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13 252 traded to someone else and now there are motocross bike paths. That was not clarified in any 253 of the documents. The front of the property became an agribusiness, and they allowed 254 weddings and concerts which brought a lot of traffic and music. My concern is the 70 acres of 255 common area. If there aren't good restrictions on that, the surrounding community may suffer. 256 The developer will have control of the land until it is turned over to the homeowners. The 257 developer talks about farming on that land, and he could go to the state and get a farming 258 exemption. This would make him exempt from all kinds of regulations. He could build buildings 259 without county building codes, he can do wedding venues, he can do music venues. What 1 260 would like to recommend is to put a conservation easement on the land and then have someone 261 else manage it like Triangle Land Conservancy. You could guide them to create the restrictions. 262 Orange County doesn't have a good track record.... 263 264 John Cates- I'm a neighbor and owner of a farm that has been in my family since the 1700's. 265 The Snipes and Kirks have been our neighbors for a long time. The farmers in the community 266 are good stewards of the land. I'm appreciative of the effort they have put into this, to protect the 267 rural agricultural landscape of the community. I am very much in support of this plan. When 1 268 drive through Wake County, and I see the backs of houses along the road on one side and 269 agricultural land on the other side. I'm thankful that this plan fits with Orange County and the 270 way we preserve land versus the way other counties around us do it. My hat is off to the 271 planning board and the job that you are doing. I think that any concerns that the neighbors have 272 are legitimate concerning conservation. I drink coffee in the morning and watch the sun come up 273 on the hill where they are going to put the houses. The farmers are great stewards of the land. 274 They have been caring for the land for a long time and the plan that these generations of 275 farmers have put into protecting our area is very much appreciated. 276 277 Ben Morgan- Dairyland Road resident, lifelong Orange County resident, I raise livestock on my 278 property and am also in law enforcement, as well as a firearms instructor and do training and 279 qualifications on my property. My concern is the noise and disturbance that I will generate for 280 the development and the other way around, the construction noise. The first time I heard about 281 this meeting was yesterday. I wish my wife could have come because she loves to speak. I wish 282 the developers or property owners had met with us about our concerns, I would have loved to 283 have purchased any amount of buffer area or been provided any sort of buffer from this 284 development. 285 286 Beth Muirhead- Neighbor &farm owner, I am concerned about one thing, the property, 287 especially part of the open spaces they've got,joins my property. I raise racehorses and grow 288 trees. I'm just concerned about the amount of human traffic this is going to be. It looks like if that 289 open space is right down to my property line, without a privacy fence there, it's going to look like 290 it is just open because it's busy down there. I've also been cautioned by the attorneys because 291 there is a lake down there and it is lovely. People do go down and swim down there without 292 permission. I've just found out that if a child goes down there and drowns in my lake, then I will 293 be responsible for it and will be the one that gets sued. It is a tremendous amount of concern to 294 me. I've already accepted that I'm going to have to put padlocks on the fences so that no one 295 goes in there and gets in trouble, but they can climb over the fence, that's a concern. My horses 296 are wonderful animals but I'm just concerned about dealing with traffic and I think that some 297 kind of delineation of the property line.....1 don't think I have the right to tell the Snipes what they 298 can and can't do with their property, I just want to protect where my property adjoins their 299 property....I don't want to have to put up "no trespassing or private property" signs, to me that's 300 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 301 everybody to be aware that there are other people that are worried about this same thing. 302