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22 876 accustomed to doing what DOT requires us to do. If they said we needed to install a turn lane or a stoplight,we'd have to 877 do that.All that was required of us was to...I know you brought up the idea of the right turn lane a couple of times, it's not 878 on 54, I just wanted to be clear, it's on White Cross Rd.,for the stacking, so the cars don't stack up into the highway. 879 880 Beth Bronson-To be clear,there's already a right-hand turn lane on 54 to get into White Cross... 881 882 George Barnes- Right. 883 884 Beth Bronson-So you would be going from one right hand turn lane to a right-hand turn lane to get into the 885 establishment? 886 887 George Barnes-Yes. 888 889 Beth Bronson- I think I'm clarifying that the right-hand turn lane that exists already on 54 is not even 100 feet. So,the 890 one that's being required for the retail space that needs 34 parking spots versus the highway that services over 2,000 891 cars at peak, only has a 50-foot right hand turn lane. 892 893 Charity Kirk-What would you suggest? Do you have a suggestion? 894 895 Beth Bronson-To the point of the previous public comment of understanding better what our comprehensive plan is 896 going to be for how 54 is going to be developed. How the intersection for a rural activity node is going to be developed. I 897 have issues with the existing assessment of what is necessary and what the requirements are I think, Yeah. does that 898 make sense? 899 900 Charity Kirk-You're suggesting to table this, until 54 is reviewed or are you suggesting they add a stoplight? 901 902 Delores Bailey-Point of order, did we finish the public comments? 903 Overlapping conversations 904 905 Adam Beeman-He was the last person to speak. 906 Overlapping conversations-loud murmurs from the audience. 907 Beth Bronson- I apologize, I wanted to make sure that I was asking the applicant a question... 908 Overlapping conversations 909 910 John Cecil- I have been a resident of White Cross for 52 years. I grew up there, it's my home, I'm not against 911 development, I feel like the retail establishment that is being planned there is going to service a totally different 912 demographic of our community than what is existing and being served by Bravo's Market. I shop at Bravo's Market, I will 913 continue to shop at Bravo's Market for those fresh goods. I haven't been in a retail establishment like the one that's 914 being planned for there,that sells those types of retail goods.Will it take some away from some of the convenience 915 stores? I'm certain it will. From the local establishment such as Bravo's Market, it's two totally different demographics 916 that it's going to serve. 917 918 Charity Kirk-So are you for it or against it? 919 920 John Cecil- I am for rezoning for a retail establishment. 921 922 Susan Walser-Hi I'm Susan Walser and I too have concerns about the traffic. I use the stoplight at Dodson's Crossroads 923 on 54 all the time and it's an uncomfortable situation. I don't go into that intersection even though I have a green light, 924 because people disobey the red light on 54.Twice, people have blown through the red light when I've gotten partially into 925 that intersection. So, 54 is not a safe road and with the increased traffic,that's coming from between Chapel Hill and 926 Alamance County all the time, it's a concern. I'm concerned if I go to Fiesta Grill and turn left to go back home if it's 927 during rush hour. It can take an awful long time to get out of there with people coming and going and if people are going 928 to turn left out of White Cross to go back west when through with their shopping at a retail establishment, I can't imagine 929 the backup of traffic that can happen. If they don't have a reasonable way to turn, I think there needs to be a stop light at 930 White Cross. If a retail establishment is going to get approved there is going to be one needed, otherwise, I think it's