Agenda 03-19-24; 5-a - Zoning Atlas Amendment – 6915-UT Millhouse Road, Chapel Hill

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142 APPROVED WITH AMENDMENT 2.7.24 696 to spot issues with trees, but also how to understand the natural world. So, we really want to bring people in to 697 be able to teach them that in a safe environment. 698 699 Craig Nishimoto: I also pulled up this picture. Those aren't actually all our climbers. I'm not going to say 700 which companies they are from, but they're coming and we're teaching other companies in the area how to 701 climb trees safer and with the health of the tree in mind. We have done training for NC State. We're getting 702 asked by Elon University because there's not a lot of arborist companies. And fire fighters, aerial rescue 703 training, how to rescue people in trees. 704 705 David Ricks: And one fun thing that we've been working really hard on is we are offering a tree climbing 706 summer camp for kids with the Woods Charter School. They actually approached us from folks that have 707 come to our free events and wanted to make this an offering to give the students there, or the kids who go 708 there, K-12, a more challenging environment to connect with the natural world. So that's two to three weeks a 709 summer. But we're excited to have a more robust facility for things like that. We're doing one class for 1 week 710 for 6 to 9-year-olds, and then the next week is going to be from 10 to 14-year-olds. 711 712 Steve Kaufmann: I don't have any questions, but I really appreciate the package that you put together. You 713 really did your research, so I appreciate it. 714 715 Melissa Poole: I don't really have any questions,just one. It's addressed, and I did read, but just for 716 purpose. What's the nearest resident? 717 718 Craig Nishimoto: The nearest resident is the owner of Green Beagle Lodge. We met directly with him. 719 Amanda and I met with him and told him what we're doing and asked if he had any concerns because even 720 though he's about 1,800 feet away from where we would be doing the staging of the materials, he's still by far 721 the closest residence. Everyone else is beyond 2,000 feet, and he was a thumbs up, good luck. 722 723 Lamar Proctor: Where are the majority of your clients? Are they in residential Chapel Hill or...? 724 725 Craig Nishimoto: I would say 90 percent of our clients are private,just homeowners, and I would say 90 726 percent are in Chapel Hill, but in Chapel Hill Township, I would say maybe 70 percent. There are some big 727 trees in Durham, and for some historical accident, I started doing work up there, and the neighbor started 728 talking, and we're doing a lot of work up there too in the big Willow Oaks and what not, and of course, 729 Hillsborough and North Chatham County. There's just not a lot of people west in the real rural parts, but we do 730 a lot of work out in the rural parts and work with climbers with big property, and we'll find a way to just give 731 them discounts if they want to use their tractor as well. 732 733 Lamar Proctor: So the majority of the traffic from your side is gonna go south on Millhouse to Eubanks 734 and either east or west depending on — 735 736 Craig Nishimoto: I mean worst case scenario,we have a client on Woodfield Road or Mount Sinai, and 737 there's that intersection on 86 and Mount Sinai. If it's anywhere near school hours, that's just a log jam. So, 738 even in that case, I would imagine we'd still turn south and get onto Eubanks Road and then go from there. 739 740 Lamar Proctor: I guess this is a question for you and Mr. Stancil. There's a great need for athletic fields in 741 our county, and so I'm really kind of concerned about anything that's going to cross paths with that, because 742 that's an ongoing issue. Do you think that your business would be interfering with athletic field use? Why or 743 why not? And then I guess the secondary question to Mr. Stancil, do you think that this use can still 744 accommodate athletic fields in the vicinity? 745