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16 7 Agreement and that now Carrboro seeks to radically change that plan. He asked that the County Commissioners support orderly growth by maintaining transition I and II. Edwin Gutzwiller said that Section 18 of the amendments concerns water quality and he asked that the County Commissioners adopt the same language in the County's ordinance. He feels that transportation needs to be countrywide with an intercounty transportation system. Forrest Greenslade asked that the County Commissioners represent the interest of those who elect them. He asked that the transition areas be maintained and that they not accept the floating zone or leave the execution of this plan to Carrboro alone. He talked about the invasion of property in constructing the crossroads at Calavander with four lanes only to lead right back to two -lane roads. Carol Greenslade said that she was a member of the small area planning group. She asked that the County Commissioners take note of the fact that many of these proposals being questioned were never addressed by this group. There was never any discussion of merging the two transition zones. With reference to the extension of the intersection at Calavander, she criticized Carrboro's response when the flags went up and she was told that DOT had put the flags up and in fact Carrboro had asked that this intersection be expanded. She asked that the Board of County Commissioners continue to represent them. Jean Earnhardt said that she is very pleased with the progress and the project. No one is completely satisfied. For six years all these opinions have been voiced and the news media has given excellent coverage. The original plan has been altered by suggestions of those who participated. They spent six months alone on the village concept. She feels we have an opportunity to assure that any development that takes place, they can be proud of. Alex Zaffron, Carrboro Board of Aldermen, said that he will answer questions at the end Diana MCDuffy. Carrboro Board of Aldermen, said that since July 1, 1996, they have spent 26,884 hours on facility plans, ordinance writing committee, etc. The Dispute Settlement Center facilitated all their meetings. They have held five public hearing and three open house sessions to share information, and the Ordinance Review Committee met 31 times. She urged the County Commissioners to pass the plan tonight. Christie Boros, resident of Orange County just north of the small area planning area, asked that the County Commissioners not include the rural villages in these amendments. She would like for them to maintain a controlling decision making voice on any activities that go on in that area. He feels that the plan would promote growth and not control growth. She feels that with industrial areas traffic will be a problem as well as providing schools to accommodate this growth. She urged the County Commissioners to keep a controlling voice in this planning process. JEF made reference to his letter that he sent to the County Commissioners He asked that the County Commissioners vote on the good parts of the plan saying that the office assembly area is a glaring bad thing for the plan. Kathy Kaufman lives in the northern transition area and was a member of the committee and helped plan and attended the facilitated meetings last year. She said that the village mixed use is too big. She would recommend that a cap on the number of units in a village- perhaps 400 be stipulated. Most of the provisions we agreed on were important changes that need to be made. Alex Zaffron, said that he has been involved since the very beginning working with the work group up to and including the draft ordinance committee. He was available to answer any questions about the text or ordinance provisions. What they tried to do was to place the density where it is most appropriate and remove it where it is not appropriate. He encouraged the County Commissioners to adopt the amendments. Commissioner Carey asked if Carrboro were to suggest a cap on the number of acres for mixed use what it might be and Alex Zaffron said that they have not reached a conclusion but staff has indicated a gross figure of 350 total acres. Robert Slatter lives in the northern study area and said that most of the homes being built in that area right now cost upward to $300,000. He feels that the floating zones will allow affordable housing and asked that these not be limited. THIS CONCLUDED THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.