Agenda - 09-15-20; 5-c - Proposed Amendments to the Town of Hillsborough - OC Central Orange Coordinated Area (COCA) Land Use Plan and to the OC Comp Plan Future Land Use Map (FLUM)

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did have an informational meeting on July 15th I believe it was and they said it was going to create 4500 jobs. The 559 same argument used by the planning that was going to create this jobs for from Northern Orange County. So, this 560 was with Summit Corporation. If we have 4500 new jobs out here and that are being created for the people who live 561 in Northern Orange County, that means we’re going to have approximately 4500 cars coming through Hillsborough 562 additional to the traffic that is a mess already there, in the morning and those cars are going to be returning in the 563 afternoon ok. I don’t think that is exactly good planning by the way. I mean we really need a different way other than 564 Churton to get through Hillsborough and that’s never going to happen but let’s go ahead and double the traffic out 565 there. 4600 people that almost the population of Hillsborough that you actually adding to the traffic conditions out 566 there ok. I don’t know if you guys have considered that apparently not because certainly that would require putting in 567 four lanes or at least 2 lanes in every direction and that’s not in the plans either. I understand that DOT doesn’t have 568 money to convert the roads at this one and to the work and Hillsborough doesn’t either ok. I also, actually good 569 question out here, everything we got pretty much blindsided with Summit and it got approved. I will ask someone 570 who is in the know, Summit got approved pretty much they just blew us away and said we’re going to do whatever we 571 want anyhow and you did and then they pulled out. Why did they pull out, when did they pull out, what did Terra offer 572 you that is making you do it. When did they let you know that they were going to do this and why weren’t we 573 informed that this all had happened? Any care to comment on that, it is planning, this is you know obviously 574 somebody planned Summit and decided to get out of it. Somebody now trying to just pull another one over us. I 575 wouldn’t mind if Mr. Harvey or Mr. Benedict answered this one cause apparently they’re the one in charge of this and 576 I hope they’re present because they are the planning commission and if they’re not there why are we even having 577 this meeting? 578 579 Craig Benedict: I can give you a brief answer; we will provide something in writing. The developer of Settler’s Point 580 received approval in January 2018. At times, developers do not stay with the project and we are not privy to why they 581 left the project, cease to exist. Another project did pick that up. 582 583 Franklin Garland: Have you seen the damage they did back there already? And the wildlife that the displaced? I 584 mean they literally raised it and then abandoned it. 585 586 David Blankfard: I think that was the tornado. 587 588 Franklin Garland: No, no, no, no, no, no we’re talking about 90 + acres that are devastated back there not tornados. 589 Raised, cut down and raised and leveled with grading already having started on it. I am just curious why they pulled 590 out. It seems like you guys would know. There would be some agreement that there have to do it since they went 591 forth and everything and they pulled out and you guy pulled out from who knows where this other mega corporation 592 that is not even in North Carolina that one of the stipulations is here that it’s going to help North Carolinians. This 593 company is from Kentucky for crying out loud. They gonna get their own crews in here and that is supposed to help 594 us? Orange County residents? I mean I don’t see where you guys are deciding this and pulling this out from and you 595 literally putting this whole thing in middle of a residential area. You look around your development zone and it is all 596 residential. It might be by I-40 but that doesn’t keep it from being residential. 597 598 David Blankfard: I think Michael Harvey has something to say. 599 600 Franklin Garland: I’d be surprised. 601 602 Michael Harvey: The applicant for Settler’s Point did not engage in any land clearing. The land clearing that Mr. 603 Garland is referring to was actually carried out, as I understand it, as part of a timber operation and consistent with a 604 forest management plan to harvest the timber. The land disturbance activity did not occur as result of any actual 605 development activity for the Settler’s Point project. 606 607 Franklin Garland: Why did Settler’s Point pull out Harvey. I mean you should know you’re in charge of this. 608 609 Michael Harvey: Well, Mr. Garland, I responded to your email request. The Settlers Point applicant has not pulled 610 out of anything and the properties have been rezoned. As I understand it the applicant for the project chose not to 611 move forward with initiation of development plans activities due to utility extension issues. We have a new applicant 612 proposing a new project that is being processed in accordance with the provision of the Unified Development 613 Ordinance. 614 17