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7 stated he has written a number of articles on Land Use strategies. He stated he does not understand the information that backs up this amendment request. If the information is flawed, can the Board of County Commissioners vote on it. He pointed out several contradictions in the background information. On page 195, the information indicates that 258 children will be generated by this project while on page 303 the information indicates there will be 345 school age children generated by this project. On page 245, the developers say there will be over 1,000 children living in this project. On page 248 the developer indicates there will be 6700 average traffic trips generated. On page 255, the information indicates there will be 9,431. On page 301 it says that the average price of a home in this development will be $159,944. He noted that there is no evidence presented in the background information to merit a favorable vote by the Board of County Commissioners to designate this project as open space. The amendment was changed in the middle from Ten-Year Transition to Ten-Year Transition or Open Space transition. ALLEN SPALT, Director of the Agricultural Resources Center in Carrboro, read a statement which has been made a part of the record of this meeting by reference. In summary, he stated that he supports planned communities but saying that this kind of development will preserve rural character and is consistent with the kind of density that's allowed is just not right. He feels that a golf course is not open space but more like a medium on a freeway counting the grassed area as open space. Active open space should not count the same way as a field. Responsibly managed gold courses are not toxic waste dumps and their environmental affects should not be exaggerated. But neither are they benign or neutral. They have been a source of serious problems affecting water quality, wildlife and human health primarily from the heavy use of pesticides. He presented some written information on the affects of golf courses and other articles. PETER PICRENS read a statement which has been made a part of the record of this meeting by reference. He is against any rezoning of this part of rural Orange County which would allow a development such as University Station to be built. He objects to the apartments, townhouses and condominiums planned for this development. He is opposed to the whole village concept of University Station. He would be very surprised if University Station doesn't have urban restrictive covenants, which will not allow livestock such as horses or perhaps chickens. He feels that the developments built in rural areas should themselves have rural character with rural covenants, which would give residents the option, the alternative, the freedom to live and pursue a country life in those rural areas. He asks the Board of County Commissioners to do what's best for rural Orange County and not to change the zoning from Rural Residential to Ten-Year Transition or Open Space Development Area and not to approve the proposed University Station project. LEE RAFALO~P read a statement which has been made a part of the record of this meeting by reference. In summary he made reference to the comments Mr. Kenan and Mr. Cogswell made at the last public hearing on December 1 and indicated that a lot of people know about risk. His vision is that of a density neutral development that does not distort the concept of preserving open space and rural character. He feels that the developers will transform their homes into urban sprawl and ruin the quality of life for which they have all worked so hard. He asked the Board of County Commissioners to help the citizens implement an alternative to urban sprawl.