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<br />OC Board of Adjustment – 11/9/15 Page 36 of 48
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<br />happen if we had an incident like these fireworks out in the middle of the night, of the week. That these horses would’ve been 1
<br />injured big time. They’d run through fences, they don’t stop, they slide, they do everything. So that is my big concern there. You 2
<br />know, the noise that’s going to come from there, there’s going to be noise. And also, the people that ride these horses, when they 3
<br />come get them out they ride them up and down the road and it’s going to be really dangerous. And people, they have small kids on 4
<br />some of the horses and I’m just very, very concerned about that. And at this time, the lady ahead of me, I’m one of the original 5
<br />people that live up there and I just want to see a show of hands of the ones that grew up on this place out here, on these roads, 6
<br />just raise your hands so they can see. How many people that’s here. 7
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<br />Karen Barrows: Thank you Mr. Smith. Are there others that would speak? 9
<br /> 10 Clayton Lloyd: I’d like to take two minutes. Clayton Lloyd. Would you like me to come up here? 11
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<br />Michael Harvey: Yes, sir, so the microphone can catch you. 13
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<br />Clayton Lloyd: I’m Clayton Lloyd, I live in what’s called Lloyd town. Lloyd Town Road that runs into Morrow Mill. My ancestors 15
<br />been there, first was 112 years ago. 1902 my great grandfather came and we’ve been farming it ever since. My grandfather and 16
<br />father, me and my brother. We farm what we call Lloyd Town Farm. And we’re just across the creek. We was a dairy farm, we just 17
<br />sold out last June but, we still got a great lot of crops, we farm about 700 acres, 13 different farms, 9 of them are on Morrow Mill. 18
<br />Of course, you can’t see all that from the road, but there’s that many different farms and we’re on the road quite a bit. They range 19
<br />from 3 acres to 200 acres. With 20 foot wide combine. Just at times of the year but, from about March ‘til it’ll be Christmas this 20
<br />year ‘for we get through with everything with the rain we’ve had. But, my concern is vehicles on the road and the exit traffic. Right 21
<br />now if we were going from field to field, neighbors know you’re out there. It’s been there all their life, they know, they look out for 22
<br />you. We’ve had two accidents, luckily nothing severe over the years, where people would fly by equipment in a double lane and 23
<br />run into the tire of the tractor. And, luckily it didn’t kill any, just bounced off and kept going. But with this extra traffic on the road, 24
<br />I’m just afraid for the safety of the people and for everybody that works for us. But, that’s my main concern. 25
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<br />Karen Barrows: Thank you Clayton for coming up. Is there anyone else? 27
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<br />Wally Williams: I’d like to. I’ll try to make it short. My name’s Wally Williams, I have been sworn in. I’d like to talk a little bit more 29
<br />about the traffic that is currently on the roads. Currently we have vehicles, tractors, moving hay or whatever they’re doing and most 30
<br />of us that live out there on farms, we love it there and we know that they do this and so it doesn’t really bother us and we don’t get 31
<br />upset when you have to go around them. Sometimes I’ll follow them for about a mile but, I don’t know that these people that come 32
<br />out will want to do that. Secondly, with this number of people coming up we don’t know. They are going to be seeing what’s out 33
<br />there and some of them are not probably going to, I mean most of them might be savory but, some of them are not going to be and 34
<br />they might realize that this is a pretty quiet place and they might decide that they want to come out here and see what they can 35
<br />get. And that’s a big concern. We don’t have police within 2 miles of us, we have to wait and call 911. When I’ve called 911 and 36
<br />they say call us if you have a problem and even if this goes in, call them if you have a problem because they said they’ll take the 37
<br />calls. So, I think I’ve said just about everything I’ve wanted to. So, I think I’ve said just about everything I’ve wanted to. Other than 38
<br />the fact that I really respect the farmers in the area, really appreciate you being there and the rest of us are residents who were 39
<br />built there. Oh, there was one other thing. While we were building our home, we built it ourselves, a log cabin, we passed one 40
<br />home that was being constructed and suddenly it wasn’t being constructed anymore and we were wondering what’s going on and 41
<br />we still don’t really know but, we noticed that it was to be sold. The thing is, you may buy this now and say that you’re going to do 42
<br />what you’re going to do but, we can’t rely on you even finishing the project, really. I hope you, for your own sake but, I can’t rely on 43
<br />the fact that you’re going to be there and you won’t sell it to somebody else who won’t do what you’re saying you’re going to do. 44
<br />So, thank you very much. 45
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<br />Karen Barrows: Thank you Wally. Is there anyone else? 47
<br /> 48 Richard Drake: Yes, please. I’m Richard Drake. I’ve been sworn in. Probably reiterate a good bit of what’s already been said 49
<br />but I think they’re points that are very valid. I thought I’d come tonight and talk about technical stuff, I’ve been involved with 50
<br />commercial construction for 30 odd years and continue to work for consulting engineering firms so I understand very well what the 51
<br />gentleman earlier was talking about when he talked about sound. And it’s inevitable that there will be issues with sound. 52
<br />Particularly for the neighbors that are the closest. I’m the new comer to the community. I’ve only been here since 1979. I think 53
<br />when I moved to Morrow Mill Road, if I counted right earlier there are either 12 or 13 people between where I live at 9314 and 54
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