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169 <br /> DRAFT <br /> 56 <br /> 57 Adam Beeman:We need to wait until the end to ask questions. <br /> 58 <br /> 59 Patrick Byker: I can answer that at the end but either way, it will be fixed. <br /> 60 <br /> 61 <br /> 62 **************************************************** <br /> 63 <br /> 64 Public Comment <br /> 65 <br /> 66 Mark Zack: Lives in the Lawrence Road community. I have lived here for over 30 years and have seen Lawrence Road <br /> 67 become the de facto north/south thoroughfare on that side of Hillsborough.Although you've done a traffic study and <br /> 68 developers have proposed funding some improvements, I don't think that they adequately address the impact on the <br /> 69 intersection of Old NC 10 and Lawrence Rd. I ask that after approval, the developer make improvements to that <br /> 70 intersection, namely installing a concrete median on Lawrence Rd. to control people making a left turn from Old NC 10 <br /> 71 onto Lawrence Rd. This is a dangerous movement,those of us who head that way to Lawrence Rd. know that we often <br /> 72 have to avoid collisions with people making that turn onto that less than 90-degree intersection and cutting across our <br /> 73 lane of traffic. I ask for you to consider this one simple consideration we have before you give any approval for this <br /> 74 project.Thank you for your attention. <br /> 75 <br /> 76 Rachel Hawkins: Lifelong resident of Orange County said that just this week,the superintendent of Orange County <br /> 77 Schools called me to say she wants to lock the tennis courts. There are 8 courts at the high school and if they are <br /> 78 locked,that would leave only 3 in the area for play. I am a tennis advocate for the community. Orange Tennis Club is <br /> 79 great, it has people playing tennis who have never thought about playing tennis. These courts are really nice and haven't <br /> 80 been taken advantage of by people riding skateboards and bicycles,which the superintendent is concerned about. We <br /> 81 are at a crossroads, if they lock the courts,we don't know where we will play on Sundays and after work.We know we <br /> 82 can't play during the day because people at Orange use those courts.We are county taxpayers, and we should be able <br /> 83 to play.We hope to be able to play through Orange Tennis Club which will be on Lawrence Road. <br /> 84 <br /> 85 Jim West: I live off 1801 Washington Drive. I've lived at my property since June of 1996, 1 bought the place when I was <br /> 86 25 years old. It's the most beautiful place in Orange County if you ask me,just a wonderful community.Whenever <br /> 87 something happens to my community I want to make sure I know all the rest associated with the type of development <br /> 88 and also any type of safeguards that are applied that we may not be aware of. Whenever I hear about tennis courts, <br /> 89 baseball fields.... I love baseball, I used to grow up watching my third cousin play for the Yankees. I think we need more <br /> 90 baseball fields and tennis courts. However, I do have concerns about the noise and I also have concerns about the <br /> 91 lights. I just want to make sure that if they are going to have baseball fields and tennis courts that they are going to have <br /> 92 proper safeguards, something to deflect the noise,whether it is trees or whatever. I just want to make sure that we are <br /> 93 aware that there is a community that is very peaceful and we get along very well together. It is a very diverse community <br /> 94 and we want to make sure that anyone that wants to join our community,fits in.Thank you so much. <br /> 95 <br /> 96 Marian Adamson: My family was drawn to Hillsborough by the lovely people and the great programs. We've bounced <br /> 97 around from various programs and now I have a son who does baseball at HYAA and my husband is an assistant coach. <br /> 98 1 have another son who does tennis with the Orange Tennis Club. He told me today that the good thing about tennis is <br /> 99 that it is a great sport for people who are not tall. It is really happy for me that he has finally found a sport that he is really <br /> 100 happy with but we've been working with one of their private coaches and it's been a struggle to get tennis court time. I <br /> 101 took my entire family Monday evening really late because it was the only time we could find available. I know that HYAA <br /> 102 is losing some of their fields and we really love that baseball program. On top of that, I have 4 children at the Expedition <br /> 103 School, a charter school in Hillsborough that will feed into Triangle West High School if it is able to have a location and <br /> 104 we have loved our charter school.The commitment of the people there to our students,the great teaching staff, my kids <br /> 105 have really flourished at this charter school.We need options for people of all locations and backgrounds to have places <br /> 106 to go to school, places that work really well for their children as this charter school has for me. I just wanted to say that <br /> 107 our family would be a huge proponent of this. It would mean that my children would be in the same area instead of <br /> 108 having to go to all different locations and driving all over,we would be in one place and that is a beautiful thing to add to <br /> 109 the community. I am so glad they are putting in these beautiful neighborhoods in Hillsborough and Orange County but <br />