Minutes 09-01-2020 Virtual Business Meeting

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3 Orange County. She asked the Board to please leave the zoning as it is, and work within existing parameters, which the applicant should be willing to do if it he serious. She asked the BOCC to please not bulldoze the community's way of life. Sarah Shore stood in her back yard to show the land, which is under discussion. She welcomed the BOCC to visit her property. She said this land is residential, with little road traffic. She said she finds it very upsetting to hear an out of state developer is trying to change the land use. She asked the County to consider sensible development. She said she and her neighbors are not against development, but would like the reasons behind development to be seriously considered. She thanked the BOCC for listening. Jon Lorusso read the following comments: I am part of Save Hillsborough, a community organized effort in favor of harmonious development that benefits the community. Our group represents most of 1000 residences in the area whose homes are on either side of the following roads: Orange Grove Road on the west, Interstate 40 on the north, Arthur Minnis Road and New Home Church Road on the south, and Old 86 on the east. We are in favor of increasing local quality jobs and understand the need for increasing Orange County tax revenue. Tonight you will hear an overview of why we think the Research Triangle Logistics Park, as it's currently proposed, will be a detriment to the community. We ask that the commissioners please consider our concerns in making any decisions regarding the permitting and rezoning of the affected parcels. Orange County is known for its high standards, and when someone moves here, there's an expectation that they'll be afforded some level of protection from unsightly and disturbing developments. We expect that the strict county ordinances will shield us from excessive noise, pollution, and aesthetic aberrations. We ask that these strict ordinances be upheld without exception, and that the burden of proof should be placed upon the developers to ensure, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that these ordinances are strictly adhered to. Thus far, the developer has not done their due diligence in any of these matters --far from it! We urge the commissioners to postpone a vote on rezoning until the developers have proven that they will not be in violation of any Orange County ordinances. Furthermore, since a conditional zoning permit will allow for a wide range of development types, we request that the developer is required to prove that these standards will be met, not just for the lowest impact developments, but also for the highest impact developments that are permitted under the conditional zoning. Kaila Mitchell read the following comments: I am part of Save Hillsborough. I have serious concerns about RTLP. After successfully recruiting Medline to invest in a distribution center in the Buckhorn Economic Development District last year, it is probably tempting to build on that success by approving what sounds like a similar project. RTLP is proposed as a distribution center in the Hillsborough EDD, so what's the big deal? Unfortunately, the two projects couldn't be more different, and I want to quickly outline just a few of the differences between Medline's "Project Tomorrow" and Barrister's RTLP. Density- Medline is building a 1.2 million square foot distribution center on 172 acres. RTLP would pack 2-4 times more building area into a smaller parcel (166 acres). Zoning - Medline optioned land in the existing EDD. RTLP requires rezoning of a rural residential tract. Neighbors - Medline occupies land that is sparsely populated, and builds at a density that allows buffers. RTLP will build and pave within 250 feet of existing homes, and send all of its tractor trailers down a driveway within 100 feet of those homes.