Agenda - 03-18-2025; 8-a - Minutes

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59 1 years, he can understand that. He said this is not commercial development. He said these are 2 people who already live here, and they are choosing to live in a responsible way and will be good 3 neighbors. He said that he is sure that the way these people treat neighbors is better than the 4 standard commercial developer would and that he would pick these as neighbors if he could. 5 Tom Cheek said he is the landowner at Morrow Mill and Gold Mine Loop. He said his 6 family has been there since 1957. He said this is the best use of this land. He said he is a licensed 7 commercial contractor and a civil engineering technician and had always planned to subdivide 8 and live on the land. He said this is so much better. He said this is a very good and sustainable 9 plan and all concerns have been addressed, and it is sustainable. 10 Sadie Rapp said she has lived on Morrow Mill Rd. her entire life. She said the proposal 11 offers nothing in terms of serving the needs of the county apart from the developers' hobby group. 12 She said she is lucky to have grown up in the area and she does not want to change county law 13 to abide one project for a group that does not have any experience managing developments or 14 senior care facilities. She said the proposal is too big of an ask with too much at risk. She said 15 there is nothing inevitable about bringing this to the rural area. She said that it would put demands 16 on the aquifer, would increase wildlife pressure, and risk contamination of the entire water table. 17 She said her objections are about the scale and location. She said there cannot be enough 18 conditions on the project to make it feasible for this part of the county. She said she plans to live 19 here the rest of her life and hopes the Board will uphold the Planning Board's denial. 20 Gregory Rapp said a lot has changed and they still do not know enough about the 21 proposal. He said it started as twenty-five homes and has now changed to a much larger proposal. 22 He asked how the for-profit developer is using the non-profit for their betterment. He asked why 23 a non-profit is managing the membership for a private area. He asked if residents would own the 24 homes or be a member of the cooperative that owns the homes and land. He asked how someone 25 would get out once they were in and how this would work. He asked how priority would be given 26 if more than one member wanted to leave at the same time. He said they are talking about 27 hundreds of thousands of dollars. He said that this does not offer the serious care of aging seniors 28 and expressed concerns this would have on the aging community. He said there are layers and 29 layers of risks, and the county would be taking a tremendous gamble by moving this forward. He 30 asked the Board to deny the project and the requested zoning changes. 31 Bryna Rapp said she is an architect and a 35-year resident of Morrow Mill Rd. She said 32 the developer says if they do not get on board with this type of development, the neighborhood 33 will turn into "McMansions." She said the ones that already live there are a very diverse group, 34 but they all have agreed that this is a bad idea. She said that by respecting the rules of AR means 35 property values have not increased as drastically as some other areas of the county. She asked 36 the Board to reject this proposal. She said that they could consider changing the allowance and 37 size of ADUs, but to please respect the UDO and vote no. 38 Pat Peterson said that as a retired person, she does not leave her home more than 3-4 39 times per week. She said that the traffic study numbers are likely excessive. She asked the 40 community to look at the map and imagine rather than a cluster of homes with greenspace around 41 them, imagine 40-50 individual driveways with land cleared around it, and that impact is much 42 larger than the proposal. She said the developer is Hands for Development, LLC and they have 43 34 members that are financing themselves. She said there is no master outside developer. 44 Chris Martin said he believes this is a thoughtful plan. He said what is in front of the Board 45 is what they need to consider. He said that he hears a lot of people questioning the actors and 46 the intent, but he said that he knows the actors and that it would be nuts to think they are involved 47 in some conspiracy scheme. He said there has been a lot of analysis done as part of this proposal. 48 He said he would like to see more types of development like this rather than communities that 49 lead to sprawl. 50 Cheryl Fox said she lives on Gold Mine Loop and is across the road from the proposed 51 development. She said her daughter and her family live closest to the development. She said a