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again and it will keep coming up until one day it will slip through because half of the citizens are not present. Part of what he sees is just people trying to get free land-- how they can get this Rural Buffer and not have to pay for it. How can this be enforced an the Blackwoods and the Tapps without having to pay for it. He sugges~oder~atthat can Triangle Land Conservancy be contacted. He stated they are purchasing p p y help maintain the quality of this community and would be the people who would approach the Blackwoods and the Tapps. It is important to find an organization or a group that will not develop this, but will hold onto it and preserve it. If it doesn't get into the right hands then this issue will keep reoccuring. He suggested doing a bond and buying this property. There are people who have moved into the community that he is developing have come from places like Knoxville, Tennessee. They say uncontrolled development has ruined that town. He ended by thanking the Tapps and the Blackwoods for contributing to the specialness of this community. He asked how can this area be preserved and how can they be compensated? MARY ELLEN PRIESTLY who lives on Cheyenne Drive off of 86 stated her property was split by I-40 so that the property around the house is to the east. of 40 and the property west of..40 is just north of the Bingham property which is part of the area being discussed. She stated she was pleased no one has asked to buy her property because they are conservators of the forest. They are conservators of wildlife and came here because of the rural area and because of the University which was close by with all the cultural activity there. They built a family home. She stressed she was rather shocked and a little angry that she must come to try to defend this Rural Suffer again and hopes it's not again and again. The ink is hardly dry on a document which everyone wanted. The majority of the people in this County wanted to have a Rural Buffer. She explained she is skeptical of a name such as Envirotek, because environment is good, environment sounds good, but hearing what they plan feels that this is a wolf in sheep's clothing. To have a quarry plus a commercial node is not needed. Our garbage is taken 5 miles and they compost as much as possible. It's not far to the Sunrise Market; it's not far to Hillsborough or to Timberlyne to buy anything needed so far as groceries are concerned. More gas stations or stores are not needed nor are single-family homes, or apartments, or condos, especially in the middle of the Rural Buffer. John Falls, a real estate analyst from Raleigh, recently spoke to the Homebuilders Association of Durham and Chapel Hill. He said the market for all single-family homes is overbuilt. This is due to the fact that employment has stabilized in the Triangle Area. He predicts that the demand for single- family homes will drop about 50~ by 1990. There is a need to do what the Tapps and the Blackwoods have done in the past. She intends to stay where she is and will keep trying to preserve this land in spite of the noise from I-40. She stated there is a need to think globally and nationally and work at a grass roots level in preserving open space, forest, clean air, and clean water or our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren won't be able to breathe in this area. She appealed to the Commissioners, Planning Board, and Mayors who represent the majority of the people in this County, to say N0, NO, NO to this rezoning proposal. JOHN MACKOWIAK lives slightly west of the area along New Hope Church Road on Walnut Grove Road. He spoke in opposition to the change in the plan. He asked that this issue not be looked at over and aver. One of the major reasons why he and a number of other neighbors oppose it is because it doesn't seem to be needed at this point in time. There's areas to the north and to the south and those points have already been made. He noted he bought a home in the area and understands how much $440,000.00 is. Nello Teer may be able to afford that $440,000.00 a little bit more than the damage it may do to the people in that neighborhood. There is a lot there and the people in that area would like to protect what they have. It would be good if the County can work with the other Planning Boards to find some way to implement the suggestion of Spense Dickinson so that