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554 <br />to help those citizens. <br />Catherine Dickman, representing the orange County Affordable Housir4 <br />Coalition, stated four priorities she feels should be considered befc. <br />building new housing for low and moderate income purchase: <br />(1) improved emergency housing for families and children, <br />(2) transitional housing for women and families, <br />(3) transitional housing for men, and <br />(4) decent affordable rental housing <br />She stated that there are people on the streets with no place to go. She <br />feels that a holistic approach is needed. She stated that a single person <br />with two children working at minimum wage must work 58 hours a week to bring <br />her/him up to the poverty level. The University needs to provide more student <br />housing so that housing is available for people who need it. <br />Tara Fikes stated that comments may be made through November 15, <br />1993. At the end of this period, the final CHAS document must be approved by <br />all governing boards prior to December 31, 1993. <br />THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. FURTHER COMMENTS WILL BE RECEIVED THROUGH <br />NOVEMBER 15, 1993. <br />D• ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC HEARING <br />1. AMERICAN STONE QUARRY - ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT <br />Planner Mary Willis stated that in 1990, Orange County adopted an <br />Environmental Impact Ordinance. That Ordinance requires the preparation o:" <br />an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for developments which meets tf <br />criteria as outlined in the Ordinance. One of the criteria is the need fc <br />a mining permit from the State of North Carolina. American Stone Quarry <br />proposes to modify and expand its existing operation on NC Highway 54 and <br />Bethel--Hickory Grove Church Road. The proposed expansion involves: (1) Re- <br />alignment of Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Road to the east of the existing <br />quarry; (2) relocation of the existing asphalt plant to the east of the re- <br />alignment of Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Road; (3) realignment of a waterway <br />on the northwest border of the quarry site; and (4) the eastward expansion of <br />mining activities. The property, is located in the Rural Buffer zoning <br />district and University Lake Watershed. The existing quarry is designated as <br />an Extractive Use in the JPA Land Use Plan. Expansion of the Extractive Use <br />designation to include the area proposed for the quarry expansion requires <br />approval of an amendment to the JPA Land Use Plan. Amendments to the JPA Land <br />Use Plan require approval of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Orange County. <br />An amendment to the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan was presented <br />at a JPA public hearing on October 10, 1991. Concern with potential <br />environmental impacts was raised during the public hearing process. The <br />applicants chose to prepare and submit the EIS prior to submittal of the <br />Special Use Permit so that more information would be available at the time of <br />the decision on the Land Use Plan amendment. The EIS is for information <br />only. There is no decision to be made solely on the information in the EIS. <br />Mary Willis summarized the proposal that the impact statement is <br />based on. Four parts of the proposal were addressed in the EIS. They are <br />listed below: <br />(1) the realignment of Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Road, <br />(2) the relocation of the existing asphalt plant to the east or <br />Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Road,