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9 will all affect someone's neighborhood. The EDC supports the concept of a planned rural village and asked that the Board approve the change from Transition to Open Space classification per the staff's recommendation. MARGARET MCREAN read a statement which has been made a part of the record of this meeting by reference. She understood that water and sewer would not be extended into the Rural Buffer except for emergencies and questioned why they plan to extend water and sewer to the proposed University Station project. She feels that the rural residential zone without water and sewer is meant to be a buffer for the official rural buffer. She feels the county should stick with the Land Use Plan and devise a plan that provides community well and community septic treatment. She made several suggestions for changing the plan that would reduce some of the risk to the developers and to existing county residents. She suggests removing the golf course, setting aside half of the buildable acreage and making special plans for the two houses which have historical value. MARGO BOWERS read a statement which has been made a part of the record of this meeting by reference. She noted that she likes to golf but prefers not to have a golf course unless its organic. She suggested turning the nearly full landfill into a golf course. She has worked very hard to be able to live in this area. She cares more about the earth than a round of golf. She does not want this area to become Hillsborough. She wants to remain a Chapel Hill person. AL JOHNSON made reference to a graph on page 296 and noted that it indicates that if there are 1300 units instead of 600 units that the developers will make eight times as much money. He feels that the developers are trying to optimally design their model to control the theory that they want to propagate. PHIL PRICE presented into the record a letter from J. Moredock which has been made a part of the record of this meeting by reference. Ms. Moredock wants to protect the old forest and wetland habitats and is against the golf course because of the toxins involved. Mr. Price stated he is strongly against the proposed University Station project as currently proposed. He is opposed to bringing urban density and urban traffic through the heart of the designated rural buffer. He is opposed to golf courses, power easements and new water and sewer lines being designated as open space. He asked that an Environmental Impact Study be done. The traffic analysis did not address lifestyle, noise and preservation of rural character. He asked that the Board of County Commissioners not allow this part of the County to be rezoned for higher density and sewer lines into the Rural Buffer but allow this area to grow at the current R-1 designation with emphasis on cluster development and real open space. RIIDY RENFER noted that the vast majority of people who have spoken do not represent a particular group or organization but people in the community. He feels this neotraditional model is a test. He feels that all the information generated has been generated from a perspective of a desire to see the particular project fly rather than look at the reality of the impact on the people who are actually going to live with it. He stated that they can only speak through their representatives and asked the Board of County Commissioners to listen to the people they represent. PHILLIP SCHERRER stated he lives in Stoneridge and is concerned with orderly and planned development of the area. He has not taken a position but has only provided information.