Agenda - 10-06-20; 6-c - Zoning Atlas Amendment – Master Plan Development Conditional Zoning District (MPD-CZ) for the Research Triangle Logistics Park (RTLP)

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are opposed to this proposed change. Having said all that this community is not opposed to intelligent development. 500 That’s in sync, that somehow aligns with some of the goals of this community, which is to have a nice place to live, a 501 Rural Buffer. Now Steve Kaufmann had an intention to build a school and he’s going to get that zoning returned to 502 him so he can do that. That’s an example of the kind of development that we can support as a community not a 503 warehouse. Come on guys think about it. In closing I would just like to say we are totally opposed to an access road, 504 as I mentioned, the number of trips on this road are going to be drastically increased. The size of the vehicles are 505 going to be on this road which is Davis Road are going to be drastically changed. Planning Board will you think 506 about what you are deciding on, you work for us. That’s the end of my comments. Thank you. 507 508 Joseph Shore: Hi everyone my name is Joseph Shore, I live on Old 86 between Davis and 40 most of the 509 conversation tonight has been about the effect on 40 but this going to completely alter my life and I can’t emphasize 510 that enough. If it’s impossible to get out of my driveway with 300 cars during rush hour as the traffic engineer 511 mentioned and you double that it means cars are going to be coming by my driveway every 5 to 6 seconds, 18 512 wheels are going to be coming by every 5 to 6 seconds. That will literally make my property worthless because I 513 won’t be able to access my own home anymore I won’t be able to get to work or I’ll have to stay in my travel lane for I 514 don’t even know how long to try to get in and out. There’s a preschool right down the road, there’s a preschool by 515 the corner of Davis and Old 86. I can’t imagine trying to be a parent to drop off my 3 or 4 year old there when there’s 516 18-wheelers coming by every 10 seconds or 5 seconds. Just imagine the traffic trying to turn in and out of the 517 preschool in the morning. To the previous gentleman’s quoting, we aren’t opposed to development but this is the 518 absolutely wrong thing for this area. I can’t emphasize that enough this is a residential area. In the 1980s when this 519 plan was originally developed, my house was a cow pasture so sure put a warehouse there it doesn’t matter to them 520 but things have changed dramatically, it doesn’t make sense to have this development here any longer so Planning 521 Board please hear me I’m begging you, oppose this. Please don’t make my family collateral damage from this 522 economic development building. 523 524 Jon Lorusso: Hello, it’s quite late thank you for giving me a chance to speak. I wrote down a few notes of what I’d 525 like to say before I get to them I just want to agree with previous speaker this really does come down to a 40 year old 526 plan that is no longer relevant and yet the Planning Board feels that they need to stick with it because it’s on the 527 books so we might as well, I’m almost tempted to say that there is some kind of conspiracy going on some kickbacks 528 because there really, this is the Planning Board, you are supposed to plan for the communities and the people who 529 live here. Not for out of state businesses, not for lawyers in Raleigh this is for the people, you work for us the people 530 who live here. Yes, the people here need jobs but not at the expense of their fellow citizens, this is absurd. So just 531 to go through a few points. The traffic engineer mentioned that is would be up to the individual truck drivers whether 532 or not they took 40 west to get to 85 north that’s absurd no one would ever do that. People who live here know that 533 you wouldn’t do that, you are obviously going to take Churton to get 85 north. We’ve already had, the Planning 534 Board has a plan in action to extend 70 from Orange Grove because of already existing traffic issues. They already 535 exist the traffic issues this is going to make it so much worse and yet are we planning or are we reacting. We’re going 536 to allow this to be built and then react later on. We’ll figure it out 20 years from now when people are fed up. So, this 537 neighborhood, one if the improvement that Mr. Birch mentioned was oh we get a traffic signal at the end of Davis 538 Road and all we have to do it to get it is build a 2.1 million square foot warehouse inside of our neighborhood. Great 539 thanks a lot thank you for that wonderful improvement. The left only sign coming out of the place onto Davis Road, 540 are there any laws that, is there going to be a cop stationed there and if they make a right are they subject to a 541 summons? A ticket? No, it’s really just up to the individual driver if they see that the traffic is backed up to the light 542 on Old 86 you know maybe I’ll just make a right and take Orange Grove up or maybe I’ll make a left on Orange 543 Grove and go down to Arthur Minnis, who cares right? Who cares about the people who live here, who cares. 200 544 vehicles per hour additional on Davis Road that is absurd an average tractor-trailer is 72 feet. How many tractor-545 trailers can fit between Old 86 and 1000 foot entrance on Davis Road? I don’t know what the math is divide 1000 by 546 72 it’s somewhere around 14. If you have 200 per hour, it sounds to me like it’s going to get backed up. It sounds to 547 me like there’s a lot of conjecture, a lot of estimates based on businesses that we don’t even know what kind of traffic 548 they’ll have. I think Michael Birch again that the primary use is indoor yet he doesn’t actually know what kind of 549 business is going to be there. How does he know they’re going to be indoor? They’re asking for approval when 550 they’re still back and forth with NCDOT how can you approve something when thinks haven’t even been settled? We 551 are not talking about little things; we’re talking about huge changes. Oh, the traffic is backed up on 40 west, on the 552 40 east who cares if there’s an ambulance that can’t get to the hospital, who cares right? It’s all at the expense of 553 business, who cares, who cares if people are backed up on the highway, who cares? I mean this is absurd; it’s 554 absurd that our Planning Board the people who are supposed to plan this are the ones that are selling up the river. 555 14