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15 <br /> 492 We don't have to live like that. The developers and the builders, they make their money. They do <br /> 493 the project. They move on, but the people living there as this creeps, density creeps and creeps <br /> 494 and creeps, and before you know it, your quality of life is gone, so I will not support this project for <br /> 495 those reasons, and I guess I am asking the board not to approve this one because the county <br /> 496 commissioners are still looking at the 2050 plan. They haven't had enough information. They're <br /> 497 having, I heard tonight they're having more sessions, retreats I guess, to talk about it, so I would <br /> 498 just like to put a pause on these rezoning applications until we get the 2050 plan and more <br /> 499 information, and more experts can comment on that. So that's what I have to say. Thank you <br /> 500 very much. <br /> 501 <br /> 502 Lamar Proctor: Thank you. Cathy Owens. <br /> 503 <br /> 504 Cathy Owens: My name is Cathy Owens, and I currently live at 158 Blackman Lane in Hillsborough, North <br /> 505 Carolina. Very recently, our very same house address was 1501 NC Highway 86 North. We are <br /> 506 the first driveway north of this gentleman here who is surrounded. The proposed access roads to <br /> 507 the proposed development are on each side of his driveway. Both are blocked. I confirmed with <br /> 508 the North Carolina Highway Patrol today that there had been three recent fatalities in that stretch, <br /> 509 including an infant child who was recently orphaned because of the traffic there, and you can <br /> 510 check with that as well. I also want to add that our property is the vacant lot that they keep <br /> 511 mentioning. A better word for that is pasture. We have had the hay baled. We have goats there. <br /> 512 We have chickens. We have roosters. I guarantee their HOA is going to want to take into their <br /> 513 own hands our roosters crowing all day long. My children swing, and I don't know if you see this <br /> 514 little white house, that's our home, standing with our back to their property. Our children,that big <br /> 515 tree next to the house is over a 200-year-old pecan tree. We have a 325-year-old sycamore tree. <br /> 516 They've already approached us about building a road through our property,which Daniel Boone <br /> 517 walked on back in the day. It's not on your agenda, but I promise you that if you approve this, <br /> 518 that's next. If you look at the picture in the corner with a man to his back to us,that's the view <br /> 519 from my living room looking out my front window. Those trees are what they are going to mow <br /> 520 down to make that open space. This is our driveway. This is our pasture. This is to prove to you <br /> 521 that we use our agricultural land. I am a 4-H member. I have been a member of Orange County <br /> 522 4-H for 24 years. We have lived here for 24 years. Both my children are 4-H members. They <br /> 523 want to raise pigs. They want to learn how to raise cows. This property was used for cattle. Our <br /> 524 barn is one of the 20 oldest barns in North Carolina. I don't think we should give this up just so <br /> 525 people who do not have a connection to this community can make a lot of money. I mean, please, <br /> 526 please consider keeping this agricultural. Please consider rural. Please consider the quality of life <br /> 527 that us and this gentleman and our neighbors,who are not vacant land, have worked very,very <br /> 528 hard to maintain and keep, and we moved here intentionally as an agricultural zoning so that we <br /> 529 could maintain our life. Thank you. <br /> 530 <br /> 531 Lamar Proctor: Thank you. Laura Streitfeld. <br /> 532 <br /> 533 Laura Streitfeld: Hi, I'm Laura Streitfeld, and I am with Preserve Rural Orange, and I live in Bingham Township. My <br /> 534 apologies. I just have multiple notes from multiple comments. <br /> 535 <br /> 536 Chris Johnston: I can pause while you get your notes. <br /> 537 <br /> 538 Laura Streitfeld: Yes. Thank you. <br /> 539 <br /> 540 Chris Johnston: Just let me know when you're ready. <br /> 541 <br /> 542 Laura Streitfeld: Okay. All right. My apologies. Regarding this property, excuse me one moment. Let me just <br /> 543 make sure I have the right notes. I apologize. Okay. I'm urging you tonight to deny Forestar <br /> 544 Group Incorporated's rezoning request for the property on NC Highway North, I'm sorry, NC 86 <br /> 545 North. Rezoning from agricultural residential to residential conditional district zoning would burden <br /> 546 the property and adjacent communities with 49 densely sided lots and individual septic fields <br />