Planning Board - 081920 Agenda Packet

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D R A F T forth and everything and they pulled out and you guy pulled out from who knows where this other mega corporation 667 that is not even in North Carolina that one of the stipulations is here that it’s going to help North Carolinians. This 668 company is from Kentucky for crying out loud. They gonna get their own crews in here and that is supposed to help 669 us? Orange County residents? I mean I don’t see where you guys are deciding this and pulling this out from and you 670 literally putting this whole thing in middle of a residential area. You look around your development zone and it is all 671 residential. It might be by I-40 but that doesn’t keep it from being residential. 672 673 David Blankfard: I think Michael Harvey has something to say.674 675 Franklin Garland: I’d be surprised.676 677 Michael Harvey: The applicant for Settler’s Point did not engage in any land clearing. The land clearing that Mr. 678 Garland is referring to is actually carried out, as I understand it, a timber operation and consistent with a forest 679 management plan to harvest it, the timber. The land disturbance activity did not occur as result of any actual 680 development activity for the Settler’s Point project.681 682 Franklin Garland: Why did Settler’s Point pull out Harvey. I mean you should know you’re in charge of this.683 684 Michael Harvey: Well, Mr. Garland, I responded to your email request. Summit has not pulled out the properties 685 have been rezoned, Summit is not moving forward with their development plans at this time. We have a new 686 applicant proposing a new project that is being processed in accordance with the provision of the Unified 687 Development Ordinance.688 689 Franklin Garland: So if Summit hasn’t done anything that doesn’t mean they’re out of the picture, they just have not 690 done anything yet. You gonna try to sell this to the second customer, how about we go ahead and do a proposal of 691 our own to put up whatever we want our community and try to counter that, would that fly too then.692 693 David Blankfard: You’re welcome to do it. 694 695 Franklin Garland: If our proposal calls for farmland for example, we want it rezoned to pasture. I mean that’s a 696 perfectly legitimate thing and that’s then, you’d have to accept it right if the people, if that’s what we want.697 698 Jayse Sessi: My name is Jayse Sessi, I live a little further away but I drive by that area all the time. We moved here 699 almost 14 years ago and we chose to live in a semi-rural area. Since we’ve been here that parcel that corner has 700 been put up for several different situations and I think it’s a little upsetting that the rural area, if that 12 acres, will 701 impact the neighborhoods that are nearer than I am but it also would have a negative impact, I think, for this area. 702 It’s not just that immediate, those immediate houses those people have mentioned but it’s further away that has an 703 impact as well. I am just basically wanting to voice my concerns and I am against it and my support to the local 704 community.705 706 David Blankfard: Ok, I think that’s everybody from the attendees. Does anybody on the Board have any further 707 questions or comments or anything?708 709 Perdita Holtz: There are two people with their hands up. They have already spoken and as is normal during an in-710 person meeting, normally people are able to speak once so I’ll have to let the Planning Board make a decision on 711 whether they want to hear from Cedar Eagle again and Franklin Garland again.712 713 David Blankfard: So what does the Board think?714 715 Hunter Spitzer: I think it’s time for a motion.716 717 Adam Beeman: I believe I’ve heard enough.718 719 David Blankfard: Yeah, they’ll have time to talk about what they really want to talk about in the next couple of items.720 Ok, so can I get a motion.721 722 15