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19 DRAFT 661 store going there right now. It's just not necessary. It's like in my mind you look at CVS and Walgreens they go across 662 from each other,whatever happened to Rite Aid,we have a bunch of empty Rite Aid buildings because CVS and 663 Walgreens knocked them off and you've got AutoZone and all those guys next door they all want to be next to each 664 other and compete with each other but I just don't see this, it's not necessary there is not enough, they already said it 665 they have to reduce their parking spaces just because their numbers aren't going to hit the full parking spot. It's just not 666 necessary. It's reduncency upon reduncency and if there was a tire shop, heck you've got one down the street, a tire 667 shop,you don't need one of those. There's all sorts of better uses that I think we could put there and they'll hook onto 668 Efland Cedar Grove and run down Efland Cedar Grove to avoid 86 so they don't ever get any further than that and that's 669 what they are counting on. The catch is the out of state traffic running by and I understand the taxes but we turned down 670 Buc-ee's which was printing money and I don't see a Dollar Tree, a Family Dollar, is going to provide that much tax 671 money to justify a building that maybe 5 years down the road is abandoned and it's just sitting there as an eye sore. 1 672 don't know it might thrive who knows, there's too much reduncency there. We don't need a shopping mall up in the top 673 of the County and that's essentially what you're trying to provide is multiple choices. We have choices. 674 675 Statler Gilfillen: Would you like to make a motion one way or the other, I think we're at that point? 676 677 Adam Beeman: No. It's up to you guys, I can say I am against it but that's the only motion that we're at. 678 679 Statler Gilfillen: I think somebody has to do a motion. 680 681 Charity Kirk: Are we done with questions? 682 683 Beth Bronson: Anybody have questions? 684 685 Overlapping conversations 686 687 Adam Beeman: Does anyone else have any questions or concerns? 688 689 Lamar Proctor: Can I make a comment? I asked Planning about this and I'm looking at Appendix F and even if we're 690 trying to be consistent with the Future Land Use Map, this area the red circle is a Rural Industrial Activity Node, this is a 691 retail space which when I look at the Table of Permitted Uses, seems to suggest a zoning designation of LC-1 or NC-2 692 things that would allow for retail establishments. Under Appendix F,the Rural Industrial Activity Node suggests stuff that 693 falls more under 1-1 which is Light Industrial so I don't think that this is consistent with the Future Land Use Map and the 694 Comprehensive Plan because it is a use that would fall more under something that in the Future Land Use Map would be 695 Rural Community Activity Node or Rural Neighborhood Activity Node or a Commercial Transition Activity Node or CITAN 696 area. I don't think it's consistent with the Future Land Use Map and the uses that were anticipated under a Rural Industrial 697 Activity Node that it is cited as in that red circle. 698 699 Adam Beeman: I would say that I would prefer them not to take business away from the Farm and Garden store that just 700 reopened by the dump off of Walnut Grove they sell local Bison, beef, chicken, all sort of meat and fresh produce. That's 701 right down the street from where this proposal is so why would we want to put someone out of business or take people 702 away from that store that just came back after being burnt down and they are providing goods from the community where 703 they are selling local beef and meat and vegetables versus trucked in corn nibbles. 704 705 David Blankfard: Before you make a motion, are there any conditions that would change anybody's opinion? 706 707 Adam Beeman: Not mine. 708 709 Beth Bronson: Is this going to be sold to or is it going to be leased to? 710 711 Overlapping conversations 712 713 Doug Burr: We would be buying the 7 acres so he would still have the remaining. 714 715