Agenda - 10-06-20; 8-a - Minutes

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3 1 to Interstate 40. She said the project is not significant enough to provide a strong benefit to 2 Orange County. She asked the Board to please leave the zoning as it is, and work within 3 existing parameters, which the applicant should be willing to do if it he serious. She asked the 4 BOCC to please not bulldoze the community's way of life. 5 6 Sarah Shore stood in her back yard to show the land, which is under discussion. She 7 welcomed the BOCC to visit her property. She said this land is residential, with little road traffic. 8 She said she finds it very upsetting to hear an out of state developer is trying to change the land 9 use. She asked the County to consider sensible development. She said she and her neighbors 10 are not against development, but would like the reasons behind development to be seriously 11 considered. She thanked the BOCC for listening. 12 13 Jon Lorusso read the following comments: 14 1 am part of Save Hillsborough, a community organized effort in favor of harmonious 15 development that benefits the community. Our group represents most of 1000 residences in the 16 area whose homes are on either side of the following roads: Orange Grove Road on the west, 17 Interstate 40 on the north, Arthur Minnis Road and New Home Church Road on the south, and 18 Old 86 on the east. We are in favor of increasing local quality jobs and understand the need for 19 increasing Orange County tax revenue. Tonight you will hear an overview of why we think the 20 Research Triangle Logistics Park, as it's currently proposed, will be a detriment to the 21 community. We ask that the commissioners please consider our concerns in making any 22 decisions regarding the permitting and rezoning of the affected parcels. 23 Orange County is known for its high standards, and when someone moves here, there's 24 an expectation that they'll be afforded some level of protection from unsightly and disturbing 25 developments. We expect that the strict county ordinances will shield us from excessive noise, 26 pollution, and aesthetic aberrations. We ask that these strict ordinances be upheld without 27 exception, and that the burden of proof should be placed upon the developers to ensure, 28 beyond a shadow of a doubt, that these ordinances are strictly adhered to. Thus far, the 29 developer has not done their due diligence in any of these matters --far from it! We urge the 30 commissioners to postpone a vote on rezoning until the developers have proven that they will 31 not be in violation of any Orange County ordinances. Furthermore, since a conditional zoning 32 permit will allow for a wide range of development types, we request that the developer is 33 required to prove that these standards will be met, not just for the lowest impact developments, 34 but also for the highest impact developments that are permitted under the conditional zoning. 35 36 Kaila Mitchell read the following comments: 37 1 am part of Save Hillsborough. I have serious concerns about RTLP. After successfully 38 recruiting Medline to invest in a distribution center in the Buckhorn Economic Development 39 District last year, it is probably tempting to build on that success by approving what sounds like 40 a similar project. RTLP is proposed as a distribution center in the Hillsborough EDD, so what's 41 the big deal? 42 43 Unfortunately, the two projects couldn't be more different, and I want to quickly outline just a few 44 of the differences between Medline's "Project Tomorrow" and Barrister's RTLP. 45 46 Density- Medline is building a 1.2 million square foot distribution center on 172 acres. RTLP 47 would pack 2-4 times more building area into a smaller parcel (166 acres). 48 Zoning - Medline optioned land in the existing EDD. RTLP requires rezoning of a rural 49 residential tract.