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Approved 12/8/2014 OC Board of Adjustment – 10/13/2014 Page 7 of 17 build out for the site, that is aspirational in future as we go through that different phasing to see what the needs are, 1 fundraisers opportunities. I think we will stop there. 2 3 T.C. Morphis: Are there any questions about the programming for the project. Erin, can you talk about 5.3.2a? 4 5 Erin Witcher: Mr. Chairman, you brought the standards of the UDO, 5.3.2 Section 2 a, b and c. Now that Walt and 6 Katherine have introduced you to the great programs that TLC is running. My name is Erin Witcher and I have been 7 sworn. I wanted to tie those into these general requirements of the UDO and the first is 5.3.2 Section 2 subsection a; 8 the use will maintain or promote the public health, safety and general welfare if located where proposed and 9 developed and operated according to the plan as submitted. Our application discusses these in detail on pages 13 10 through 18 on the application itself. Briefly…. 11 12 Michael Harvey: Mr. Chairman, that is page 22. 13 14 Samantha Cabe: I was looking at page 76 and 77 of what used to have been staff’s recommendations and it looks 15 like 5.3.2a is missing. 16 17 Michael Harvey: Well, 5.3.2a was what you added. That has now been included but as far as the applicant’s 18 responses… go to page 22. 19 20 Erin Witcher: Going back to the public health safety and general welfare. Very briefly, we believe the educational 21 component and the importance of agricultural and introducing to their children as it happens and learning outside and 22 of course, the transplanting traditions to enhance farming and create income for population substantially increases 23 the public health safety and general welfare. With regard to subsection b, the use will maintain or enhance the value 24 of contiguous property unless the use is a public necessity. I refer you to Exhibit 6 of the application and Mr. 25 Kirkland’s appraisal where he found there is no negative impact on the adjacent property owners and also found it 26 would be a harmonious use. One thing we have not talked about is that the activities occurring on the property are 27 occurring back from Jones Ferry Road. You won’t even be able to see what is going on. There is no real danger of it 28 being a distraction from the road. The final standard is subsection c; the location of character of the use if developed 29 according to the plans will be in harmony in the area in which it is to be located and the use is in compliance with the 30 plan for the physical development of the county as embodied in these regulations or in the Comprehensive Plan or a 31 portion thereof. Pages 14 through 18 of our narrative, pages 24 through 28 of your package go over approximately 32 17 of the objective that we believe will be enhanced and are being enhanced by the board that is being done by TLC 33 on the property. First, the Comprehensive Plan discusses objectives related to encouraging farming and the natural 34 use of the land and after the video we have just seen farming is encouraged both folks farming on the land and the 35 education component of farming is encouraged. Another important element that we think you should take note of is 36 that it does encourage urban sprawl and protects the land area. The objectives in the Comprehensive Plan 37 underscore that importance to the county and the work that TLC is doing is meant to conserve and is also decreasing 38 urban sprawl and is keeping this property in its natural state. Finally, the objectives regarding education for farming 39 in future generations are being met through learning outside. 40 41 T.C. Morphis: Just to give perspective on where the Urban farm is. It is down Jones Ferry Road about four miles 42 outside Carrboro’s city limit. We think in this part of Orange County, this will help preserve rural landscape that is 43 quickly disappearing so we think it is all the more important because it is so close to existing urban area. We want to 44 go over specific standards in UDO 5.3.2(b). We detailed these in our narrative but wanted to make sure you were 45 aware of them as well. We need to demonstrate method and adequacy of provision of sewage disposal facilities, 46 solid waste and water. As Mr. Harvey mentioned, we do have Exhibits 5A and 5B to discuss our current and future 47 septic capacity. As the property expands, we may have to expand our septic system. 48 49