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"~' l~ <br />,~.):':/ <br />STONEYCREEK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION <br />PaeslDEr~t <br />Josef Woodman <br />3820 Stoneycreek Rood <br />Chapel HIII, NC 27514 <br />732-9668 <br />VICE-PRESIDENT/TREASURER~ <br />CdEe Warner "'-_~ <br />3809 Stoneycreek Road <br />Chapel Hm. NC 27514 <br />732-5456 <br />SECRETARY <br />Roy Roth r <br />4019 Stoneycreek Road <br />Chapel HIII, NC 27514 <br />9b7-3475 <br />14 September 89 <br />Moses Carey, Chairman <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />106 East Margaret Lane <br />Hillsborough NC 27278 <br />Dear Commissioners: <br />Due to a conflicting neighborhood meeting, many of the residents <br />of Stoneycreek are- not able to attend this evening's public <br />hearing. In their absence, they ask that the following statement <br />be read: <br />We are pleased to learn that the towns of Hillsborough, Carrboro <br />and Chapel Hill appear to be near an agreement to provide water and <br />sewer to the new Elementary School, which will eliminate the risk <br />of water or septic failure, and no doubt allow a number of <br />officials and parents to breathe a little easier over the coming <br />months and years. We applaud the action on the part of the Chapel <br />Hill/Carrboro/Orange County Joint Planning Group to clarify the <br />restrictions to water and sewer extension found in the Joint Land <br />Use Plan. <br />We nonetheless remain deeply concerned about the potential impact <br />that unbridled water and sewer lines might create in the <br />surrounding area with regard to commercial and residential <br />development. Water and sewer are keys to growth, and residents of <br />Stoneycreek remain steadfastly opposed to the type of uncontrolled <br />development that might lead to an unsatisfactory merging of the <br />communities of Chapel Hill, Durham and Hillsborough. We are <br />particularly concerned about undesirable development along State <br />Road 86 beyond the designated rural buffer and outside the <br />boundaries of Hillsborough's 10--year transition zone. <br />Properly enforced, the Orange County rural buffer would prevent <br />such unrestrained growth, and we see na reason to oppose a plan <br />that would allow water and sewer to run through its boundaries, so <br />long as good faith is demonstrated, and the spirit of the rural <br />buffer is upheld. <br />Therefore, we propose that sewer lines constructed outside the <br />10-year transition zone, including land that lies between the <br />transition zone and the rural buffer zone, be large enough to serve <br />the school, but no larger. Restricting the sewer line to a size <br />required only by the school would fulfill the requirements of the <br />