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17 Lydia Wegman said that she appreciated Ms. Piracci’s comments and gave Mr. Parker a chance to respond. She 859 said that she would also like to know how other members feel, and wanted to give the public a chance to comment. 860 The public has been extremely patient. 861 862 Jim Parker said that he understands Ms. Piracci’s position. He said that on his end, they are on a timeline and have a 863 contractual obligation. Mr. Parker said that he does feel like the world would come to an end for he and his group. He 864 wishes the project had been ready to move forward this past spring but here they are so much later. He said that he 865 really hopes the Board approves the project. If anyone has questions, he will take as long as it takes to answer all of 866 them. He thanked the Board. 867 868 Lydia Wegman turned to the public for their comments. She thanked them for being patient and asked people who 869 wanted to speak to come forward to the microphone. 870 871 Beth Rosenberg said that she lives off Davis Road and she is in the same boat as Ms. Piracci. She did not know 872 about this important meeting until she saw a sign. She did not find information about the project online. She wished 873 that the developers had also met with property owners in the area at large since the interstate entrance/exit she uses 874 to get home is the same entrance/exit as the proposed development. Her neighborhood will be impacted. She noted 875 that already Old 86 can get busy with back-ups from the highway and more traffic on Interstate 40 is concerning. She 876 is also concerned about environmental impacts of the project on her neighborhood. 877 878 Lydia Wegman thanked Ms. Rosenberg for her comments. She noted that the notification requirement is only to 879 property owners within 1,000 feet of the subject property/properties of the intended development. 880 881 Janet Marks said that she lives off of Davis Road in a small neighborhood. They chose their neighborhood because 882 they could easily get to Interstates 40 and 85 but also live in the country. As a neighborhood, they have not been 883 involved in the discussion. The signs on the side of the road notifying the public about these meetings were too hard 884 to read and were put in places where it was too dangerous to pull-off the road and read them. She said that there is 885 so much traffic already (for example, 4 dead squirrels on the road in one day). Both the heavy as well as the light 886 environmental impacts all matter. Living in the country to her means that lights are dim. She conveyed her frustration 887 in not being included in the neighborhood meeting process; her neighborhood is very much impacted by this 888 proposed development. 889 890 Gerald Scarlett said that his driveway is Scarlett Mountain Road, the southern boundary of the subject property. His 891 property goes about a half a mile back into the woods. While he came with a lot of questions tonight, he is not going 892 to ask them because they involved District 3. One of his main concerns is with water. If the County is so concerned 893 about “going green” and renewable energies, the point should be made that there are no renewables for water. He 894 said that he lives at a high elevation and has a line of sight to the Sharon Harris Nuclear Power Plant when the skies 895 are clear. The proposed development is at a lower level than his property. His well was made 250 feet down through 896 solid granite. Even though the discussion has been about public water infrastructure, the development document 897 online shows the digging of wells for landscaping purposes, and the wells would be used when storm retention ponds 898 are dry, for irrigation. This is of great concern – if retention ponds are dry during a drought and then the wells will be 899 used and he may not be able to get access to water while the trees in the development look nice and pretty. This 900 concerns him as an individual and he thinks it should concern everybody in that area. He does not know how big the 901 water table is but he thinks it needs to be considered. He is also concerned about traffic. He knew a development like 902 this would be coming since the state took part of his property to build interstate 40. It is incumbent on the County and 903 the state to do something about Old 86 before this kind of development goes in, or at the same time. Driving from 904 Carrboro to Hillsborough on Old 86 can be dangerous. Bicycle lanes may be created for this project but bicycles are 905 going to be traveling from Old 86 to get there. He hopes that the Board and the developer will consider his 906 comments. He said that for himself, he would say leave everything like it is, but he is trying not to be one of those 907 people. He asked that they consider the problem of timing for this. 908 909 Vicki R. Berry introduced herself and said that the former speaker was one of her school mates. She said that she is 910 a Hillsborough native and involved in Hillsborough activities. She said that she and her family live off Old 86 South, 911 on a small farm. She talked about her upbringing of going to a church and being a part of a sharing community of 912 21