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Approved 9/2/2020 278 Clare Brennan: Hi, Clare Brennan, like one of my neighbors earlier, I also live down Davis Road in the New Hope 279 Springs subdivision. I wanted to specifically talk about that little parcel of land that had the star on it. That's of 280 concern to me and I think a lot of my neighbors since we live down Davis Road. As I see it, I think this big planned 281 economic development is likely going to happen but I would like to sort of try to get a win out of this somehow and 282 maybe will a battle but lose the war. My position is that we need not be rezoning or annexing that little parcel that 283 had the star on it. I think that was 17 acres that was on the west side of 86 and adjacent to Davis Road. I think there 284 was plans to change that zoning from Rural Residential to an Economic Development Transitional Zone, I am totally 285 opposed to that, and speaking for my neighbors, I think we all are in the subdivision. I also want to step back and 286 remind people that Old 86 is one of 57 scenic byways in the State of North Carolina and appeared on colonial maps 287 of this state dating back to 1770 so we've had 250 years of living off of Old 86, families, generations enjoying this 288 rural life so it is really with a lot of dismay and disappointment that we are seeing the plans for this huge rezoning 289 here right at the corner of our neighborhood. I also take a bit of issue with the term RTP Logistics Park. We are at 290 least 30 miles from RTP, surely this is a bit of a misnomer should we maybe consider calling this the Hillsborough 291 Manufacturing District, it's kind of what we are looking at, right? This is not a RTP associated park in any way shape 292 or form. Also this might go onto the next agenda item but I have a real concern about the PIN 9862-99-8894 that is a 293 warehouse that has an access road off of Davis Road and this is planned to be 300,000 square feet again according 294 to my math that is some sort of building that would be 300 ft. by 1000 ft. right as you turn off of Old 86 onto Davis 295 Road. Quite frankly, that is really unacceptable. We moved out here to this lovely part of Hillsborough and Orange 296 County for the luxury and the privilege of living in the country and that is really just going to totally deface the whole 297 entryway into what is supposed to be our gateway into historic Hillsborough. I also want to mention in this COVID 298 environment, that Davis Road has really become a place that our neighbors cherish. We cycle out there and walk out 299 there you see families walking hand in hand with children on Davis Road especially because people are home now 300 and not able to go out and socialize. Folks cycle out there this is a great place to ride bikes and again that quality of 301 life that we're used to maybe gone if this huge development comes to fruition so my pitch again is to remove any 302 service road, any development from encroaching down that Davis Road corridor and let's leave Davis Road in as 303 much of the pristine condition as we can. My last question is once this large manufacturing and industrial 304 warehousing site is approved, will residents be notified about the potential new owners of these facilities and what 305 sort of manufacturing and industrial plans do we have for these parcels are we looking at a rubber tire plant, a swine 306 pig manufacturing site, pharmaceuticals what are we really approving here? It's quite nebulas in my mind and a little 307 frightening so I'll stop now and just take any questions if need be. Thank you. 308 309 David Blankfard: Thank you. 310 311 Randy Marshall: How far is your development from 86? 312 313 Clare Brennan: 1.75 miles, it's right the Ode Turner fork,go left at the fork. 314 315 Randy Marshall: Ok,so you'd have to go 1.7 miles down Davis Drive from 86 to get to your development? 316 317 Clare Brennan: Correct. 318 319 Randy Marshall: Thank you. 320 321 Hunter Spitzer: My question was if we do not approve this Land Use Plan amendment, can this area still be rezoned 322 in the following amendment or would it be passed to the Board of County Commissioners? The one for the Research 323 Triangle Logistic Park if we don't change our land use map? 324 325 Tom Altieri: Any rezoning needs to be consistent with the Land Use Plan. If it is not consistent with the Land Use 326 Plan then the Land Use Plan needs to change concurrently. So the answer to your question is no. 327 328 Craig Benedict: I can add on to that. North Carolina State Law allows rezoning to proceed and independent and if 329 the rezoning is approved in an area such as this then we would have to, as Tom said, go back and change the Land 330 Use Plan. 331 332 Hunter Spitzer: So it would be inconsistent but because our Land Use Plan didn't agree with this, it wouldn't 333 necessarily stop it?