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Approved 9/2/2020 1057 my home significantly worth less than it is today. You would want to buy a home where there's 18-wheelers on both 1058 sides of my house. They'll be behind my house and in front of my house, the noise traffic,the light pollution; it can 1059 literally make my home worthless. So, my proposal is this, I think,and this is directly to you Michael Birch, if you're 1060 still on.The developers should create a 1 million dollar fund, it should be held in escrow for at least the next 5 years 1061 and it should be there to compensate we homeowners for a likely decrease in our home values. For example, I think 1062 my home's probably worth around 275,000 dollars now, let's say 3 years from now I try to sell my home and I'm only 1063 able to sell it 150.000 dollars, I think that the developer should pay 125,000 dollars,they should pay the difference in 1064 the deceased value of my home. I think that's a very reasonable request, 1 million dollars held in escrow as a 150 1065 million dollar project, they should be required to compensate those of us that will be negatively impacted by this. 1066 Thank you. 1067 1068 Leslie Roberts: Thank you for taking my comments. I have two points that have not yet been brought up. These go 1069 back to the August 5th meeting. I was not able to speak at the end there, on the agenda notes from August 51h on 1070 page 258 there was an assessment from Christian Hirni and Peter Sandbeck from the DEAPR and they did a land 1071 conservation and cultural resource assessment but I noticed that was only done on parcel 1 and 2 and the Davis 1072 Road parcel is considered parcel 3. 1 have concerns about that not being done and if that can be done before this is 1073 moved forward with. There was identified to be part of a hard wood forest there that will be impacted and I think it's 1074 important to know what else will be impacted in that third parcel. The 2nd point is where I live on Old 86 1 can't 1075 actually see light pollution on building that I cannot see at night and I think it would be nice to have that the lights that 1076 are put in both internally and externally at the site, if this goes through, be motion sensor lights. This is already in 1077 practice in perimeter parking Morrisville and I think it would be something that could really help reduce the light 1078 pollution for those of us that would have to see this at night. Thank you for your time. 1079 1080 Payton Rose: I appreciate your time, my husband and I own the historic Davis Farm just a mile down Davis Road. 1081 The heritage that Davis Road was named after. I'm sure you are all aware that this area is surrounded by historic 1082 farms well over 200 and 300 years old as others have brought up. Our main concern has not been brought up yet is 1083 the allowable use of light manufacturing; I've spent the last 10 years in global apparel development from private 1084 companies to a multibillion-dollar corporation. I know what apparel manufacturing looks like and its potential hazards 1085 to our environment. I appreciate that the applicant has provided a list for light manufacturing that will not be allowed 1086 however, the space for allowable businesses is wide.There are no protections in place, I urge you to consider that 1087 many of us in the Rural Buffer have private wells that we water our crops with,that we feed our families with,that we 1088 drink. I do not see any protections in place that protect us against any non-recycling of water,wastewater treatment 1089 or closed loop pollution systems. It's nothing that any of us could protect without knowing the specific tenants going 1090 into these spaces and exactly what they will be manufacturing. If the County votes to go ahead with this then we 1091 propose that light manufacturing is prohibited all together or that strict rules are put into place to make sure that our 1092 land, that our water aquafers will not be polluted. Thanks for your time. 1093 1094 Margo Lakin: Hello,thank you to the Board, I'm Margo Lakin and I am 100%for intelligent sustainable economic 1095 development that truly helps the people of Hillsborough. RTLP is a boondoggle with a dangling carrot of job creation 1096 to grease the wheels. With 250 parking spaces in the proposal, I'm going to be generous and assume that all 250 1097 represent jobs. If the facility runs 24/7 that's 250 times three shifts for a grand total of 750. 750 jobs for a 2.5 million 1098 sq.ft.facility that doesn't add up. Logistics in the title, I'm also assuming the purpose will also be a warehousing 1099 supply chain fulfillment center on a massive scale. Jobs in this sector are moving toward automation which would 1100 explain the low number of humans in relation to the square footage. These position tend to be low paying, lackluster 1101 benefits, little career advancement and high turnover.With at least ten empty warehouses totaling over 1.1 million sq. 1102 ft. laying empty just 13 miles west,why is this being built on speculation. I question if it is speculation, in the minutes 1103 from August 51h, Michael Birch,when responding to a question of electrical fleet management on the site said "our 1104 sense is that something like that or having that available will be driven by the end user, a particular end user that we 1105 don't have in mind right now or don't have at the table"so who do you have at the table? I find it hard to believe that 1106 Barrister is investing over 150 million dollars to build a 2.5 million sq.ft. industrial park with no client interest. Is there 1107 a client and Barrister isn't being transparent? Or is this site being prepped to be sold as a shovel ready package to a 1108 bigger entity like Amazon? High profile logistic centers like Amazon and UPS typically come with the demand on the 1109 local government for massive incentive packages that equate to years of tax breaks on the backs of the taxpayers 1110 like us with minimum job growth. I see no evidence of RTLP improving Hillsborough's job market or tax base in direct 1111 relation to the square footage it will occupy and the negative impact it will bring to Hillsborough once those 180 acres 1112 are destroyed to build this,we're stuck with it,we can't easily repurpose or reconfigure that footprint for businesses