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Approved 11/01/2017 18 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 love and hope, not destroying and taking from each other, and displacing families. She said that she and her family 913 want to stay where they are and nurture it to be what it once was and help it to grow. She is not against economic 914 growth; she is for it and for schools and for health. She recently retired to take care of her granddaughter and is from 915 a family of artists, attorneys and teachers. They all want economic growth but with less congestion, less development 916 and other populations moving in. Such big changes can all be detrimental to children and their growth and 917 development. Maybe there could be development of schools along the development area. She is also considered 918 about the traffic but is in support of water and sewer along Old 86. She supports progress as long as it does not 919 interfere with people’s wellbeing and privacy. 920 921 Joseph Shore said that he lives off of Old 86 and the proposal would be building all the way around him. He just 922 bought his house a year ago. He agreed with Ms. Piracci that delaying the project would not end the world and could 923 provide benefits to have a greater understanding of the impacts. He said that with all due respect, he disagrees with 924 Mr. Harvey. He thinks that the NIMs were not well attended (6 – 10 people) and should have been expanded to 925 neighbors who lived closeby but outside of the 1,000 foot notification area. He encouraged the Planning Board to 926 take its time, do what they think is the best decision for this area and the people who live there and the overall 927 County. His questioned if the proposed zoning change would be all around him. His parcel is not included in the 928 zoning change but it is one of 4 parcels surrounding the development area. How will the zoning affect his property? 929 How will it affect the sale of his home? If his property zoned differently than everything around it, will he have to get it 930 rezoned for it to be marketable if he want to sell it one day? 931 932 Lydia Wegman asked Michael Harvey or Craig Benedict to try and answer this question and discuss the process Mr. 933 Shore would have to go through for a rezoning. 934 935 Michael Harvey said that the decision would be between Mr. Shore and the developer, not the County. He has a 936 residentially-zoned property surrounded by economic development-zoned property, and it has been on the map that 937 was since the 1980s and 90s. Many of the uses that the applicant is proposing can already be developed on these 938 parcels as currently laid out. This process does not change Mr. Shore’s property. His property can still be used for 939 residential purposes and it is still surrounded by economic development-zoned properties that could be developed, 940 even if this project gets denied, based on the UDO as it exists today. 941 942 Tony Blake asked about the changes to any setbacks that are currently in place. 943 944 Michael Harvey said that there is still the 100 foot buffer around the project. If someone wants to sell their property, it 945 is incumbent upon he/she to do this. Regardless of whether or not the Board approves this project tonight, these 946 parcels are economic development-zoned; water and sewer are already being extended to the area through an inter-947 local agreement; thus, there are already opportunities being set-up with this area. 948 949 Tony Blake said that development could not affect the buffers by which Mr. Shore’s property is protected. 950