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<br /> 385 Lamar Proctor: Thank you. Peter Childers.
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<br /> 387 Peter Childers: Peter Childers, and I live on Morrow Mill Road. So,this presentation and development is a cookie
<br /> 388 cutter for the one we heard last month. I think that the people look familiar. It's the same
<br /> 389 developer possibly,and the presentation was cookie cutter. The board approved that one.This is
<br /> 390 the one by White Cross that last month that you guys approved, so I don't know how you're going
<br /> 391 to really not approve this one, but in any event, I have lived long enough to see what creeping
<br /> 392 densities do in destroying quality of life. I have lived through it, seen it, and I've observed it, and
<br /> 393 this is a very nice presentation, but the densities to me are too high. The developer already can
<br /> 394 do 1-acre lots without changing the zoning,and that's what I would approve the 1-acre lots, not
<br /> 395 these half-acre lots where there is barely room to plant a tree. Density presents all sorts of
<br /> 396 problems to communities,and it destroys communities, traffic, more schools, more this, more that.
<br /> 397 We don't have to live like that. The developers and the builders,they make their money. They do
<br /> 398 the project. They move on, but the people living there as this creeps, density creeps and creeps
<br /> 399 and creeps, and before you know it, your quality of life is gone, so I will not support this project for
<br /> 400 those reasons, and I guess I am asking the board not to approve this one because the county
<br /> 401 commissioners are still looking at the 2050 plan. They haven't had enough information. They're
<br /> 402 having, I heard tonight they're having more sessions, retreats I guess,to talk about it,so I would
<br /> 403 just like to put a pause on these rezoning applications until we get the 2050 plan and more
<br /> 404 information, and more experts can comment on that. So that's what I have to say. Thank you
<br /> 405 very much.
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<br /> 407 Lamar Proctor: Thank you. Cathy Owens.
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<br /> 409 Cathy Owens: My name is Cathy Owens, and I currently live at 158 Blackman Lane in Hillsborough, North
<br /> 410 Carolina. Very recently, our very same house address was 1501 NC Highway 86 North. We are
<br /> 411 the first driveway north of this gentleman here who is surrounded. The proposed access roads to
<br /> 412 the proposed development are on each side of his driveway. Both are blocked. I confirmed with
<br /> 413 the North Carolina Highway Patrol today that there had been three recent fatalities in that stretch,
<br /> 414 including an infant child who was recently orphaned because of the traffic there, and you can
<br /> 415 check with that as well. I also want to add that our property is the vacant lot that they keep
<br /> 416 mentioning. A better word for that is pasture. We have had the hay baled. We have goats there.
<br /> 417 We have chickens. We have roosters. I guarantee their HOA is going to want to take into their
<br /> 418 own hands our roosters crowing all day long. My children swing, and I don't know if you see this
<br /> 419 little white house, that's our home, standing with our back to their property. Our children, that big
<br /> 420 tree next to the house is over a 200-year-old pecan tree. We have a 325-year-old sycamore tree.
<br /> 421 They've already approached us about building a road through our property,which Daniel Boone
<br /> 422 walked on back in the day. It's not on your agenda, but I promise you that if you approve this,
<br /> 423 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 /> 424 from my living room looking out my front window. Those trees are what they are going to mow
<br /> 425 down to make that open space. This is our driveway. This is our pasture. This is to prove to you
<br /> 426 that we use our agricultural land. I am a 4-H member. I have been a member of Orange County
<br /> 427 4-H for 24 years. We have lived here for 24 years. Both my children are 4-H members. They
<br /> 428 want to raise pigs. They want to learn how to raise cows. This property was used for cattle. Our
<br /> 429 barn is one of the 20 oldest barns in North Carolina. I don't think we should give this up just so
<br /> 430 people who do not have a connection to this community can make a lot of money. I mean, please,
<br /> 431 please consider keeping this agricultural. Please consider rural. Please consider the quality of life
<br /> 432 that us and this gentleman and our neighbors,who are not vacant land, have worked very,very
<br /> 433 hard to maintain and keep, and we moved here intentionally as an agricultural zoning so that we
<br /> 434 could maintain our life. Thank you.
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<br /> 436 Lamar Proctor: Thank you. Laura Streitfeld.
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<br /> 438 Laura Streitfeld: Hi, I'm Laura Streitfeld, and I am with Preserve Rural Orange, and I live in Bingham Township. My
<br /> 439 apologies. I just have multiple notes from multiple comments.
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