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1 Mr. Randy Danzinger, of 212 Dairyland Road, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, commented that he was 2 strongly in favor of the moratorium being adopted. He stated that he is not in favor of the development 3 proposals that Carrboro has presented. He expressed his concern that Carrboro officials do not have the 4 best interests of the Calvander community in mind. This is a particular concern to them because they are 5 not voting members of the Carrboro community. They need to have their concerns taken seriously by the 6 Board of Commissioners as they are the only elected officials that the residents of Calvander have. 7 8 Ms. Fay Hogan Daniel, a Calvander landowner, expressed her displeasure that Carrboro could 9 make decisions regarding her land but she could not vote for them. She requested that the Board of 0 Commissioners be the decision makers for this area. She strongly supported the moratorium. 1 2 Mr. Curtis Hogan stated that this land represented his retirement fund. He did not support Carrboro 3 having power over the future use of his land. 4 5 JEF, a Calvander resident, spoke in support of this proposed moratorium. It is important that there 6 be time to complete the planning process for future development. 7 8 Mr. Stephen Dear, a Stony Hill Road resident, spoke in support of the proposed Moratorium. 9 0 Ms. Carol -Ann Greenslade spoke in support of establishing a moratorium. She stated that it would 1 be in the best interest of the community to complete the planning process before allowing future 2 development. 3 4 Neil Alderman indicated that he was speaking on behalf of one of the property owners and that he 5 did not support this proposal for a moratorium. 6 7 A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Gordon, to refer the 8 proposed amendment to the Joint Planning Agreement to the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro for a 9 decision at which time the matter will be referred to the Orange County Planning Board to be returned to 0 the Board of Commissioners no sooner than June 22, 1998. 1 MOTION: APPROVED 2 3:, TOWN OF CARRBORO: 4 JPA -2 -98- Facilitated Small Area Plan For Carrboro's Northern Study Area — 5 Mayor Mike Nelson presented a brief history of this item. He indicated that a year ago they 6 engaged in two -day long work sessions on the Small Area Plan. Everyone in this area was invited to 7 attend and there were more than 150 participants at those two meetings. It was led by Randall Arendt and 8 all decisions were unanimous and made by consensus. The plan you see before you came out of that 9 meeting. There were very diverse views from the participants. It was important such a wide range of 0 views and issues could be resolved by consensus. 1 2 The item was presented by the Carrboro Planning Director Roy Williford for the purpose of 3 receiving public comment on a proposal to amend the Joint Planning Area (JPA) Land Use Plan and Map 4 to incorporate the facilitated small area plan accepted by the Board of Aldermen on August 19, 1997. In 5 February 1992, the Board of Aldermen for the Town of Carrboro determined that a comprehensive 6 planning effort was needed for those areas of the town's jurisdiction which are expected to receive the 7 bulk of any growth and development occurring in the coming years. Population projections at the time 8 indicated this growth was expected to include nearly 12, 000 new residents by the year 2010, and 9 associated civic, business, and commercial ventures. Due to environmental constraints associated with 0 the protection of the University Lake water supply to the south and west of Carrboro, growth was expected 1 to occur primarily to the north and east of the town in areas where public water and sewer service could be 2 extended. The Northern Study Area plan proposes to cluster a bulk of the new residential development by 3 encouraging village -scale development to conserve natural and environmentally sensitive areas, allow