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Approved 3/14/2011 OC Board of Adjustment – 11/8/2010 Page 8 of 43 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 Michael Harvey: The next person I have signed up to speak is Mr. Keith Askew. Keith Askew: I live in Hillsborough and I have been sworn in. My role is treasurer of HYAA which is Hillsborough Youth Athletic Association. In the spring seasons, we have over 500 children playing baseball at HYAA... the number is growing. As you know this area has grown a lot in the past 10 years and continues to grow and we are growing with it. As Mr. Andrews indicated, we added softball and we were able to juggle some of the schedules between fields because in the fall, we don’t have as many kids playing baseball as we do in the spring. It will be a real issue with fields for us in the spring because we are going to have those 500 kids plus playing softball in the spring. Having an additional field and the generosity of the Andrews, I think it is really impressive for this area. I moved here in 2003 and I see that because land is so valuable here we can’t turn property into baseball and football fields and soccer fields. We certainly have the opportunity to alleviate some of the issues we had in baseball with HYAA and it does mostly center around the field. Michael Harvey: The last individual to speak is Ms. Latoya Wilkins. Latoya Wilkins: I live in the Cheeks area and I have been sworn in. My youngest daughter plays for Shannon Andrews and it has been great because sometimes she has to take my child to practice because it is pretty far for me to get off work and get her there. For it to be close by and run and pick her up and get her home at a decent time for bed is good because of school. At first, we had it in Alamance County because it wasn’t too much going on with less teams and we were playing there but I really wanted something close by and for us to play and have a lot more teams because we are playing with three teams and we all play each other so if we could add more teams it would be really good. I would appreciate it greatly if everything goes well with Mr. and Mrs. Andrews. Michael Harvey: That is all that has been signed up to speak. Thomas Brown: Do any of the board members have any questions for those who have spoken. Mark Micol: I have a question for Mr. McAdoo. You have lived here all your life. Over the years, when the field was in operation the first time, were there any complaints from adjacent property owners or neighbors or traffic at that time? Frederick McAdoo: No. When we grew up and played at Ms. Ella Watson’s so that was our thing as the older generation. We had to play ball on a Saturday and Sunday after church on the other side because they looked forward to that so you never had any complaints because if you have young kids in the community aware they are doing something and having fun, you will get more smiles out of your neighbors than if you were to put up a shooting range or a 20 story building. It is not where you will have someone to say I wish they would stop playing ball. There is only 10 or 12 residences that’s occupied. I don’t think you will have that issue because my sister lives on that side and I talked to her before. Larry Wright: Does she know there will be sound amplification there? Frederick McAdoo: She likes baseball, she lived in New York. If they listen to that plane go by they can listen to the innings in a ballgame. Michael Harvey: I will request my abstract amended as follows be entered into the record. Page 38 change the reference from Attachment One to Attachment A. For some reason I had my numbers and letters confused, and then beginning on page 43 change the attached accordingly the application, Attachment One changed to Attachment A, Aerial Photo map, change from Attachment Two to Attachment B, staff correspondence changed from Attachment Three to Attachment C and the Findings of Fact changed from Attachment Four to Attachment B. I would also request you enter into the record, staff’s handout from earlier this evening specifically the Statement of Intent concerning the development of the non-profit recreation facility and the contract agreements. I ask you submit this as part of the abstract and include a certified copy of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance enforced at the time of submittal of this application. If you have questions, please interrupt. I would like to begin by taking the board through page 40 of the application which is part of the abstract.