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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It’s crazy. I could expect it from the lawyers in Raleigh who don’t care what happens here because they don’t live 556 here. They’re going to get this signed and they’re done they get their check but from our own Planning Board the 557 people who are supposed to protect the citizens of this county they are the ones who are selling us up the river. It’s 558 insane, it really is insane. That’s all I have to say. 559 560 David Blankfard: One thing, did you receive a letter from the planning department? 561 562 Jon Lorusso: No I did not. 563 564 Perdita Holtz: David as you can see there are 12 people with their hands up and it now 11 p.m. I don’t know if there 565 wants to be any discussion among the Planning Board on how to handle the rest of the meeting, what some options 566 might be. 567 568 Hunter Spitzer: I do recall that Michael had some comments that he wanted to make pertaining to us making 569 recommendation. So I would like to hear those at the very least before we move forward. 570 571 Michael Harvey: As I indicated, your abstract had suggested that the Board, if they felt comfortable, make a 572 recommendation in time for the County Commissioner’s September 15th hearing. Obviously the applicant will also 573 need to weigh in on this. As I see it, there’s a couple of different options and scenarios here. Through no fault of the 574 applicant, we got comments from the Department of Transportation on this project Friday, July 31st and again that is 575 not anything that staff or the applicant could control. The applicant has responded to the Department of 576 Transportation and we are waiting for a response to those comments. We’ve heard tonight from Planning Board 577 members related to potential conditions that you all would to see vetted before you make a final decision. We have 578 obviously heard some comments from the public and there’s going to be some additional comments as we continue 579 discussion. 580 581 So as I see it the Board technically has a couple of options. The Board could table any decision providing the 582 applicant with areas of specific focus that they want answers to, I’ve heard loud and clear and in my note the primary 583 concerns is traffic impact and more review of the DOT comments and the applicants responses and what DOT says 584 to some of the traffic concerns I’ve heard. So you could certainly delay any decision til or table the item until your next 585 regular meeting, which would be September 2nd to wait for that information. Craig and I have had a texting 586 discussion about this very topic over the last hour, you could identify areas where you have less concerns or you are 587 satisfied with the conditions and the applicant’s responses and identify specific conditions you’d like to see fleshed 588 out, you could adjourn this meeting to a date and time certain in a couple of weeks conceivably to revisit this 589 discussion or the Board could vote either to make a recommendation to approve or make a recommendation to deny 590 this evening. 591 592 I’m not trying to say you don’t have any of those options but staff was going to recommend was that we’re still waiting 593 on DOT to get us some documentation as is the applicant and hearing some of the discussion tonight, I think that 594 there is a comfort level lacking with the transportation component from staff, the applicant who is waiting on DOT and 595 you all and that might need some discussion. Whatever you all’s decision is, I would like to strongly urge you to 596 identify any specific areas of concern be it traffic, be it alternative energy conditions, whatnot so that the applicant 597 and staff have a clear understanding of what we need to be working on in the interim to provide you the feedback 598 you’re asking for so you can make an informed decision. If that makes sense and thank you Hunter for asking. 599 600 David Blankfard: So what does everybody have a concern with? 601 602 Adam Beeman: My biggest concern is I want to see whatever the DOT is come to them with and determine whatever 603 steps necessary to rectify, my biggest concern is coming off of the highway and right there at the highway. I am not 604 so concerned as Davis Road as much as the highway but that’s all part of the study so I’d like to see what DOT’s 605 response was. 606 607 Hunter Spitzer: I would like the applicant to consider removing access to Davis Road as they move forward with the 608 process cause I suspect that we will probably vote to delay at least until our Planning Board meeting and potentially 609 until we, until you end negotiations with the DOT. Conditionally, I would like a more concise proposal on electrical 610 15