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believe the existing sewer line on School House Road is an eight-inch line and it's an old line, but it's very functional. Jay Bryan: I think we're going to hold the questions until after the public gets a chance to speak. PUBLIC COMMENT: Frederick McAdoo: I've been sworn. I live on Fuller Road in Efland. We just have great concerns about 45 homes coming to this small community. This community was built as a family community. Yes, people need places to live. But I would like to welcome ya'll to our community just to visualize what's going to have to happen such as proposed traffic in our area. I notice everything that's going on is bypassing us, going around the back side and the upgrades, they're bypassing this circle here. We're not gaining anything out of this project but traffic. On the other hand, if you add 45 homes to this small community, what are our kids going to do? Think about it, 45 homes, 90 kids, no activities. Yes, we have parks and recreation, but when it comes to low-income homes, they can't afford for their kids to participate in these events. For two kids to play football for the recreation department is $210. If we're going to benefit and make it affordable, right now, if you look at Tinnin Road, it can't handle the traffic. Yes, everyone needs somewhere to live, but in order for this project to work, there has to be no excess from this development. They're never going to be able to go to Ashwick, that's not going to happen. If you're talking about making the entrance going around Ashwick back up to 70, that's not going to happen. Ashwick is approximately 150 feet away. That road is going to have a turn lane from Ashwick all the way up to Tinnin. Once you get past Tinnin, you're going to have School House Road. In the mornings, the traffic is already heavy. We're talking 45 homes in a 12-acre lot. My next question is, is this R5 only for this project or are other members in the community allowed to do such things as the R5? Annie Whitted: I have been affirmed. Thank you for the opportunity to speak. I'm not also here to speak against the project entirely, only against the roads. The community cannot handle 45 homes. The roads are in poor condition, it is not a connector road. Tinnin Road is going to bear the brunt of the traffic, because most people are going to take the straight shot, and Tinnin Road is the straight shot. About the water lines, the Planning staff is proposing where the water line is going to go. Three-inch water lines in the area will not be upgraded. It's going to go around behind the existing streets of the community, coming in the back instead of talking about connecting to Richmond Hills for future whatever and connecting over to Ashwick development. What about the existing community that's going to bear the brunt of this project? Three-inch water lines, no fire hydrants, no additional protection for fire. Also, in the project, they have named the possibility of future upgrades or future right-of-way assignment for proposed streets and existing streets. I wanted to know if these that they want done for this development, can they do it within the existing right-of-way. There is a 50-foot right-of-way, and the pavement on the street is currently 18 feet. They're proposing it to be widened to 24 feet. We're going to get a lot of traffic. It's going to completely and forever change the integrity of that community. Lottie Riley: I've been sworn. I'd just like to make comments about, as you notice as they were talking to us, and you saw the visible condition of the roads as they currently are, and he talked about the sewage line and what will happen or might happen. We have no guarantee that the roads will ever be repaved, and we have no guarantee when something is wrong if it will be fixed. They are talking about putting three and a half houses on one acre of land and it's going to be an overcrowded community that is really very close to a school. Our current sewer