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}.~ -:~ .Alan Seiferheld agreed with Commissioner Marshall's comments. The. plan for the ;area was rural low-density. He moved to this area eight months ago partly because it was close to the new interstate and is rural. The possible density using three people per family means that the minimum number would be 1700 and the maximum could be 22,440. Seiferheld stated he did not move from Cary to be in the middle of an area like that. Approving this recommendation opens this area up to high-density. The voices you hear supporting this change are motivated by a desire to develop this area for profit. George Brumley, owner of 30 acres across the street from the proposed new subdivision disagreed strongly with the previous speaker. He feels that new families in this area will be to our advantage. He does not want to see his property values diminished. Relating to Mr. Mitchell's concern, a park is very desirable for this area. A large scale development offers the potential to acquire a park, whereas there is not that opportunity with the smaller developments. Spence _Dckinson felt that this property was naturally in the Rural Buffer Area. In the past"18 years the farm mentioned as not being used has been a dairy farm, a horse farm, a summer camp and last year it was farmed for crops. This property has $300,000 to-$~400,000 worth of agricultural. buildings, It is filled with wildlife. He is not opposed to planned development but is opposed to 20,000 people moving into this area. He is-also opposed to more farmland being destroyed. Putting in sewer is not a negative. However, having a large number of people is unacceptable. .Toe Woodson, President of the Stonycreek Neighborhood Association, spoke for that Association. They are not opposed to residential and commercial development in Orange ,.. Gounty. They are very concerned about any large development which would alter the _' character of Orange County including the Rural Suffer and Duke Forest. This 575 acre tract .is in an extremely important rural area that protects the towns of Chapel Hill, Durham and Hillsborough from growing together into a big urban sprawl. Any change in the Land Use Plan that would allow another city to spring up within the next decade makes a mockery of the plans that have been nurtured by the Commissioners over the course of the past decade. He asked that the Board not allow such a breach to occur. The best way to control that is to control the density of the land use over a long period of time. Todd Yarning, a resident of the N.C. 10 area along Strayhorn Hills, encouraged the Commissioners to leave the Land Use Plan intact. He stated that the attorney for the University Station Associates paints a very attractive picture but there is no guarantee about what they will really do with this land. He noted the development could end up with ,7,000 homes. He asked what will this do to services and the roads. This is a part of the rural nature of Orange County. This area deserves attention and preservation. He asked that the Board please leave the current Land Use Plan intact. Peter Pippens, resident of Orange County, was told by the Planning Department that 10 year transition means that in 10 years the transition area would be Hillsborough City limits. He expressed apposition to this. Collins clarified this stating that it means that the character of the development in that area would be urban in nature. If it did develop urban and the Town of Hillsborough was serving it with public water and sewer, it could be brought into their corporate limits by annexation. Ray Roth of the Stonycreek Area spoke in opposition to this development. He