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'.~> 1, the Land t~se Flan. Fart of the County's plan is the deyelogn;ent and retention of openY = space. Contrar~• to popular m~`th, the use of a site such as this ultimately` involres the use of very little of the property. This property cot,sists of approximately 2G8 acres on which there would eventually he a hole that could someday be a la};e in the range of ~0 acres. The rest of the property is the same as any otl-er property-. It is regraded •. and reve;etated. Even during the life of the facilitti-, not the quarry- but tL-e facility, anotl~,er AO or 50 acres in additior- to the area that hill be mined Hill be used. T}tere will be very largo buffers and a great deal of open space ~.hich he belieti•es is perfectly consistent. If this application here approved, tl~ey hauld file a Special Use application which would address the special issues hhich would be raised including blasting, noise, dust, traffic, and all the things that go with a mining operation. MICliAEL JOLLY stated in regard to Carrboro's vote on a similar application, with a different acreage that went before them in ?.pril, the message was the same, the arguments were the same, and the citizens were opposed to this request then, just as they are now. He also stated that he was opposed to tl~,is rezoning ar,d would continue to oppose it eac}t time it is presented. HE mentioned that he feels that it violates the land Use Plan for tl;e Rural Buffer, and would decrease property 1•alues. lastly, he expressed his regret that Commissioner 'Marshall has decided not to run for re-election: He than}:ed her~for her tireless and dedicated efforts to preserve tl~,e environmental quality of the county. He thanked all of the Commissioners for their keen appreciation of the fact that the citizens of Orange County care where they live and care about maintaining environmental quality. 5T]SANNA TREVINO spoke in apposition to the rezonin7. She asked that the Commissioners help to assure that nothing be allowed to change the character of this area. RITCHIE BELL spoke in opposition to this rezoning request. He commended the Commissioners for the position they tool: in f1pril and ur;ed them to deny this rezoning request. PHXLLIS A. DURHAM spoke in opposition to this rezoning request. CEO:tGE CHOCELEY of Cedar Grote Township spoke in support of this rexonin; reaueCt. He stated he belie;-es that the Orange Count~* government has been trying t.o remove the rights of property owners. He indicated that he was speaking in an effort to help pre'rent further erosion of his Constitutional rights to do as he sees fit with his property. He also.~-entioned that although everyone likes goad food, travel by airline and interstate highway, they don't like the smells and odors associated with farming, the noise associated with air travel, or the rock quarries necessarS* for road construction. He believes that the goti•ernment is not .conforming to the wishes of the people and the people need to turn that trend around. He requested that I;ello Teer be granted this rezoning and Special Lse Fermit. DAVID LAKIN, a local resident, spoke in apposition to this rezoning request. He indicated that this has al~:a;•s been a peaceful place to lire and I-10 has not changed the character of this area to any great extent. Hs also mentioned that the upcoming elementary school needs special consideration for road safety in that vicinity. -'`, I MARY ELLEN PRIESTLY stated that she and her husband purchased thirt~•-•tho acres of forest land in 1972 that is just north of the zoned land. I-~0 cut their land in two so that they have 12 1/2 acres that joins the proposed rezoning and 1~ acres further away.