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Patrick Byker spoke about the project and asked the Planning Board to recommend approval. 56 57 Statler Gilfillen: I have a question about something you just said…you said they will put turn lanes in within two years. 58 During that period, if the schools cause a great deal of congestion or traffic, we have a problem. 59 60 Adam Beeman: We need to wait until the end to ask questions. 61 62 Patrick Byker: I can answer that at the end but either way, it will be fixed. 63 64 Chair Adam Beeman read a public charge. 65 66 AGENDA ITEM 2: PUBLIC CHARGE 67 68 INTRODUCTION TO THE PUBLIC CHARGE 69 The Board of County Commissioners, under the authority of North Carolina General Statute, appoints 70 the Orange County Planning Board (OCPB) to uphold the written land development law of the County. 71 The general purpose of OCPB is to guide and accomplish coordinated and harmonious development. 72 OCPB shall do so in a manner, which considers the present and future needs of its citizens and 73 businesses through efficient and responsive process that contributes to and promotes the health, safety, 74 and welfare of the overall County. The OCPB will make every effort to uphold a vision of responsive 75 governance and quality public services during our deliberations, decisions, and recommendations. 76 77 PUBLIC CHARGE 78 The Planning Board pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The Board asks its citizens to 79 conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board and with fellow citizens. At 80 any time, should any member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this public charge, the Chair will 81 ask the offending member to leave the meeting until that individual regains personal control. Should 82 decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment 83 to this public charge is observed. 84 85 Please be kind to everyone. 86 87 Public Comment 88 89 Mark Zack: Lives in the Lawrence Road community. I have lived here for over 30 years and have seen Lawrence Road 90 become the de facto north/south thoroughfare on that side of Hillsborough. Although you’ve done a traffic study and 91 developers have proposed funding some improvements, I don’t think that they adequately address the impact on the 92 intersection of Old NC 10 and Lawrence Rd. I ask that after approval, the developer make improvements to that 93 intersection, namely installing a concrete median on Lawrence Rd. to control people making a left turn from Old NC 10 94 onto Lawrence Rd. This is a dangerous movement, those of us who head that way to Lawrence Rd. know that we often 95 have to avoid collisions with people making that turn onto that less than 90-degree intersection and cutting across our 96 lane of traffic. I ask for you to consider this one simple consideration we have before you give any approval for this 97 project. Thank you for your attention. 98 99 Rachel Hawkins: Lifelong resident of Orange County said that just this week, the superintendent of Orange County 100 Schools called me to say she wants to lock the tennis courts. There are 8 courts at the high school and if they are 101 locked, that would leave only 3 in the area for play. I am a tennis advocate for the community. Orange Tennis Club is 102 great, it has people playing tennis who have never thought about playing tennis. These courts are really nice and haven’t 103 been taken advantage of by people riding skateboards and bicycles, which the superintendent is concerned about. We 104 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 105 can’t play during the day because people at Orange use those courts. We are county taxpayers, and we should be able 106 to play. We hope to be able to play through Orange Tennis Club which will be on Lawrence Road. 107 108 Jim West: I live off 1801 Washington Drive. I’ve lived at my property since June of 1996, I bought the place when I was 109 25 years old. It’s the most beautiful place in Orange County if you ask me, just a wonderful community. Whenever 110 6