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BK:00028 PG -0336 Commissioner Smith moved to approve Budget Amendment # 06/20/16/20 as presented, a copy of which is attached to these Minutes and by this reference made a part hereof. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Frazier, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sloan, and Smith Nay: None The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. At 6 p.m. the Board conducted joint public hearings with the Lee County Planning Board. The first hearing presented was to consider an amendment to the Official Zoning Map of Lee County for the proposed "Sanford Soccer Field Complex District". Design Review Coordinator Amy McNeill outlined the petition by Toblbo Hernandez to rezone from Residential Agricultural (RA) district to a Conditional Zoning district to be known as "Sanford Soccer Field Complex District". The petition is for an 8.75 ± portion of a larger 9.95 acre ± tract of land off Airport Road, formerly addressed as 2917 Airport Road. The subject property is a portion of a larger tract that is located in both the City of Sanford's ETJ and Lee County. This rezoning request is for the portion of the tract of land that is located within the jurisdiction of Lee County only. Chair Dalrymple opened the public hearing that had been advertised for this date and time. The following spoke in favor of the rezoning request: 1. Steve Malloy (Adcock & Associates), representing the Hernandez family, 2. Joseph Klimek, jfk architect, 3032 Ross Road, Durham, 3. Lorenzo Hernandez, family member from Mexico, 4. Toribio Hernandez, petitioner (Pastor Calleb Villabos translated), and 5. Van Johnson, life-long resident of Lee County. Everyone that spoke in favor of the request stated it would benefit the youth of the county and assist in helping young children learn to play soccer. The following spoke in opposition to the rezoning request: 1. Donna Holt, 2019 Tramway Road, 2. Elsie Stovall, 1909 Tramway Road, 3. Lessie Richmond, 2012 Tramway Road, 4. Peggy Dollar Dilworth, 7710 Villanow Drive (parents lived on Tramway Road before their death), and 5. Sherry Thomas, spoke on behalf of her mother that currently lives on Tramway Road. Those speaking in opposition had concerns about traffic, noise, children walking down the street (highway) and traffic cutting through yards. Chair Dalrymple closed the public hearing. At this time the Board took a 5 -minute recess. Upon returning, with all members present, the regular meeting resumed. 5