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Approved 1/6/21 503 manufacturing, reducing and reusing first and then recycling? Do they comply with the industry's voluntary testing or is 504 there environmental concern combined to the petroleum storage and possible leakage? Point 4, the 24-hour noise and 505 light pollution would impact the nearby neighbors in a negative way. It's a known fact that constant and incessant noise can 506 lead to increased stress and anxiety which of you would want to live next to Buc-ee's? Are you really ok with telling the 507 concerns homeowners to just suck it up? Additionally, light pollution can wreak havoc across a broad range of animal 508 species often affecting hormone levels, breeding cycles, activity paths and vulnerability to predators. The human need to 509 have beef jerky or a Barbeque sandwich at 2 a.m.shouldn't be more important than caring for our environment. Point 5, 510 the amount of traffic that Buc-ee's hopes to draw will be disruptive to Efland, Hillsborough and perhaps even Mebane. 511 Maintenance of the surrounding roads will be left to our state and offset some of the tax revenue generated. Number 6, the 512 feel of the rural community will be forever lost. Buc-ee's is already insisting on heightened signs and reduced buffers as if 513 their sheer size isn't enough to let everybody know where they are. They are already dictating how business is to be done 514 in our neighborhood which doesn't sound like the cooperative business partner interested in enhancing the community it 515 want so inhabit. I oppose Buc-ee's for all these reasons. 516 517 Aimee Tattersall: Buc-ee's plans for Efland Station include 60 pumps stations and 120 nozzles for pumping gasoline. 1 518 come before you today to make the case that like it or not,gasoline will start being phased out over the next two decades in 519 favor of electricity which can be produced by several renewable resources such as solar,wind and biomass. If approved, it 520 will be two years into this decade before Buc-ee's is opens, at least. On October 23, 2020,the BBC aired this interview 521 entitled, Why BP is Betting Against Oil. BP's chief economist, Spencer Dale,warns that fossil fuel industry against 522 complacency about the speed of the coming transition to renewable energy. I implore you to listen to this 17 minute 523 interview before making any decisions about the wisdom of approving 120 gasoline nozzles in Efland. The link is in my 524 written report. The CEO of BP, Bernard Looney, said in the introduction of the interview that BP's goal is to become net 525 zero by 2050 or sooner and to help the world get to net zero. The carbon budget is finite and time is running out. Quoting 526 from the interview,the fossil fuel industry being too complacent about the speed of which renewable energy will disrupt their 527 business in next three decades, that's the contention of Spence Dale chief economist for BP and the extended interview 528 with BBC, Spencer Dale explains the thinking behind his company's plan to cut its own oil and gas production by 40% 529 before the end of this decade and it's not just about heading off the threat of catastrophic climate change, even in their 530 business as usual scenario,they expect to unprecedentedly fast shift towards solar,wind and biomass energy. Renewable 531 energy will penetrate the energy system more quickly than any fuel ever seen in history. 120 gasoline nozzles have a short 532 future in Efland but have the potential of long-term damage. Thank you listening. 533 534 Andrea Riley: I currently live on Brookhollow Road in Efland and I am definitely opposed to this change of the zoning. 1 535 cannot imagine a worse proposal for the Efland area. The first point I want to make is that under the MPD-CZ the site plan 536 is conceptual only for Buc-ee's. They have not committed to the second phase, it is all conceptual and at this point,there 537 will be no more consultation on future development with the Efland community or with elected officials if this is passed. 538 This will only allow for the change of the zoning and the zoning is conceptual only. There is no consequential proposal to 539 build anything except the 120 pump gas station so if you go ahead and ok this rezoning,you will not have any more input. 540 We will not have any more input and even the County Commissioners will not have any more input into what happens if 541 there is a Phase 2. It's very obvious that the sales people from Buc-ee's, Mr. Beard and the lawyer, Ms. Trahos, are 542 interested in promoting the interest of Buc-ee's.They are here to sell us a bill of goods basically. Do we trust this company 543 to give us straight information. This company has been involved in tax evaluation battles in Texas,their home state. 544 They've been involved in potentially illegal price fixing business practices with Alabama and this increase traffic 545 infrastructure cost due to the unforeseen traffic congestion has affected various communities. Please listen to the people 546 who came before me, do your research, go online, look at Voice4Efland and see all of the this information that is there for 547 you to read. They are not telling the truth about the impact that this development will have on this community. I am glad to 548 see I'm upsetting Mr. Beard because you're upsetting me. I don't want this proposal to go through and I hope that you 549 people vote against it. If it does go forward,there will be a lot of people going to the Orange County Commissioners trying 550 to stop this because this is not something this community wants or needs. One of the most important aspects of this is the 551 discharge that unqualified the underlying aquafer is going to be affected because of the extent of impervious surfaces. This 552 is all going to affect the underground water. It's going to affect the Seven Mile Creek and the Eno and the water that goes 553 to Hillsborough if there is any contamination that occurs, cleanup of the aquifer would be practically impossible and this is in 554 a region that has been required by the state to emulate critically unhealthy air quality resulting mainly from vehicle 555 emissions. We do not need gas stations. 556 557 Erica Cartmill: Hi everyone,when I was a child, I was completely obsessed with horses, animals and nature. In our home 558 in suburban Durham, I read books like Misty of Chincoteague and All Creature Great and Small about the deep relationship