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Approved 6 - 7 - 23 494 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 495 building and paint every wall in the place and move way too much furniture for an entire weekend . Full disclosure , my 496 brother- in - law is Joey Webb , he is going to be the director of West . . . . Charter School . I saw him take that empty building 497 and turn it into a place that gave opportunities to kids that just didn ' t have opportunities to learn and enrich their lives and 498 1 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 499 Harvard computer science course and put her on a pathway to a life that she would have never had without that school . 1 500 saw him work with his community to have a symbiotic relationship where both the neighborhood and school could thrive 501 together. I think that this community having Joey Webb in it and starting this school is like winning the lottery . I spend a 502 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 503 and worked so hard and I know that Joey Webb shares that same passion for his community . Thank you for coming here 504 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 505 same situation and I don ' t get a lot of bedtimes with my son , so thank you for taking the time . 506 507 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 508 700 petitions against this project . In addition to that, the neighborhood I live in and have enjoyed all these years , is quiet . 509 This will be completely ripped apart with this project . They are talking about numbers anywhere from 800- 1200 students . 510 The traffic congestion will be inconceivable , I don 't think you can really plan these things . The comments made about the 511 stress on wells is well taken . Unfortunately , as mentioned previously, I don 't hear any hydrogeologic study that has been 512 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 513 need to be in this area . Better sites would encompass at least 4 lanes , that would be more reasonable . This , with 2 514 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 515 no for me . 516 517 Linda Johnson : This is a personal issue for me , I live on Lawrence Road . I have lived here since 2008 . 1 moved to this 518 community because I loved my house in Durham , but I could hear the highway cars . I jumped at an opportunity to buy a 519 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 520 already gotten way busier. Two of my neighbors have both been hit on Lawrence Road pulling into their own driveway . 521 We have asked the police to park on Lawrence Road because in the mornings they could catch them speeding easily . It 522 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 523 teacher so when I heard someone speaking the other night about the charter school and I heard all the things that he 524 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 . 1 525 was so excited , and I thought " I would love to work for him , I want to give him my numberl He wants to do all the things 526 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 527 into a show box , when Orange County is huge . It seems like you would want to maintain the small -town city . We have a 528 Sportsplex probably not even a mile down the road from what they are proposing . They are talking about walking paths 529 and tennis and baseball and softball and pickleball and K- 8 and High School in this little , tiny area . I would think you 530 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 531 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 532 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 533 correct or not . I am busy teaching my kids here in the community . 534 535 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 536 and I can hear the birds in the trees and see the deer walk through . That is not going 10 be any longer. My concern is 537 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 . 538 know we need baseball fields , I know we need tennis courts , I am not doubting that . But in this area , it is really small . 539 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 540 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 541 had before? Our neighborhood is quiet and that is the way we would like to keep it . 542 543 Charlie Clouse- I have been a resident of Hillsborough for 22 years . I have been involved in a lot of situations helping out 544 community members that are in this room . I ' ve volunteered for organizations and I understand what the developer is 545 trying to do but I think he is trying to back door us here . He said in the meeting on April 5 , 1 believe , that we are good for 546 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 547 Town of Hillsborough will have to give them water and sewage . Mayor Weaver made a good case and it has been voted 548 down many times and I just want you to take that into consideration . I think her words were heartfelt from the community .