Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
Approved 11/14/2011 <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 6/13/2011 Page 4 of 44 <br /> <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />50 <br />51 <br />52 <br />53 <br />54 <br />Michael Harvey: The first person signed up on the list to speak is Ms. Meredith Barrett. <br /> <br />Meredith Barrett: I am not speaking on behalf of the applicant. <br /> <br />Michael Harvey: This is just who signed up on the sign in sheet. This is not in any particular order. <br /> <br />David Rooks: Mr. Chairman, I am David Rooks. I am representing the neighborhood homeowners association. We had <br />thought we would let the applicant put on its case, have its witnesses and then we have a presentation to follow that. We are <br />sort of organized around that. <br /> <br />Tom Brown: Mr. Harvey, I would like to get all the applicant testimony first. <br /> <br />Michael Harvey: Anyone here who wishes to provide testimony for the applicant, please come forward since I don’t have on <br />here who you wish to speak for. <br /> <br />Tom Brown: When you come forward, if you would state your name and if you have been sworn in. <br /> <br />Michael Harvey: Unfortunately, the door upstairs was locked and Ms. Hunter was not present at the mass swearing. She is <br />signed up to speak so we will need to swear her. <br /> <br />Tom Brown: Raise your right hand. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God? <br /> <br />Dolly Hunter: I do. I am Dolly Hunter and I designed a required landscape buffer plan for the Maple View Agricultural facility <br />according to Orange County Zoning Ordinance 12.4.1. This type B landscape buffer plan was approved by Michael Harvey in <br />early February 2011. Under my supervision, the landscape material consisting of 14 large trees and 20 evergreen shrubs was <br />correctly installed on February 16, 2011. Therefore; the required landscape buffer plan has been approved, installed, <br />maintained and complete as required. Thank you. <br /> <br />Tom Brown: Thank you. <br /> <br />Dave Laudicina: My name is Dave Laudicina. I live directly behind the Nutter Farms. My wife and I live directly behind Maple <br />View Farms on Wood Duck Lane. In 1994 when we bought our property from the Nutters, we knew we would be living next to <br />a farm and see growth on this farm. Over the years, we have seen Maple View Farms grow into one of the most innovative <br />farms in North Carolina. We look at it this way, given situations in Orange County, we could be living next to a landfill or an <br />airport or maybe a future Maple View Mall or maybe even a bypass but we don’t and hopefully won’t in the future because of <br />how the Nutters manage their farm. I consider my family one of the luckiest families in Orange County to live next to this <br />beautiful farm with a wonderful community center that offers a place for the community to come together to educate our <br />children about agriculture and many more positive aspects. I want to thank the Nutters for what they have done on their farm <br />and what they have done for the Orange County community. Noise, traffic or any other issue has never concerned us as <br />neighbors. Thank you. <br /> <br />Susan Nichols: My name is Susan Nichols, I am Allison Nichols’ mother and I do work at Maple View Agricultural Center. <br /> <br />Tom Brown: You have been sworn in? <br /> <br />Susan Nichols: Yes. I have been a part of the community for my entire life and we raised our daughter up to look for what is <br />best for her community and the Nutters, I think they look for what is best for their community and we would not introduce <br />anything into the community that we think would harm the community in any way. I just have a big concern that in the time we <br />have been opened, there are 28 rentals and there were three bands and when I was here last time, it seemed like we booked <br />big name events every single weekend and that is just not the way it is and I just hope you will look at the record and see how <br />many rentals were there and how many did have an educational component and how much education there has been through <br />the whole program and hope that you will have leniency and let us continue to serve the community. <br /> <br />Deborah Pearson Moyers: My name is Deborah Pearson Moyers and my husband, Pete Moyers, the oldest residents of