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APPROVED 10/13/2014 OC Board of Adjustment – 8/27/2014 Page 34 of 64 1 Larry Wright: Thank you very much. Next speaker please. 2 3 Michael Harvey: Marcus Lesemann. 4 5 Marcus Lesemann: My concerns are addressed. 6 7 Larry Wright: Ok, thank you sir. 8 9 Michael Harvey: Jean Earnhardt. 10 11 Jean Earnhardt: Hello, I’m Jean Earnhardt and I have duly sworn in. I live on the east side of Union 12 Grove Church Road my family and I live on a conservation easement there. The pipeline runs through 13 the northern part of that easement and I know we keep talking easement but I do want to explain to you 14 that in our minds that easement is 30 feet wide because that’s what it always has been when they put in 15 the original pipe they didn’t need any additional land to put it in and maintain and they have maintained it 16 very nicely through the years and kept it clear but that is why it is so hard for so many of us to envision 17 50 feet clear cut all of a sudden. I specifically have some concerns that I think planning and the health 18 department would want to address. Glen Morgan is a community on the west side of Union Grove 19 Church Road and I was, my husband and I were the developers. We did a cluster development which 20 the County permitted then, I don’t know if they still do or not, and we wrapped it up in open space. About 21 six of those lots are right up on the easement. They’re less than 2 acres maybe 1.8 acres. If you live in 22 the city, 1.8 acres sounds like a pretty big piece of land but if you live in the country where you’ve got a 23 house footprint, a driveway, a septic tank, a septic tank field, a back-up field and a well that uses up a lot 24 of that 1.8 acres. I have not seen any kind of assurance from PSNC that before they clear cut in the 25 ones on the south side are the ones that are going to have an additional probably 15 feet cut, I’ve seen 26 nothing that says they’ll learn in advance what impact that could have on those smaller tracts. They say 27 well we’ll pay for damage but if you damage a septic field, you’re going to have to condemn the house 28 aren’t you? It’s a pretty serious thing especially with the kind of soils we have out there. I guess that’s 29 concern that I think legitimately you could address, am I correct? 30 31 Larry Wright: Thank you very much. 32 33 Jean Earnhardt: I want to say one more personal thing. When my father and mother signed the original 34 agreement 62 years ago, somewhat reluctantly, how would they have ever guessed that I would be here 35 62 years later talking to you all. 36 37 Larry Wright: Thank you very much. 38 39 Jean Earnhardt: I got to put the cap on it though, I hope in 25 years that my children and grandchildren 40 are not here objecting to a 24 inch pipe. 41 42 Matthew Rhoads: We do too. 43 44 Larry Wright: Thank you very much. The next speaker please. 45 46 Michael Harvey: Jay Bryan 47 48 Jay Bryan: I do need to be sworn. 49 50 Larry Wright: Do you affirm to speak the truth and the whole truth and nothing but the truth. 51 52 Jay Bryan: Yes sir. Thank you for your service tonight to everybody and your patience with us. My 53 name is Jay Bryan, I own a property with my wife at 8033 Old NC 86. I think you have before you the 54 right-of-way dated September 23 in 1952 which encumbers our property. We say to you, and I’ve heard 55