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Approved 4 - 5 - 23 931 going to be dangerous . There are still traffic accidents at Dodson ' s Crossroads even with a light there because of the 932 traffic flow . The other concerns that I have , if we' re going to get a national retailer in that space , is that national retailer 933 going to help the community and pay a living wage ? It seems like if we' re going to have that, a living wage is going to be 934 needed . Another question is , is the County , giving the retailer any kind of tax incentives to be there . I think . this would be 935 a concern . And we know that you don 't want to hear this , but over the course of the past few weeks when people hear 936 about the dollar store , they complain about what' s happening in Carrboro with the dollar store . They can 't keep their store 937 open . They don 't pay their employees enough to keep the doors open . The doors are always locked , They can 't keep the 938 doors open when they stock their shelves . If you look at next door neighbor, there ' s complaints about locking the doors 939 of that store , all the time . I have a friend who , several times , a month , she goes through dumpsters of the several dollar 940 stores in the county and she finds totally intact containers of goods that they throw away because they don 't have 941 enough space or whatever on their shelves and she pulls them and she gives it to women with children and she gives 942 them to churches and she also sells them in her garage sales too . Do we want something in our community that can 't 943 handle their inventory , so they add it to our landfill ? 944 Deanna Smith - Hi everyone , I ' m Deanna Smith . I live off of White Cross road . I appreciate your questions and insights . 945 so far that you all have asked in regard to this matter. From what I 've heard tonight , it's kind of opened my eyes to the 946 whole process of this and overall , I can say that I ' m mixed . I feel like Mr. Davis has the right as a taxpayer and a 947 landowner to do what he wants with his property, and I support his right to do what he feels is best for his own needs . At 948 the same time , I have a piece of property on White Cross Road that eventually , I would like to rezone and have a healing 949 center on , and if I ever make it that far in the process of planning and developing , I hope that I have some grace and 950 consideration from the community like y' all are giving him at this time . But I do have concerns for the impact on the 951 community and especially to Bravo ' s Market . Some of the things that haven 't, fully been said is their canned goods and 952 household staples , in addition to the local foods , they talked about, would take an impact from a retail store going in next 953 to them and competing with them . And they are a local member of the community . Another concern that I have that was 954 raised just because of Mr . Davis ' s comment that others have tried to purchase that property , but they haven 't been able 955 to meet the regulations and the guidelines . What are the hindrances to small businesses and other local people trying to 956 get that piece of property? What can we do as a community to try to help that out , and what can we do as a board that 957 might be able to help influence us to be able to get those other people that we do want in the community there instead of 958 a national chain store ? Finally , to piggyback on some of, I believe it was Miss Knapp ' s comments about the guidelines of 959 being compatible and harmonious with the community, there were some comments made basically knocking the look of 960 the surrounding buildings and steel buildings . That are the businesses of local hard -working members of the community 961 and in the vicinity of the place that they' re trying to get in that area and so to me , that doesn 't sound very harmonious to 962 the existing members of the community , they' re trying to work with . You know at the end of the day, it' s a Dollar General 963 that they' re trying to put in , not a Tiffany' s , so I don 't care what facade they put on it . The comments making it sound like 964 they are better than what' s already there in the community, are offensive and not very appreciated , so as a community 965 member, I would ask that you vote no for the rezoning of the property at this time . 966 967 Statler Gilfillen - Can I see a show of hands , how many people are against this project? Could you raise your hands ? How 968 many are undecided ? How many are in favor? 969 970 Kevin Reese. I am a 20 year resident of White Cross , born in Orange County . My son went to the Our House Preschool 971 that was located in the historic White Cross School . The economic heart of the community is Fiesta Grill and Bravo ' s 972 Market. A lot of us think of Mr . Bravo as the Mayor of White Cross . Whatever retail establishment that goes in there , is 973 going to harm those businesses whether it' s upscale or not . We don ' t want it and we don ' t need it . 974 975 Beth Bronson - I would like to ask Mr . Davis a question before the public hearing closes . Mr . Davis , when you purchased 976 the property in 1975 , you were not subject to any kind of zoning conditions , because they did not exist? 977 978 Vernon Davis. The zoning has changed several times since that time . It' s all for the good . Used to , it was more lenient . 979 It' s a little stricter now but it' s gotten so strict that it' s hard to meet all the regulations . I had been approached about 980 people buying but they couldn 't meet all the criteria . This person was able to meet all the rules and regulations that the 981 county imposed on them . 982 983 Beth Bronson - They had the facilities and the resources to meet all those . 984