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working to find solutions to problems that affect everyone. Any progress made is , news. Chairman Carey announced that he received some sigr-ed xeroxed statements, v . These statements number 274 and are included in these minutes by reference. A list is '= in the permanent agenda file in the Clerk's Office. The statement read as follows: "pear Mr, Carey and Members of the Commission, I am a resident of Orange County and I am concerned about the proposed watershed protection plans. I believe they are too restrictive to permit balanced, responsible growth and development in our county" Chairman Carey emphasized that the public hearing was requested by the Board so'that the citizens of Orange County could express their views and that the $oard is there to listen. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPEN FOR GITIZEN C0.-~iMENTS. HORAGE JOHNSON spoke in support of protecting the watershed areas of the County. A copy of his complete statement is an attachment to these minutes an page DAVE GODSGHALK spoke on behalf of the Chapel Hill Town Gouncil. He spoke in support of protecting the University Lake and Cane Creek watersheds. A copy of his complete statement is an attachment to these minutes on page JULIE ANDRESEN read the resolution adopted by the Chapel Hi11 Town Council. A copy of this resolution is on pages of these minutes. KATHY EN .WELL, resident of Calavander, spoke in favor of interim development standards for the various watersheds and permanent controls within the near future. She supports the five acre minimum, and is willing to restrict development of hez own property in order to protect the water supply for other areas. DALE D FAULKNER of Jones Ferry Road feels each piece of land should be looked at individually rather than going to a definite five acre minimum. The taxes go up and the property owner is not compensated, He does not want to do anything to hurt the water quality but also does riot want to do anything to hurt the value of someones land. BEN LLOYD, local dairy farmer, does not disagree with reasonable protection of the water. He disagrees with the degree that it needs to be protected and what methods will be used and who will pay the bills when the property is devalued for public good. He referred to the County's past and present initiatives in placing regulations an different classes of land - PID, rural character., etc. He doesn't feel it necessary to place 57~ of the land in Orange County under water protection. He asked that the Board consider not just the people who propose such regulations, but also consider compensation where the land is so restricted. JAMES R. SMITH spoke in opposition to placing a moratorium'on development in order to protect the water quality in the watershed. He talked about the Cane Creek reservoir and zeferred to the section in the-final Camp Dresser and McGee report which indicates how much land is needed to implement the very" costly treatment processes which are necessary to protect the water supply. He feels it is the responsibility of government in a free society to plan for growth and development, not to plan and manage growth and development. MARVIN POYTHRESS spoke in opposition to the five acre minimum lot size. He told of the people who sold their land for University Lake. He criticized the use of