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<br />consistent with the approval. I will also say that every decision that the County makes as it relates to the 1335
<br />enforcement of the UDO and as it relates to the enforcement of the conditions imposed on this project, is subject to1336
<br />appeal to the Orange County Board of Adjustment. That’s not a great answer but that is the answer, part of the 1337
<br />answer I’m going to give you to try to address your question.1338
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<br />Ronald Sieber: Hello, this is Ronald Sieber again and first of all, I’m just trying to process the change from 800 cars 1340
<br />per day traveling on our road, Davis Road, to 200 per hour. I mean that is a stunning, I repeat that is a stunning 1341
<br />change in numbers. I want the Planning Board to think about that, you work for us. This is unreal that you are 1342
<br />allowing this development to go forward. I just can’t believe it so therefore, I’ve prepared several and a couple of 1343
<br />questions and I’d like to just run them by you and you don’t need to respond, I would just like you to hear, record and 1344
<br />react to it at a later date.1345
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<br />David Blankfard: Ronald, before you start, can you tell us if you received a letter from the Planning …1347
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<br />Ronald Sieber: No, I receive no letter because I live, as Mr. Marshall would point out, 1.7 miles away from this1349
<br />development so therefore, I’m not relevant, so you know.1350
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<br />David Blankfard: I didn’t say that but thank you.1352
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<br />**Planning Board Member Melissa Poole left the meeting**1354
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<br />Ronald Sieber: Yes, ok, thank you Mr. Blankfard and I’ll proceed. First of all, I just want to point out that the 1356
<br />developer does not seem to supportive of electrical charging stations. We’re at a point, and I’ve followed the 1357
<br />automotive industry because that’s what I write about, I’m a professional writer. We’re at a point where fleets, I’m 1358
<br />talking about fleets of trucks are developing electrical charging stations to charge and support their electrical fleets. I 1359
<br />think it’s time that developers, especially those who are putting warehouses up for such facilities to be used by fleets 1360
<br />of trucks. They need to start providing the infrastructure for these folks to attract them as businesses. I think that 1361
<br />also, I’d like to point out, that on amendment 8 and I know this goes back to 8 and we’re talking about 10 but 8 is 1362
<br />involved with 10. Four members of the Planning Board voted against amendment 8 and I do appreciate their 1363
<br />support, however, I just want to put it on, put the remainder on notice that that property that you want to rezone from 1364
<br />rural to something else is along a road that is inhabited by 100s of people, some of them are legacy businesses, 1365
<br />some of them are farms, and many of them are residents who moved out here without any knowledge, like myself, 1366
<br />without any knowledge of some sort of planned economic development section that is going to change our lives 1367
<br />forever. We did not move out here to be next to an industrial park, we moved out here to be in a rural neighborhood 1368
<br />and that’s what we want to preserve and I think it’s high time we change that development or designation and I’m 1369
<br />going to work every way I can to change that if we can have a chance to do that but apparently it seems like the dice 1370
<br />and the deck is stacked against us. Nevertheless, we as a community are going to fight this every way we can. We 1371
<br />are opposed to this proposed change. Having said all that this community is not opposed to intelligent development. 1372
<br />That’s in sync, that somehow aligns with some of the goals of this community, which is to have a nice place to live, a 1373
<br />Rural Buffer. Now Steve Kaufmann had an intention to build a school and he’s going to get that zoning returned to 1374
<br />him so he can do that. That’s an example of the kind of development that we can support as a community not a 1375
<br />warehouse. Come on guys think about it. In closing I would just like to say we are totally opposed to an access road, 1376
<br />as I mentioned, the number of trips on this road are going to be drastically increased. The size of the vehicles are 1377
<br />going to be on this road which is Davis Road are going to be drastically changed. Planning Board will you think 1378
<br />about what you are deciding on, you work for us. That’s the end of my comments. Thank you.1379
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<br />Joseph Shore: Hi everyone my name is Joseph Shore, I live on Old 86 between Davis and 40 most of the 1381
<br />conversation tonight has been about the effect on 40 but this going to completely alter my life and I can’t emphasize 1382
<br />that enough. If it’s impossible to get out of my driveway with 300 cars during rush hour as the traffic engineer 1383
<br />mentioned and you double that it means cars are going to be coming by my driveway every 5 to 6 seconds, 18 1384
<br />wheels are going to be coming by every 5 to 6 seconds. That will literally make my property worthless because I 1385
<br />won’t be able to access my own home anymore I won’t be able to get to work or I’ll have to stay in my travel lane for I 1386
<br />don’t even know how long to try to get in and out. There’s a preschool right down the road, there’s a preschool by 1387
<br />the corner of Davis and Old 86. I can’t imagine trying to be a parent to drop off my 3 or 4 year old there when there’s 1388
<br />18-wheelers coming by every 10 seconds or 5 seconds. Just imagine the traffic trying to turn in and out of the 1389
<br />preschool in the morning. To the previous gentleman’s quoting, we aren’t opposed to development but this is the 1390
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