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Approved 9.3.25
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<br /> 1703 Joshua Setzer: I'm an hour late, so I want to add my name to the list, if possible.
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<br /> 1705 Beth Bronson: Did you want to speak?
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<br /> 1707 Joshua Setzer: I assumed there would be a public comment window, and I just want to be added to the list.
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<br /> 1709 Lamar Proctor: Yeah,we already had it, so we're discussing whether to give you time. What's your name?
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<br /> 1711 Chris Johnston: He's not on the list. He was an hour late.
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<br /> 1713 Lamar Proctor: Oh, okay. Is there any objection to giving him 3 minutes?
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<br /> 1715 Beth Bronson: No.
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<br /> 1717 Lamar Proctor: No. All right, come on up.
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<br /> 1719 Joshua Setzer: I apologize. I actually didn't know the public comment already happened. I didn't mean to. I do
<br /> 1720 appreciate it.
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<br /> 1722 Chris Johnston: So,just to confirm, please state your name, and then I'm going to push this button, and then a
<br /> 1723 light's going to show up, and that will be your timer.
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<br /> 1725 Joshua Setzer: Sounds good. Thank you all so much. I didn't mean to inconvenience. My name is Joshua
<br /> 1726 Setzer. I live in the Collins Creek Community,which is the neighborhood off the north side of the
<br /> 1727 proposed development. Just a little bit about our community. You may have already heard some
<br /> 1728 of it, but I don't know the exact number of houses, in the neighborhood I think 30 or so. All gravel
<br /> 1729 drive, no streetlights whatsoever. What I wanted to share, I appreciated some of the comments
<br /> 1730 and questions around biodiversity, specifically. I wanted to share a little bit about the level of
<br /> 1731 biodiversity,the level of density we have in our neighborhood,which is quite a bit smaller than it
<br /> 1732 appears to be supporting. I actually have a list that's been maintained for quite some time. It was
<br /> 1733 started by a gentleman named Norm Christensen,who lived in our neighborhood for 20 years and
<br /> 1734 was one of the founding deans of the Nicholas School for the Environment at Duke, and is an
<br /> 1735 esteemed botanist, and so the list that he passed on;we have 11 known amphibians, at least 12
<br /> 1736 lizards and snakes, possums, shrews, minks, 3 species of bats, probably more, moles,voles,
<br /> 1737 white-footed deer, mice, squirrels, chipmunks,flying squirrels, rabbits, coyotes, red fox, raccoon,
<br /> 1738 striped skunk,we've seen bobcats multiple times in the neighborhood, including recently.
<br /> 1739 Obviously,white-tail deer. We've actually seen juvenile black bear and photographed them in the
<br /> 1740 neighborhood. That happens seasonally, but it's quite interesting. And then the birds. I did want
<br /> 1741 to talk about. We have blackbirds,five species of golds beaks, chickadees,titmice, corvids,
<br /> 1742 cuckoos, ducks and geese, at least 5 species of finch, gnat catchers, we have hawks, herons,
<br /> 1743 hummingbirds, kingwits, let's see, nuthatches, 3 or 4 species of owls. We see wild turkey
<br /> 1744 periodically,we also have 5 species of tyrant flycatcher,which is pretty interesting. Thrushes,
<br /> 1745 vireos, obviously vultures, cedar ox wings, 5 or 6 species of warbler, 7 species of woodpecker,
<br /> 1746 and so on and so forth. So, it's at least 73 known species in the neighborhood. I wanted the
<br /> 1747 record to just kind of reflect that level of biodiversity and would urge the Board to consider how the
<br /> 1748 level and density that is currently allowed in this area has allowed a tremendous amount of
<br /> 1749 biodiversity to be maintained, and how higher density would adversely affect that. Thank you very
<br /> 1750 much.
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<br /> 1752 Lamar Proctor: Thank you. And Mr. Setzer, I'm just going to have this list, if you could continue filling it out, so we
<br /> 1753 have a record.
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<br /> 1755 Joshua Setzer: Absolutely. Thank you again.
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