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Summary of Citizen Comments Received at 12 -15 -98 BOCC Meeting on Carrboro 22 Small Area Plan and Amendments to Joint Planning Agreement (Compiled from meeting notes taken by Trish McGuire, Carrboro Senior Planner, and Gene Bell, Orange County Interim Planning Director) L David Rutter - Calvander resident. Supports continued involvement of BOCC in rezonings in transition areas. Opposed to dissolution of Transition Areas I and II. Recommends including language that supports only one village center and one village mixed -use center; eliminate the office assembly conditional use district. 2. Erwin Gutzwiller - Supports plan and ordinance (especially section 18 - Water Quality), recommends that County adopt. Commends process and citizen participation, but is concerned about public transportation. 3. Forrest Greenslade - Requested that BOCC continue to represent County residents. Resist dissolution of Transition Areas I and II. Do not accept floating zones and do not let Carrboro execute the NSA plan on their awn. 4. Carol -Ann Greenslade - Member of process throughout (Small Area Plan Work Group and Steering Committee). Recounted that there was no discussion of Transition Areas I and II issues at facilitated meeting. Development already violates the idea of orderly growth in transition areas because Lake Hogan Farms and other developments (Highlands, Camden) are non - contiguous. Road improvements at Calvander intersection noted to illustrate Board of Aldermen insensitivity to local residents, i.e., Brockwell fencing identified as important landscape feature in small area planning process and at facilitated conference and torn down by DOT. 5. Jean Earnhardt - Member of process throughout, including Ordinance Drafting Committee. Expressed support for the plan/process. Noted that plan was not perfect and ordinance would not please everyone, but that it represented the interests of all involved and codified the spirit of the plan. 6. Christie Boros - Rural Buffer resident. Recommended that BOCC completely erase the Small Area Plan, especially the village proposal. Proponents of plan/ordinance have expressed utopian ideals. Plan/ordinance do not address present problems such as solid waste and Carrboro's actions on that issue suggests that Carrboro does not honor the concept of the Rural Buffer. 7. Jef - +Noted that he had submitted a letter. Reiterated that BOCC should recommend that no office assembly conditional use districts be allowed as the proposed district did not match what had been agreed to by facilitated meeting participants. Felt it reprehensible for Carrboro to eliminate industrial park provisions for areas in town in 1989, but to apply it in transition area. 8. Kathy Kaufman - Member of Steering Committee and Ordinance Drafting Committee. Felt that village mixed use (VMU) is too big at 200 acres max, maybe put a cap on number of dwelling units, say 400. Felt participants were under impression that only one VMU and one office assembly conditional use district would be allowed. 9. Ruffin Slater - Concerned about effect of ordinance on housing costs, i.e., don't make process so difficult that affordable housing can't be done. Commended ordinance for requiring a mix of housing prices and styles in the VMU districts.