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 1230 Dana Brinson: My name is Dana Brinson and I live in rural Hillsborough off of Dodson’s Crossroads. I’m about 10 1231 minutes’ drive from the proposed development. I wanted to thank the residents on Davis and Old 86 for their 1232 thorough questioning of this project. An analysis of the concerns related to potential noise, air and water pollutions, 1233 traffic concerns and protecting the Rural Buffer. I wanted to share my voice and that of many of my neighbors here in 1234 Rider’s Trail who stand with all who have spoken tonight about these serious concerns. I want to state clearly that 1235 this is not just a not in my back yard issue but a serious concern for all of Hillsborough and greater Orange County. 1236 Thank you. 1237 1238 Ashley Lorusso: My name is Ashley Lorusso, I live on Davis Road about two miles west of the proposed 1239 development. I am just calling in tonight to voice my opposition to the development. This is going a severe impact, 1240 not only on Davis Road, but on the surrounding community well beyond Davis Road, well beyond surrounding 1241 community, well beyond the intersection of Davis Road and Old 86, into Hillsborough and Chapel Hill. It has not 1242 been thoroughly vetted there are plenty of options that would explore further for development in this area and come 1243 to a conclusion that is much more suitable and harmonious for this area and the community. Thank you for your 1244 time. 1245 1246 Jesse Kaufmann: I agree with everyone who has spoke against this tonight. I want to add on to what they’ve said, I 1247 want to throw in small remark because I heard Adam say that he came down on Davis Road and checked it out and 1248 also, said he couldn’t see why a truck would want to take a right on Davis Road because they want to get on 40 as 1249 quick as possible which would make sense unless he lived on Davis Road which makes no sense to me because I 1250 actually go the back way if I want to go to the Tanger Outlets for example, I don’t go to Davis Road to Old 86 to 40, I 1251 go what I call the back way which I consider quicker through all these country roads and especially Davis to Orange 1252 Grove to Dimmicks Mill to then Ben Johnson Road gets you right to 40 and 85 very fast all through these beautiful 1253 country roads. I just wanted to throw that out to you. Thank you very much. 1254 1255 Amanda Shakhloul: I want to give my mom permission to speak for me, I agree with whatever my Mom’s going to 1256 say. My mom lives in this area too. Yes, my name is Vicky Riley Berry, I’m 65 just like Gerald Scarlett we all grew 1257 up together here on Old 86. I’m a Hillsborough native and I just retired from Duke North University Hospital as an 1258 RN, BSN and I have several issues. I am heavily, heavily concerned with my husband, Ricky Berry and my 1259 daughter, Amanda Berry Shakhloul and her daughter and she’s going to have a baby in a month. I am concerned 1260 about the destruction of life and many people may end up suffering with a lot of unnecessary cancerous diseases. 1261 We do want to preserve our very quiet, peaceful and clean living here. We do have a spring {inaudible} that is joining 1262 about 100 feet from the service road right here at I-40 and on up we have our own well and this was my childhood 1263 farmhouse that I grew up and lived. I know every inch and every piece of the woods here on Old 86 being a child 1264 here. I am concerned about noise pollution, the high decibel pitch sounds that can cause severe deafness and air 1265 pollution is not going to help the global warming situation either. All these warehouses that heaven knows there 1266 could 1000s of chemicals stored in them or nothing at all and because of the industry proposal, soil and water 1267 contamination, increased toxic, all kinds of horrible things that are in the soils that can cause a destruction and even 1268 animals, cats, dogs, lowercase animals, insects everything that’s necessary to the ecology of life too. All these 1269 diverse cultural residents that are my friends that I went to school with, I work with for many years, everyone all of us 1270 can be {inaudible} affected because of this noise, air, the large trucks carrying all this horrible toxic products that in 1271 their trucks through the Town of Hillsborough. 1272 1273 David Blankfard: All right, are there any questions or comments or further from the Board? 1274 1275 Randy Marshall: I’ll make some comments, first I’d like to say we’ve heard from about 60 folks over 2 different nights 1276 of hearing testimony and I want to tell people we appreciate them sharing the information with us and certainly 1277 understand and appreciate them sharing their concerns. Just a personal note, I’ve been in Orange County as a 1278 resident for about 50 years and in the time, I’ve been in Orange County there have been pressing concerns that have 1279 continually come before the governments in Orange County. One is that taxes are too high and the other is we don’t 1280 have enough money for the schools. The Economic Development Districts have created, decades ago, to encourage 1281 commercial development in Orange County away from Chapel Hill and Carrboro who seem to take and send any 1282 proposal for economic development to Durham or Chatham County. Walmart went to Chatham County, Lowes went 1283 to Durham and there are numerous others that were not able to get a foot in the door in Orange County. These 1284 Economic Development Districts were created to provide commercial tax base, provide jobs and they were set up 1285 41