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these people who have been impacted and have borne the brunt of this can be compensated fairly for their land. He thinks that's very important and would support that in anyway ,,,,,~w he could. He asked that the County look into that suggestion and work with the land conservancy or whoever so that everyone will benefit. He expressed thanks to the many people for a tremendous job of two or three years of effort in putting together the buffer-` zone plan and expressed hope that the people that put this together can keep it together. CHET CAVALLITO, spoke on behalf of himself and a few neighbors in the area just to the east of Old 86 and west of the area. This proposal is not just changing a node. There's a whole gerrymandering stretch there, which without much extension will extend from the northern edge of Ghapel Hill to almost the southern edge of Hillsborough, There are a total of three so-called nodes or intersections in that area. In regard to the changes proposed who knows what might be necessary 10 years from now or even less. As of now, nothing needs to be changed other than possibly making some adjustment to those people directly impacted by this proposed change. The joint planning groups that were involved in creating this plan certainly are to be commended and supported to the extent that is feasible and reasonably possible. He appreciated hearing from the gentlemen representing Teer that they have an investment here. Considering it was purchased in 1984, perhaps that should be categorized as a speculation rather than as an investment since the direction of this was quite evident. Gertainly living in proximity to the highway is noisy. The other thing is trading highway noise for blasting noise. Highway noise, for the most part, travels through the air, blasting noise travels through the air, and through the rocks. Mr. Phears emphasized that the property in question is property situated on the interstate right-af-way. It runs roughly a mile, 4 to 5 thousand feet, a little short of a mile, down the interstate. He stated that the noise level on the property doesn't meet'^,~~, Orange County's own noise standards for residential property much less the noise standardw.. propagated elsewhere. He made reference to the acreage size and stated that a tremendous;,;,;; amount of this property is committed to the land application sewage system which is a ~"~~ spray system they use on golf courses. Roughly 100 acres would be used for this system. Two Hundred Four acres are in the agricultural residential zoning for the rock quarry. A major portion o£ that actually remains undeveloped and remains forested in terms of land conservation. In terms of land conservation, Nello Teer is actually much better at leaving some open spaces in those areas. In Durham, Nello Teer has roughly 500 acres, 100 acres of which are being used. The balance of it is in buffers and woodlands. The Blackwood property was purchased to be used as buffer and woodland. He clarified that the staff report treats these as one big application but they view them as an AR application. He asked that the record show that they have separate applications. There is a statement in the staff report that this property could be rezoned to AR, without having a land exchange. Ha asked Mr. Collins if that was correct at the present time? Mr. Collins stated that there is within the land use plan, what is called a land use plan zoning district matrix. The question that Mr. Phears asked is whether or not the property could be rezoned to AR at this time. Based on that matrix, there are two zoning districts which are lined with the rural buffer classification. That is AR far Agricultural Residential and R1, so rezoning is possible at this time. He pointed out that a public hearing was held back in February of this year for the very purpose of changing that matrix, so that the only zoning district that would be permitted within the rural buffer for Land Use Plan designation would be the rural buffer zoning district. The Board of Commissioners, will in all probability, consider the change in that matrix at their first meeting in May.