We 137 want this to feel great and for people to feel their dogs are in great care in a great facility when 138 they are traveling. An element \s that came through clearly is the site design aspect. We look 139 forward to working with you tonight and going forward. 140 141 Tammy Purner: I was sworn. My husband is the co- applicant and he is never ever sick. He 142 has been working months and months on this so I am going to speak on his behalf. I grew up 143 on Millhouse Road which is the main road our kennel is going to be off of. I spent all of my 144 childhood there and most of my adult life now. I was in California 13 years and we moved back 145 about 10 years ago to raise our kids here. I have seen a lot of changes on Millhouse Road. 146 When I grew up it was a dirt road. I would walk my horse to the local store and pay on a tab 147 without cash and had my kittens riding on the horse. I have seen it from what it was to what it is 148 now. I see Spence's Farm has moved in there and growing more and more. There are more 149 camps and traffic on the road. Waldorf School has gone in there which is a ton of traffic on the 150 road. The Town of Chapel Hill has put their operations sites and trash trucks and buses go Y2 151 mile from my house. Now that Orange County has bought our adjacent property, they are 152 putting parks there and they run an office with all their equipment there. I guess my point is that 153 we are not the only people on the road that want to start a business. There are a lot of other 154 people who have businesses. Lots of smaller horse boarders along that road as well. Then we 155 have the animal shelter that is at the end of Millhouse Road off Eubanks Road and the UPS 156 station. The Town of Chapel Hill is in the process of trying to improve the Edge, a. huge OC Board of Adjustment — 5/14/2012 Page 3 of 41