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Approved 8.7.24 lanes, sidewalks, bus stops and three-story buildings with lighting that would extend into 553 the community, I believe that people would see this site from the road, and it would differ 554 from what's out there. Thank you so much for your time. Appreciate it. 555 556 Adam Beeman: So, let me just clarify. The first item up is the comprehensive plan, future land use map, 557 and text amendments. I'm going to call your name up, you come up, give me your 3 558 minutes on this amendment, and then you can sit down, and if you're signed up for 559 another one, you can come up and give me your 3 minutes on the next amendment, and 560 we'll go through all three amendments. I apologize if I butcher your name. Some of your 561 handwriting is tough to read. Kevin Davidson, Clare Steece Julich, and Ralph Warren. 562 563 Patrick Mallett: Sir, as they come up if they could just clearly state their names so we can get the 564 transcription correct. 565 566 Adam Beeman: Okay. 567 568 Edwin Cox: Kevin Davidson is a member of our development team, so, he's not going to make a 569 public statement. 570 571 Adam Beeman: Okay. So, Claire, Ralph Warren, and Dan Eddleman. 572 573 Clare Steece Julich: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thanks to the Planning Board. I'm Clare Steece Julich. I 574 live out in Bingham Township on 9 wooded acres. I've lived out there with my husband 575 for over 35 years. I'm a member of 2T and Hands Four Development Cooperative, and I 576 hope to be a resident of Fiddlehead Corner. There are many Fiddlehead Corner 577 supporters here this evening tonight, and I'd like them to raise their hands now. Thank 578 you all. I live across from Sykes Dairy Farm in Bingham Township. I'm 7 miles from the 579 Fiddlehead Corners property. I've observed the changes that have occurred to the rural 580 qualities of the county over the past 3 decades. I've been pleased by the efforts of our 581 county leadership to promote sustainable growth and development that balances the 582 social and environmental needs and the economic factors. This kind of growth can serve 583 the needs of the people for housing while maintaining natural systems in a fiscally sound 584 way, and it's described in Page 1-7 of the comprehensive plan. The June 5th Planning 585 Board meeting packet has an analysis starting on Page 37 in which the planning director 586 states that the applicant's proposal is supportive of the following principles, goals, and 587 objectives outlined within the comprehensive plan and goes on to cite nine specific 588 examples. The last of those is promote clustering of residential development and 589 dedication of large areas of undisturbed land for low-impact recreational use by residents 590 and for wildlife habitat. He concludes the proposal establishes consistency between the 591 comprehensive plan and the applicant's request for MPD-CD zoning as part of the 592 Fiddlehead Corner development proposal. The UDO follows this theme of conservation 593 cluster development in Section 7.12 addressing flexible development. The purpose of 594 flexible development, it says, is to preserve agriculture and forestry lands, natural and 595 cultural features, environmentally sensitive areas and areas with potential for maintaining 596 the character of the community that might be otherwise lost or marginalized with the 597 conventional development. If Fiddlehead Corner proposed for a conventional residential 598 district or even a residential conditional district, its design is exactly what the planners in 599 the earlier boards of commissioners had in mind as an ideal type of development that 600 fulfills the vision for sustainable growth in Orange County. The type of project we are 601 proposing can be an antidote to the creeping sprawl that is occurring in many parts of our 602