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Approved 9/2/2020
<br /> 166 2000 residents that get involved in this. I know that you're looking at just one particular piece of land out there but
<br /> 167 what does the public, what do the people of Orange County have to say about this? I am looking at the Code of
<br /> 168 Ethics, I'm looking at the Mission Statements, it says here "serve the residents of Orange County" "our residents
<br /> 169 come first". Now the residents don't want this, ok. I know that, I personally put out 2000 flyers last week and it's
<br /> 170 unanimous out there that nobody wants it. So how can you force this on us,ok. Even though we don't want it. That's
<br /> 171 another question for the Planning and Inspections Board out here. I have many, many questions that go along here
<br /> 172 and I'm going to read a statement later on that maybe clarifies a whole lot but right now, my main question is what
<br /> 173 give you the right to just force this on us?Anybody? Want to care to answer? Who's win?
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<br /> 175 David Blankfard: Your elected officials,they are the ones that started this with the Town... (interrupted)
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<br /> 177 Franklin Garland: So our elected officials...
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<br /> 179 David Blankfard: Hold on, let me finish, your elected officials are the ones that started this land use planning, years
<br /> 180 and years ago so I don't know what to tell you.
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<br /> 182 Franklin Garland: in 1991, this was planned as an EDD, actually all this area out here was rural, and it was
<br /> 183 designated possibly as an Economic Development Area because 1-40 wasn't in place then. Once 1-40 went in place,
<br /> 184 1 believe in 1984, actually you said 1981. It actually was designated as is and this is 39 years ago. This whole area
<br /> 185 has grown to be residential now. It's no longer open space and rural and like I said it's a whole lot of people out
<br /> 186 there. If our elected officials are choosing to do this, why are they going in there with perceived ideas, and already
<br /> 187 made up their mind that this is going to happen. That's not the democratic way. That's called a fascist way when you
<br /> 188 do it that way. It's very offensive, most people are offended by this and we're trying to put a stop to this. By the way,
<br /> 189 1 think this is a ridiculous way to hold a meeting. I am going to add that, that we have 42 attendees where in person
<br /> 190 you would probably have several thousand today, ok. It's not valid for anybody in there,we actually are trying to take
<br /> 191 some legal action on this as well. I will have more to say, I have a statement that I mailed out to the Commissioners
<br /> 192 already, I hope that they have the courtesy to read it, I asked them to actually reply via email, text, call any which way
<br /> 193 that they had actually received the email. I have one of the Commissioners actually respond, that said they received
<br /> 194 it, not that they had read it, it would be nice if they actually went with how their constituency actually feels. I think
<br /> 195 they are the ones that count out here. Again, like I said earlier, as that our residents come first and you're putting the
<br /> 196 Town of Hillsborough first. You're putting the Planning Board first,what the whims are there. We are perfectly happy
<br /> 197 with our wells, we don't want city water necessarily out here. We don't want city sewer,we are out of the Town, we
<br /> 198 don't want to be annexed and this is not just me. I happen to hold a chunk of property that is immediately adjacent to
<br /> 199 this that I'm structure out there that basically, 2.5 million square feet big. This is about 3 times the size of Carter
<br /> 200 Findlay Stadium and you say that doesn't have an impact. You're putting this in middle of an area that is completely
<br /> 201 at this point basically residential. So you're going to put an industrial park for lack of a better word, because this light
<br /> 202 manufacturing, any manufacturing as you actually look carefully in there, warehousing and logistic center. That
<br /> 203 translates into industrial park, this is a pretty hefty size industrial park. It would actually, just to give you a couple
<br /> 204 comparison numbers, the PNC Center is 700,000 square feet including all the levels, so that's 700,000 this is 2.5
<br /> 205 million that you want to put in there. Carter Findlay Stadium is 107,000 square feet. How can this not going to have
<br /> 206 an impact on this whole area,doing this.
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<br /> 208 David Blankfard: I think your comments, most of the stuff you are wanting to talk about is going to be held up in the
<br /> 209 later item. Right now we're talking about something else. Thank you.
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<br /> 211 Franklin Garland: I know you're trying to approve something that is going to be the infrastructure for something else.
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<br /> 213 Craig Benedict: Good evening, my name is Craig Benedict, Orange County Planning Director. Just a little bit about
<br /> 214 how we can answer some questions from the public in how we will handle it moving forward. If staff can address with
<br /> 215 a quick answer, if it's a or b we will provide that during this meeting, if it is a more lengthy question, we will make
<br /> 216 note of the public comment and we can provide in writing the justification of the goals of the County and how the
<br /> 217 process has come forward.
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<br /> 219 Franklin Garland: (background discussion of a personal nature)
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<br /> 221 Perdita Holtz: I have gone ahead and muted Franklin Garland
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