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Mitigating Potential Impact on Neighbors The most significant impact on our neighbors has been increased traffic on Dodson’s Knoll Rd. We have had many discussions with neighbors about this issue. The concerns are two-fold. First, the wear and tear on the road leads to more frequent and higher upkeep costs. In the first year of Jubilee’s operation, before the arrival of clients and before using the road very much at all, we paid 50% of the cost of adding new gravel to the road, installed five speed limit signs, and had numerous conversations with neighbors about these concerns. We have agreed to pay 95% of road maintenance costs moving forward and are collaborating on an updated road maintenance agreement with our neighbors, codifying this commitment. We have offered to install speed bumps as this seems the most effective way to limit speed on the driveway, but that offer has not yet been accepted. Second, there is concern about the increase in traffic and its impact on the quality of life for one neighbor who enjoys sitting on her porch. Currently, the road is used by ten to twenty clients per day, plus four to five staff. When individuals drive quickly, this sometimes causes increased dust to move towards our neighbor’s home. We have proposed speed bumps as a mechanism to ensure that nobody drives too quickly, and we also verbally instruct clients seen driving quickly to slow down. Notably, granting the special use permit will not change current road use volumes. The traffic volume is significantly lower than it might be for other bona fide farm usages, such as a family fun farm welcoming hundreds of guests each weekend. Our goal is to minimize the impact on our neighbors while continuing to serve clients who need high-quality, holistic mental health services. About the Business Owner Dr. Nora Dennis, M.D., M.S.P.H., D.F.A.P.A., is a local mental health advocate and leader who has been a Duke faculty member since 2014. Dr. Dennis is an Orange County native. She grew up in Chapel Hill, NC, and attended the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. Dr. Dennis attended UNC Chapel Hill as a Morehead Scholar, where she was Phi Beta Kappa, received the Morris K. Udall Scholarship, and was on the Dean’s List every semester. She graduated with highest honors, receiving the Honigmann Award for her Anthropology Honors Thesis. Dr. Dennis attended Duke University School of Medicine as a Nanaline H. Duke Scholar. She received the Rotary Ambassadorial Fellowship to work with Save the Children in Mali. In medical school, she also completed a Master of Science in Public Health from UNC-Chapel Hill. She graduated from Duke University School of Medicine as a Dean’s Award recipient for her humanitarian work supporting resources for prenatal care in Mali. Dr. Dennis completed her psychiatry residency at Duke University Hospital, where she was Chief Resident, leading a number of administrative and educational projects for the residency. She was a medical director for Psychiatric Emergency Services at the Durham VA Medical Center and founded a clinical program for adult veterans with treatment-resistant psychosis. Dr. Dennis moved to work at Monarch where she led statewide behavioral health services for individuals with mental health and intellectual and developmental disabilities. During the pandemic, Dr. Dennis moved her focus to working in healthcare payment systems and worked as the Lead Medical Director for Behavioral Health at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. While there, she led numerous initiatives for expanding the quality of behavioral health services and increasing 39