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DRAFT EXCERPT from 5/23/2011 QPH Minutes 13 1 10-Year Transition -suitable for higher density residential where public water/sewer is planned or 2 exists. (Area C) 3 4 Public Comment 5 Gloria Martin said that she lives in Area A. She asked how this impacted her and her 6 property in the future. 7 Tom Altieri said that the Comprehensive Plan and the Land Use Element Map that goes with 8 it is intended to express a vision for future land uses in the County. It is a general map 9 encompassing large areas showing where the commercial and residential areas are to go. This map 10 is being amended now. This land could .potentially be amended from an agricultural residential to a 11 CITAN. If that were done then any of the other non-residential zoning districts could be applied for. 12 This only creates potential for a rezoning where otherwise there is none. 13 Gloria Martin asked if they were safe on their property even if it is rezoned and it was 14 answered yes.. She does not want to be forced to sell her property if an industry rezones. 15 Dan Wilson asked what this would do to the property tax values. Craig Benedict said that the 16 value of the property will remain the same if the property remains AR. The tax value is based on 17 surrounding property sales. 18 Commissioner Jacobs clarified that if anything goes around residential areas, there will be 19 buffers around the property to mitigate the impact. He said that, realistically, if there is water and 20 sewer in this area, it will put a lot of pressure for people to buy it for economic development purposes, 21 which is the idea. People may offer residents more money for their property and people may build 22 around residential areas, but it wilt still be up to the property owners what they do to their property. 23 He said that he wants to be clear that water and sewer is a huge investment because it was 24 determined in the Efland/Mebane Small Area Plan that development should occur here. 25 Commissioner Jacobs made reference to people that had concerns below Bowman Road. 26 He said that in the discussions with Mebane, the County Commissioners made clear that the land 27 use plan did not account for the water and sewer being south of that road, and this is the same case. 28 The Comprehensive Plan says that there will be no water and sewer south of Bowman Road. 29 Mebane agreed upfront that it does not want to send water and sewer south of Old NC 10. He said 30 that this should be memorialized somehow with a discussion with Mebane. He said that there is a 31 meeting with Mebane on September 15"', and as the legislature is changing the annexation laws and 32 making it more difficult for municipalities to annex as they have in the past, it might be a good time to 33 try and reengage Mebane on planning together for where it is going to grow and not grow. 34 35 Mark Marcoplos asked if the sales tax referendum was going to pay for the water and sewer 36 infrastructure. Frank Clifton said that the County Commissioners have authorized design work on 37 utilities of abou# $3.5-4 million in the Efland area. This is under final design. Of that, $2.5 million will 38 be local dollars and the other will be from a grant some years ago. Going forward, the County will be 39 presented with the opportunity to begin construction of the sewer lines. 40