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Approved & T23 55 Statler Gilfillen : I have a question about something you just said . . . you said they will put turn lanes in within two years . 56 During that period , if the schools cause a great deal of congestion or traffic , we have a problem . 57 58 Adam Beeman : We need to wait until the end to ask questions . 59 60 Patrick Byker : I can answer that at the end but either way , it will be fixed . 61 62 Chair Adam Beeman read a public charge . 63 64 AGENDA ITEM 2 : PUBLIC CHARGE 65 66 INTRODUCTION TO THE PUBLIC CHARGE 67 The Board of County Commissioners , under the authority of North Carolina General Statute , appoints 68 the Orange County Planning Board ( OCPB) to uphold the written land development law of the County . 69 The general purpose of OCPB is to guide and accomplish coordinated and harmonious development . 70 OCPB shall do so in a manner, which considers the present and future needs of its citizens and 71 businesses through efficient and responsive process that contributes to and promotes the health , safety, 72 and welfare of the overall County . The OCPB will make every effort to uphold a vision of responsive 73 governance and quality public services during our deliberations , decisions , and recommendations . 74 75 PUBLIC CHARGE 76 The Planning Board pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect . The Board asks its citizens to 77 conduct themselves in a respectful , courteous manner, both with the Board and with fellow citizens . At 78 any time , should any member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this public charge , the Chair will 79 ask the offending member to leave the meeting until that individual regains personal control . Should 80 decorum fail to be restored , the Chair will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment 81 to this public charge is observed . 82 83 Please be kind to everyone . 84 85 Public Comment 86 87 Mark Zack : Lives in the Lawrence Road community . I have lived here for over 30 years and have seen Lawrence Road 88 become the de facto north/south thoroughfare on that side of Hillsborough . Although you ' ve done a traffic study and 89 developers have proposed funding some improvements , I don 't think that they adequately address the impact on the 90 intersection of Old NC 10 and Lawrence Rd . I ask that after approval , the developer make improvements to that 91 intersection , namely installing a concrete median on Lawrence Rd . to control people making a left turn from Old NC 10 92 onto Lawrence Rd . This is a dangerous movement, those of us who head that way to Lawrence Rd . know that we often 93 have to avoid collisions with people making that turn onto that less than 90 -degree intersection and cutting across our 94 lane of traffic . I ask for you to consider this one simple consideration we have before you give any approval for this 95 project. Thank you for your attention . 96 97 Rachel Hawkins : Lifelong resident of Orange County said that just this week , the superintendent of Orange County 98 Schools called me to say she wants to lock the tennis courts . There are 8 courts at the high school and if they are 99 locked , that would leave only 3 in the area for play . I am a tennis advocate for the community . Orange Tennis Club is 100 great, it has people playing tennis who have never thought about playing tennis . These courts are really nice and haven 't 101 been taken advantage of by people riding skateboards and bicycles , which the superintendent is concerned about. We 102 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 103 can ' t play during the day because people at Orange use those courts . We are county taxpayers , and we should be able 104 to play . We hope to be able to play through Orange Tennis Club which will be on Lawrence Road . 105 106 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 107 25 years old . It' s the most beautiful place in Orange County if you ask me , just a wonderful community . Whenever 108 something happens to my community I want to make sure I know all the rest associated with the type of development 109 and also any type of safeguards that are applied that we may not be aware of. Whenever I hear about tennis courts ,