Planning Board - 090220 Agenda Packet

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17 DRAFT 667 forth and everything and they pulled out and you guy pulled out from who knows where this other mega corporation 668 that is not even in North Carolina that one of the stipulations is here that it's going to help North Carolinians. This 669 company is from Kentucky for crying out loud. They gonna get their own crews in here and that is supposed to help 670 us?Orange County residents? I mean I don't see where you guys are deciding this and pulling this out from and you 671 literally putting this whole thing in middle of a residential area. You look around your development zone and it is all 672 residential. It might be by 1-40 but that doesn't keep it from being residential. 673 674 David Blankfard: I think Michael Harvey has something to say. 675 676 Franklin Garland: I'd be surprised. 677 678 Michael Harvey: The applicant for Settler's Point did not engage in any land clearing. The land clearing that Mr. 679 Garland is referring to was actually carried out, as I understand it, as part of a timber operation and consistent with a 680 forest management plan to harvest the timber. The land disturbance activity did not occur as result of any actual 681 development activity for the Settler's Point project. 682 683 Franklin Garland: Why did Settler's Point pull out Harvey. I mean you should know you're in charge of this. 684 685 Michael Harvey: Well, Mr. Garland, I responded to your email request. The Settlers Point applicant has not pulled 686 out of anything and the properties have been rezoned. As I understand it the applicant for the project chose not to 687 move forward with initiation of development plans activities due to utility extension issues. We have a new applicant 688 proposing a new project that is being processed in accordance with the provision of the Unified Development 689 Ordinance. 690 691 Franklin Garland: So if Summit hasn't done anything that doesn't mean they're out of the picture, they just have not 692 done anything yet. You gonna try to sell this to the second customer, how about we go ahead and do a proposal of 693 our own to put up whatever we want our community and try to counter that,would that fly too then. 694 695 David Blankfard: You're welcome to do it. 696 697 Franklin Garland: If our proposal calls for farmland for example, we want it rezoned to pasture. I mean that's a 698 perfectly legitimate thing and that's then,you'd have to accept it right if the people, if that's what we want. 699 700 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 701 almost 14 years ago and we chose to live in a semi-rural area. Since we've been here that parcel that corner has 702 been put up for several different situations and I think it's a little upsetting that the rural area, if that 12 acres, will 703 impact the neighborhoods that are nearer than I am but it also would have a negative impact, I think, for this area. 704 It's not just that immediate, those immediate houses those people have mentioned but it's further away that has an 705 impact as well. I am just basically wanting to voice my concerns and I am against it and my support to the local 706 community. 707 708 David Blankfard: Ok, I think that's everybody from the attendees. Does anybody on the Board have any further 709 questions or comments or anything? 710 711 Perdita Holtz: There are two people with their hands up. They have already spoken and as is normal during an in- 712 person meeting, normally people are able to speak once so I'll have to let the Planning Board make a decision on 713 whether they want to hear from Cedar Eagle again and Franklin Garland again. 714 715 David Blankfard: So what does the Board think? 716 717 Hunter Spitzer: I think it's time for a motion. 718 719 Adam Beeman: I believe I've heard enough. 720 721 David Blankfard: Yeah, they'll have time to talk about what they really want to talk about in the next couple of items. 722 Ok, so can I get a motion.