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<br /> 220 tournaments and ongoing leagues . That is another issue in this tight area . As one of the members of the public said ,
<br /> 221 " They are trying to pack an elephant into a closet here . " Those are the reasons why I am opposing this .
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<br /> 223 Elizabeth Kalies : I am also new to the board and not even sure if I am supposed to say something here about how I feel
<br /> 224 about this , but I am happy to . I have been very torn the whole time as well and agree that there are some good things
<br /> 225 about this plan . It could be the wrong spot . Every time someone speaks , they nearly change my mind again but what
<br /> 226 keep going back to is that the town of Hillsborough , the mayor, and the planning board were all of the same opinion that
<br /> 227 they do not approve the plan , so I am going to trust local judgment on this .
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<br /> 229 Delores Bailey : Good evening , great notes from last time , thank you for sending those to me . I listened and read all of
<br /> 230 what we went through last time . I thought it was a very thorough discussion of this project . I am going to not agree . I do
<br /> 231 not like the project . My main cause is the Hillsborough board coming to us and explaining to us that it did not fit into what
<br /> 232 they were planning . That troubles me . The piece about the water still bothers me . Where are you going to get the water
<br /> 233 from ? You don ' t need the water; it can be wells , . that concerns me . One of the comments from the notes that I read that
<br /> 234 there were plans on here for a lower school but that' s not what we are voting on . We are voting on the high school and
<br /> 235 the lower school is going to get rolled into whatever happens . I believe there was a question about whether we get to talk
<br /> 236 about the lower school and the answer was " no , we don ' t get to talk about the lower school . " For those reasons , that' s
<br /> 237 unclear to me , and I don ' t think that' s a correct way to present this . I ' d like to know that we could discuss the lower
<br /> 238 school and what' s going to happen after the high school gets put there . My vote at this time would be no .
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<br /> 240 Whitney Watson : I sort of started this off last time we met, asking us to consider the community and rural character of
<br /> 241 that area . That is one of the land use goals , it' s number 3 . We are supposed to consider whether this preserves that
<br /> 242 character or not, whether it minimizes land use conflicts and is supported by an efficient and balanced transportation
<br /> 243 system . I think what we ' ve heard is that, yes , it would become a destination , but it becomes a destination for
<br /> 244 automobiles . There' s not a transportation system that the average member of the county could avail themselves of to get
<br /> 245 to this site . There' s no bus route or bus stops there . I think the important part is the community and rural character of that
<br /> 246 area . I did take the time to drive around through that . It is fields , rural . Yes , it' s dense , there are a lot of homes in that
<br /> 247 area . If this property were to be developed into more residential areas as I think Cy sort of proposed last week , that it
<br /> 248 might be somewhere around 50 - 60 residences that could be placed on this property , once you took out for roads ,
<br /> 249 utilities , and easements and so on , that still would not change the character of that community . I think that' s an important
<br /> 250 consideration as we go forward . The other way I looked at that is , had the community developed up against an existing
<br /> 251 site with the kinds of recreational activities and school opportunities , we would probably not be concerned at all about it
<br /> 252 closing in on this site . The fact that we are now talking about the other way of inserting an area of activity of a kind of
<br /> 253 development, into an area that already has its existing character I think is the wrong way to go about it .
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<br /> 255 Steve Kaufmann : It' s been a very difficult choice for me also because I have been a public school teacher for many
<br /> 256 years , and I actually worked at a charter school too . I work in the PE department at Duke now , so I am very athletic .
<br /> 257 love the idea of ballfields ; I love the idea of tennis but that' s not what is in question here . It' s the neighborhood , and 1
<br /> 258 drove around it several times last week and it' s like what most people on this board have said already , "why here? " It' s a
<br /> 259 great plan , it looks great on paper. If I were living in a major city and they proposed this plan , it would look wonderful , but
<br /> 260 we have many more opportunities in this county to do something like this and I hope it gets done . As many of you have
<br /> 261 said , this isn ' t quite the right place for this project . So , I will be voting against it .
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<br /> 263 Statler Gilfillen : I have spent a tremendous amount of time since the last meeting trying to reach out to both sides . I met
<br /> 264 with Jim ; he made a comment that surprised me . He said that nobody has bothered to contact him directly . I spent
<br /> 265 several hours with someone who could not be today but was very outspoken against this development . I am your Eno
<br /> 266 representative . I take this personally and it is difficult for me . I believe that Jim , as a developer, has done everything
<br /> 267 possible to try to reach out and work with both sides . That meeting that I tried to arrange this week , never happened , I ' m
<br /> 268 sorry for that . I am still very mixed in many ways . When I look at the state regulations of what our jurisdiction covers , and
<br /> 269 what this requires , the Town of Hillsborough ' s disagreement is not based upon the current laws that they have
<br /> 270 presented . That' s part of the problem I have . If they were objecting under the new reformed laws that are proposed , that
<br /> 271 would be one thing , but they are not . If you were a judge sitting on the bench , you are bound by the laws as they are . I ' m
<br /> 272 not happy with this but I can ' t see a physical reason to say no to this proposal . I can raise that there are many issues if
<br /> 273 were homeowners and I think that Mr. Parker is open at least from discussions with him , to deal with that . One of them
<br /> 274 that concerned me that was raised at the last meeting ; if the town does not provide water and he puts a well in , and that
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