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~~ clarification. We're using some terminology in the Joint Planning package that does not systematically reflect that which is currently applicable in the Chapel Hill Zoning Ordinance. We're dividing Commercial into Office Institutional and to Retail trade, but there are further subdivisions as to what would be allowed in the Office ",, Institutional. There is an OI-1, 2, and 3 designation. I would like to express my conditional support of the O and I designation far the area between I-40 and Weaver Dairy Road with the condition that some related services and uses that complement O & I such as Retail and restaurant that would make for a more attractive, a more comprehensive planned development around that interchange be part of your clarification process as you go on to further identify and specify precisely what you mean by o & I. DEXTER SMITH Co-owner of property in the southwest interchange of the I-4o that is under construction now and in general I would certainly like to support the general direction that I see here. The idea of using alternative S as a general guideline, the idea of the utility extension to complement that particular alternative and the related land uses, particularly the conceptual one here that shows the commercial industrial activity node araund I-40 and NC86. Specifically, when you get to' the very detailed version here, there is a proposal for medium residential on Lynch Road as well as OI and generally I support that. I would like to however support the earlier speakers here who mentioned the fact that there is some question about definition as to what is or is not included in OI and in that particular zone or area or designation I think that some latitude there would be very helpful to help relate it to highway service uses as well as straight forward offices. Thank you. Dr. H. STANLEY BENNETT Vice Chair, Chapel Hill Township Advisory Council; Resident in the Chapel Hill Township and the University Lake protected area. I wish to state that it is my impression that this Joint Planning process and the general plan set forth here has strong support in the Township Advisory Council and in the residents in the area in which I live. I place particular importance on a feature which appears in this map relatively recently. Namely, the provision for greenways and parks in the area forming an arc around the incorporated towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill. This is a very important provision and I strongly urge that the Commissioners and the governing boards of Chapel Hill and Carrboro do whatever is necessary to implement this plan of greenways and parks to protect the land so designated and preserve it for the future generations who will be coming to live in this area. This region is one of the fastest growing areas in the country. We are planning probably for a population two or three times that which now resides. This is the time -NOW - to set aside the park land that will be needed by our children. JEANETTE GAY EDDY (Complete narrative is i n the permanent. agenda f i le.) Chair Willhoit submitted two lette-rs for the record: (Complete narratives are ~n the permanent_agenda~fi_le.)