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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Approved 9/2/2020 and it should be there to compensate we homeowners for a likely decrease in our home values. For example, I think 1006 my home’s probably worth around 275,000 dollars now, let’s say 3 years from now I try to sell my home and I’m only 1007 able to sell it 150.000 dollars, I think that the developer should pay 125,000 dollars, they should pay the difference in 1008 the deceased value of my home. I think that’s a very reasonable request, 1 million dollars held in escrow as a 150 1009 million dollar project, they should be required to compensate those of us that will be negatively impacted by this. 1010 Thank you. 1011 1012 Leslie Roberts: Thank you for taking my comments. I have two points that have not yet been brought up. These go 1013 back to the August 5th meeting. I was not able to speak at the end there, on the agenda notes from August 5th on 1014 page 258 there was an assessment from Christian Hirni and Peter Sandbeck from the DEAPR and they did a land 1015 conservation and cultural resource assessment but I noticed that was only done on parcel 1 and 2 and the Davis 1016 Road parcel is considered parcel 3. I have concerns about that not being done and if that can be done before this is 1017 moved forward with. There was identified to be part of a hard wood forest there that will be impacted and I think it’s 1018 important to know what else will be impacted in that third parcel. The 2nd point is where I live on Old 86 I can’t 1019 actually see light pollution on building that I cannot see at night and I think it would be nice to have that the lights that 1020 are put in both internally and externally at the site, if this goes through, be motion sensor lights. This is already in 1021 practice in perimeter parking Morrisville and I think it would be something that could really help reduce the light 1022 pollution for those of us that would have to see this at night. Thank you for your time. 1023 1024 Payton Rose: I appreciate your time, my husband and I own the historic Davis Farm just a mile down Davis Road. 1025 The heritage that Davis Road was named after. I’m sure you are all aware that this area is surrounded by historic 1026 farms well over 200 and 300 years old as others have brought up. Our main concern has not been brought up yet is 1027 the allowable use of light manufacturing; I’ve spent the last 10 years in global apparel development from private 1028 companies to a multibillion-dollar corporation. I know what apparel manufacturing looks like and its potential hazards 1029 to our environment. I appreciate that the applicant has provided a list for light manufacturing that will not be allowed 1030 however, the space for allowable businesses is wide. There are no protections in place, I urge you to consider that 1031 many of us in the Rural Buffer have private wells that we water our crops with, that we feed our families with, that we 1032 drink. I do not see any protections in place that protect us against any non-recycling of water, wastewater treatment 1033 or closed loop pollution systems. It’s nothing that any of us could protect without knowing the specific tenants going 1034 into these spaces and exactly what they will be manufacturing. If the County votes to go ahead with this then we 1035 propose that light manufacturing is prohibited all together or that strict rules are put into place to make sure that our 1036 land, that our water aquafers will not be polluted. Thanks for your time. 1037 1038 Margo Lakin: Hello, thank you to the Board, I’m Margo Lakin and I am 100% for intelligent sustainable economic 1039 development that truly helps the people of Hillsborough. RTLP is a boondoggle with a dangling carrot of job creation 1040 to grease the wheels. With 250 parking spaces in the proposal, I’m going to be generous and assume that all 250 1041 represent jobs. If the facility runs 24/7 that’s 250 times three shifts for a grand total of 750. 750 jobs for a 2.5 million 1042 sq. ft. facility that doesn’t add up. Logistics in the title, I’m also assuming the purpose will also be a warehousing 1043 supply chain fulfillment center on a massive scale. Jobs in this sector are moving toward automation which would 1044 explain the low number of humans in relation to the square footage. These position tend to be low paying, lackluster 1045 benefits, little career advancement and high turnover. With at least ten empty warehouses totaling over 1.1 million sq. 1046 ft. laying empty just 13 miles west, why is this being built on speculation. I question if it is speculation, in the minutes 1047 from August 5th, Michael Birch, when responding to a question of electrical fleet management on the site said “our 1048 sense is that something like that or having that available will be driven by the end user, a particular end user that we 1049 don’t have in mind right now or don’t have at the table” so who do you have at the table? I find it hard to believe that 1050 Barrister is investing over 150 million dollars to build a 2.5 million sq. ft. industrial park with no client interest. Is there 1051 a client and Barrister isn’t being transparent? Or is this site being prepped to be sold as a shovel ready package to a 1052 bigger entity like Amazon? High profile logistic centers like Amazon and UPS typically come with the demand on the 1053 local government for massive incentive packages that equate to years of tax breaks on the backs of the taxpayers 1054 like us with minimum job growth. I see no evidence of RTLP improving Hillsborough’s job market or tax base in direct 1055 relation to the square footage it will occupy and the negative impact it will bring to Hillsborough once those 180 acres 1056 are destroyed to build this, we’re stuck with it, we can’t easily repurpose or reconfigure that footprint for businesses 1057 that are sustainable, that are better suited for the area, that are more in line with Hillsborough’s values. There are 1058 better ways to develop that land for economic growth. Please let’s investigate them together. Do not recommend 1059 that this project move forward. Thank you for your time. 1060 1061 37