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PUBLIC HEARING COMMENTS <br />Virginia Cunningham , President of the League of Women Voters, read a <br />prepared statement. A copy of the statement is included in the permanent <br />agenda located in the Clerk's Office. <br />Ms. Linda Roberts read a letter submitted by J.V. and Opal C. <br />Brockwell, Calvander residents. A copy of the letter is included in the <br />permanent agenda in the Clerk's Office. <br />Ms. Roberts then introduced herself and commented as follows: <br />"I am a 26 year resident of Calvander and a member of the Calvander <br />Community Association. I am one. of those so-called selfish Calvander <br />residents. My roots go back in Calvander many years to my dad's 5o-year <br />residence and my mom's 47-year residence as well as my grandparents who <br />lived in Calvander from 1925 until they passed away. During that 60-year <br />period they purchased the Calvander homeplace, the Calvander School site <br />and other surrounding property totaling approximately 70 acres. Carrboro <br />is now trying to take control of us and destroy that. My husband and I <br />have raised our three children here and they appear to love it just as much <br />as we do. we have some very good neighbors and are very thankful for it. <br />We all enjoy being rural residents. <br />As a land owner and tax paying citizen of Orange County, I would like <br />everyone here tonight to know that I am bitterly opposed to Carrboro having <br />any control of Calvander whatsoever, much less total control. We have <br />absolutely no representatives from Calvander in Carrboro. As it is now, we <br />have you as County Commissioners, who are elected by us, county residents, <br />~o represent us. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for <br />,diving us this chance to speak. <br />All residents whom I have talked with feel as I do about the swap. The <br />very idea of Carrboro trying to swap the watershed area for total control <br />of 1805 acres of land is ludicrous. They have the watershed now and if <br />they can't handle that, let them give it back to the County. It is grossly <br />unfair to try to use us as their bargaining chip. Y think one of the most <br />important questions we need to ask here tonight is has Carrboro really been <br />a good steward. I think most would have to agree that the answer is no. <br />If they had, they would not be trying to go into the watershed with their <br />development. <br />They planned to put a road across Morgan Creek which is less than a <br />mile from University Lake just so they could connect Hwy. 54 with Airport <br />Road. It took several meetings and speeches from environmental experts to <br />make them understand how that would severely damage the drinking water of <br />by polluting it with lead from the road runoff. <br />If Carrboro gained total control, I wonder if the people of Calvander <br />can expect our community to look as bad in a few years as Carrboro does now <br />with buildings and apartments piled on top of each other in every direction <br />you look, streets that are so crowded and tarn up they are always <br />impassable. Well, we all know what a mess it is for approximately two <br />square miles which they now control and we don't want that to happen to our <br />community. These are only a few examples of why it is so important to us <br />~o remain in the County's jurisdiction. <br />This is not a slap against the general population of Carrboro. It is <br />placed toward government which the people there are stuck with. The <br />