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190 <br /> 204 John Cates- I'm a neighbor and owner of a farm that has been in my family since the 1700's. <br /> 205 The Snipes and Kirks have been our neighbors for a long time. The farmers in the community <br /> 206 are good stewards of the land. I'm appreciative of the effort they have put into this, to protect the <br /> 207 rural agricultural landscape of the community. I am very much in support of this plan. When 1 <br /> 208 drive through Wake County, and I see the backs of houses along the road on one side and <br /> 209 agricultural land on the other side. I'm thankful that this plan fits with Orange County and the <br /> 210 way we preserve land versus the way other counties around us do it. My hat is off to the <br /> 211 planning board and the job that you are doing. I think that any concerns that the neighbors have <br /> 212 are legitimate concerning conservation. I drink coffee in the morning and watch the sun come up <br /> 213 on the hill where they are going to put the houses. The farmers are great stewards of the land. <br /> 214 They have been caring for the land for a long time and the plan that these generations of <br /> 215 farmers have put into protecting our area is very much appreciated. <br /> 216 <br /> 217 Ben Morgan- Dairyland Road resident, lifelong Orange County resident, I raise livestock on my <br /> 218 property and am also in law enforcement, as well as a firearms instructor and do training and <br /> 219 qualifications on my property. My concern is the noise and disturbance that I will generate for <br /> 220 the development and the other way around, the construction noise. The first time I heard about <br /> 221 this meeting was yesterday. I wish my wife could have come because she loves to speak. I wish <br /> 222 the developers or property owners had met with us about our concerns, I would have loved to <br /> 223 have purchased any amount of buffer area or been provided any sort of buffer from this <br /> 224 development. <br /> 225 <br /> 226 Beth Muirhead- Neighbor&farm owner, I am concerned about one thing, the property, <br /> 227 especially part of the open spaces they've got, joins my property. I raise racehorses and grow <br /> 228 trees. I'm just concerned about the amount of human traffic this is going to be. It looks like if that <br /> 229 open space is right down to my property line, without a privacy fence there, it's going to look like <br /> 230 it is just open because it's busy down there. I've also been cautioned by the attorneys because <br /> 231 there is a lake down there and it is lovely. People do go down and swim down there without <br /> 232 permission. I've just found out that if a child goes down there and drowns in my lake, then I will <br /> 233 be responsible for it and will be the one that gets sued. It is a tremendous amount of concern to <br /> 234 me. I've already accepted that I'm going to have to put padlocks on the fences so that no one <br /> 235 goes in there and gets in trouble, but they can climb over the fence, that's a concern. My horses <br /> 236 are wonderful animals but I'm just concerned about dealing with traffic and I think that some <br /> 237 kind of delineation of the property line.....I don't think I have the right to tell the Snipes what they <br /> 238 can and can't do with their property, I just want to protect where my property adjoins their <br /> 239 property....I don't want to have to put up "no trespassing or private property" signs, to me that's <br /> 240 not very friendly but I'm told that if I don't do that, it's going to be worse. I would just like for <br /> 241 everybody to be aware that there are other people that are worried about this same thing. <br /> 242 <br /> 243 Adam Beeman- Would you like to respond to the question she had about the fencing? <br /> 244 <br /> 245 Keith Brown- I appreciate your concerns, we will put a fence across there at your property line <br /> 246 and put "no trespassing" signs on it. I've been there and seen your pond and lake and it's quite <br /> 247 beautiful. I agree that it would be an attraction for a small kid, and I think that we should take <br /> 248 precautions in that. I would also take the same attitude that is a part of our community that if <br /> 249 they have reservations about anything, we are open to discussing and making sure that their <br /> 250 needs are addressed, and their worries are abated by the cooperation that we would have as a <br /> 251 good neighbor. <br /> 252 <br /> 253 Melissa Poole- What about people buying the property and the concerns from the gentleman <br /> 254 who teaches firearm training? Are you going to make people aware? <br />