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171 <br /> DRAFT <br /> 985 David Blankfard- I make a motion that we ask the applicant to extend or respond... <br /> 986 <br /> 987 Bob Hornik-We are willing to do it if NCDOT says okay because ultimately it is a DOT highway. If NCDOT says it is all <br /> 988 right to do that or wants us to do that,we are willing to do it. <br /> 989 <br /> 990 Beth Bronson-You are willing to fund the construction? <br /> 991 <br /> 992 Bob Hornik-Yes, ultimately our contractor probably does the work... <br /> 993 <br /> 994 Beth Bronson-So if the DOT says of course, you can do it, that would be sufficient for you to make that change. <br /> 995 <br /> 996 Bob Hornik- If they approve the design for the 100-foot additional turning lane,we will build it. <br /> 997 <br /> 998 Beth Bronson-Would that require resubmission of a site plan? <br /> 999 <br /> 1000 Bob Hornik- If you made it a condition and then we'd have to amend the site plan, the staff could probably approve that <br /> 1001 to show compliance with the condition. <br /> 1002 <br /> 1003 Cy Stober-That condition at this point would be pending DOT approval. It would be a note on the site plan, turn lane to <br /> 1004 be extended 100 feet, pending DOT approval. <br /> 1005 <br /> 1006 Beth Bronson-So the approval would not actually make a difference if the DOT said no? <br /> 1007 <br /> 1008 Cy Stober-Yes, correct. Ultimately its their land. <br /> 1009 <br /> 1010 Adam Beeman-Any other questions or concerns? <br /> 1011 <br /> 1012 Statler Gilfillen- I have 4 points here. I've tried to capsulize what I've been hearing all evening. I see this and it's the <br /> 1013 same thing when they came before us before.This is a small scale, local community, there are businesses there, like the <br /> 1014 market that sells the local produce,that could be put out of business.That affects the local community. Item 2, this <br /> 1015 proposal as I see it, does not prove that it meets the immediate community needs. Same issue before,today I haven't <br /> 1016 seen any change in that actually presented to me. The 3rd issue, I see an incompatibility with the historic architecture, <br /> 1017 which has since come out in the proposal for the scale of local buildings to what they're trying to add into the community. <br /> 1018 It affects the urban fabric of the community and as such, I appreciate what the engineers and everybody has done <br /> 1019 because there's a substantial cost. I know how much these costs are as an architect that this proposal does substantially <br /> 1020 improve the details it expands on many things, answers,the building questions of how you would get it construction, but <br /> 1021 it does nothing to change,why we voted on this several months ago? I'm not seeing anything, I'm hearing a community <br /> 1022 that this is an incompatible project being thrust in their community, and it's basically the same thing they brought to us <br /> 1023 before. <br /> 1024 <br /> 1025 Adam Beeman-One was conventional, this one's conditional,that's 2 different things. <br /> 1026 <br /> 1027 Overlapping conversation <br /> 1028 <br /> 1029 Statler Gilfillen- ...The question is, I'm not sure the issues from the first time, how it affects the community itself, that <br /> 1030 there was objection to,were really answered.All I saw was the engineering and the architectural information, all of the <br /> 1031 traffic information, yes, that was provided to us tonight, that's good. It would have been nice to see the first time, but I'm <br /> 1032 not sure as a member of this board, I've seen anything presented tonight that would change the justification of what our <br /> 1033 vote was before. <br /> 1034 <br /> 1035 Randy- If there are no other comments, I'm prepared to make a motion. <br /> 1036 <br /> 1037 MOTION BY Randy Marshall to recommend approval of the Statement of Consistency indicating the amendment is <br /> 1038 reasonable and in the public interest and the proposed zoning atlas amendment ordinance. <br /> 1039 <br />