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64 1 Matthew Edwards also lives in Weldon Ridge. He thanked Craig Benedict and the 2 Planning Board for all of the work and for changing the zoning from ED-1 back to R-1. 3 However, he is concerned with the future land use change because it sets a permanent 4 precedent. He said that his family decided to move to this area because of the rural character. 5 Robin Jacobs is the Executive Director of the Eno River Association and an Orange 6 County resident. She came to represent the Eno River Association and herself. She applauded 7 the Planning staff for modifying the recommendations that were initially made to rezone 8 property. There are some proposed changes that she thinks are unnecessary. The area that is 9 proposed to be zoned EDE-2, the more intense zone, is right next to Stoney Creek. She made 10 reference to Attachment 7-c and said that it shows the boundary of the Stoney Creek Small 11 Area Plan. This property is in the small area plan for Stoney Creek and that is why it was not 12 included in the EDD when it was zoned several years ago. It was left out on purpose. She said 13 that the Stoney Creek Small Area Plan was strictly talking about residential development and 14 there was nothing about commercial development in there at all. One of the guidelines is 15 protection of natural terrain and features and sensitive ecological areas including Duke Forest, 16 wildlife corridors along Stoney Creek, and other identified natural areas. Another one of the 17 guidelines is protection of the character of existing neighborhoods from incompatible uses, 18 densities, and direction of growth not rural in character. She pointed out one of the bullets 19 under that, which says, "no new commercial development in the planning area." This is the 20 Stoney Creek Overlay area, which is now proposed to go from Rural Residential to EDE-2. She 21 said that, in reality, there is an agreement that can legally provide for water and sewer, but this 22 will be really expensive. It means that some developer will have to acquire enough property and 23 have big enough lands to run the lines all the way into this district, or the County will have to find 24 the money somewhere. She asked about the EDE-2 at the mobile home park and if that would 25 make the current use non-conforming. 26 Blythe Ardyson has lived on Mt. Herman Church Road on 13 years. She spoke about 27 the yellow area, C. She is also concerned about the dark purple areas, A, where commercial is 28 being brought into residential areas. She said that they moved into this area specifically 29 because of the rural residential character. She knew that there were commercial centers 30 nearby when she moved here, but this would change the nature of the neighborhood 31 tremendously and would hurt the quality of life. She said that her family bikes every weekday 32 around here and this commercial development would pose a danger. She said that there are 33 underutilized or not yet developed areas with easy interstate access that are very close by, such 34 as Waterstone. 35 Janet Arvik lives in Weldon Ridge. She said that this development has become special 36 in more ways than just being small. She said that it is a mixed age community that gets along 37 well with all of the neighbors. She asked the Board to please not commercialize the area. 38 Heidi Hackney lives in Weldon Ridge. She read a letter from the Crabtree builders. This 39 letter was sent to the County Commissioners prior to this meeting.