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brother and sister-in-law up in DC, my sister-in-law is an Army doctor and was stationed at Walter Reed at the time. My 496 brother-in-law, like most brother in laws when you go visit them, had a project for me, which was to go into an empty 497 building and paint every wall in the place and move way too much furniture for an entire weekend. Full disclosure, my 498 brother-in-law is Joey Webb, he is going to be the director of West….Charter School. I saw him take that empty building 499 and turn it into a place that gave opportunities to kids that just didn’t have opportunities to learn and enrich their lives and 500 I saw him to get kids to take the AP exams that they would have never had access to. He sent this young girl to a 501 Harvard computer science course and put her on a pathway to a life that she would have never had without that school. I 502 saw him work with his community to have a symbiotic relationship where both the neighborhood and school could thrive 503 together. I think that this community having Joey Webb in it and starting this school is like winning the lottery. I spend a 504 lot of my time dedicating my life to serving this community, my sister-in-law has put her life in danger to serve our military 505 and worked so hard and I know that Joey Webb shares that same passion for his community. Thank you for coming here 506 a second night in a row and you have missed two bedtimes to be here, and I know a lot of parents have been in the 507 same situation and I don’t get a lot of bedtimes with my son, so thank you for taking the time. 508 509 Rob Minton: I live off of Lawrence Road in the Wyngate community and one thing I would like to add is that we had over 510 700 petitions against this project. In addition to that, the neighborhood I live in and have enjoyed all these years, is quiet. 511 This will be completely ripped apart with this project. They are talking about numbers anywhere from 800-1200 students. 512 The traffic congestion will be inconceivable, I don’t think you can really plan these things. The comments made about the 513 stress on wells is well taken. Unfortunately, as mentioned previously, I don’t hear any hydrogeologic study that has been 514 done at all. I also hear a lot of athletic enthusiasts and I am one. I love tennis and baseball as well. I just think it doesn’t 515 need to be in this area. Better sites would encompass at least 4 lanes, that would be more reasonable. This, with 2 516 lanes, just doesn’t make sense. With that, I appreciate the time that you have given me to say my piece but it is a big fat 517 no for me. 518 519 Linda Johnson: This is a personal issue for me, I live on Lawrence Road. I have lived here since 2008. I moved to this 520 community because I loved my house in Durham, but I could hear the highway cars. I jumped at an opportunity to buy a 521 house here when I found one. To be in a rural, quiet…..I am kind of a city girl but I loved it out here. Lawrence Road has 522 already gotten way busier. Two of my neighbors have both been hit on Lawrence Road pulling into their own driveway. 523 We have asked the police to park on Lawrence Road because in the mornings they could catch them speeding easily. It 524 is a safety concern for me. I feel like I can’t come up against lawyers and studies and this and that. I am a preschool 525 teacher so when I heard someone speaking the other night about the charter school and I heard all the things that he 526 said, I understand social, emotional and STEM, It’s what I do, it is what I do every single day. I agree and I love all that. I 527 was so excited, and I thought “I would love to work for him, I want to give him my number! He wants to do all the things 528 that I do.” What I don’t understand is why is it this parcel of land? They are trying to make it all rosy and fit an elephant 529 into a show box, when Orange County is huge. It seems like you would want to maintain the small-town city. We have a 530 Sportsplex probably not even a mile down the road from what they are proposing. They are talking about walking paths 531 and tennis and baseball and softball and pickleball and K-8 and High School in this little, tiny area. I would think you 532 would want somewhere further out. One of my concerns is that all of this seems too fast for me, too much of a sense of 533 urgency and I want to know why, why the sense of urgency? I just saw the signs go up less than a month ago on my 534 road. That was when I found out about all this. I don’t have time to read through all these studies to figure out if they are 535 correct or not. I am busy teaching my kids here in the community. 536 537 Jessica King: Lives on US 70A East. I can see the field from my back porch. In the mornings I go out and drink my coffee 538 and I can hear the birds in the trees and see the deer walk through. That is not going to be any longer. My concern is 539 that as I look at the map, my house is right at the parking lot. I don’t know of many parking lots that do not have lights. I 540 know we need baseball fields, I know we need tennis courts, I am not doubting that. But in this area, it is really small. 541 With us being on a well, we are worried that our wells are going to go dry. With the parking lot, it is a hard surface, when 542 it rains, where is that rain going to go? Is it going to be a problem for me now and will we have issues that we have never 543 had before? Our neighborhood is quiet and that is the way we would like to keep it. 544 545 Charlie Clouse- I have been a resident of Hillsborough for 22 years. I have been involved in a lot of situations helping out 546 community members that are in this room. I’ve volunteered for organizations and I understand what the developer is 547 trying to do but I think he is trying to back door us here. He said in the meeting on April 5, I believe, that we are good for 548 well water and septic and we know that is not the case. The state clearly brings it to order that if he gets approved, the 549 Town of Hillsborough will have to give them water and sewage. Mayor Weaver made a good case and it has been voted 550 14