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33 <br /> � � 150 V <br /> D <br /> May 30, 1997 JUN 3 1997 <br /> Barry Jacobs <br /> Chair, OWASA Board of Directors <br /> PO Box 366 <br /> Carrboro, NC 27510 <br /> Dear Barry: <br /> On May,8, the Bingham TAC received a report on the recommendations <br /> forthcoming from the Cane Creek Watershed Advisory Committee. The <br /> TAC commends this Committee for its long and diligent work, but feels it <br /> must respond to a few of the recommendations. As township residents, the <br /> TAC hears regularly from citizens about this issue, and we are obliged to <br /> pass along their (and our) concerns. <br /> • It appears that the comments and input from Bingham residents have not <br /> been given serious mention in the report. On November 20 and <br /> December 11, 1996, Bingham residents expressed to committee <br /> members and OWASA staff their feelings that additional hardship with <br /> no benefits seemed to be on the horizon for Bingham residents. The vast <br /> majority of residents at these two meetings expressed their displeasure <br /> with large-lot zoning and mandatory cluster approaches - both verbally <br /> and in the "straw-poll" held at the end of the meeting. <br /> • I was disheartened to see these thoughts listed in the report as issues <br /> "perceived by many watershed property owners," and relegated to the <br /> back pages of the report. To Bingham residents, the implications of <br /> additional land use controls with no benefits for those forced to bear <br /> these measures are much more than perceptions - they are very real. <br /> Another perception that is very real to us is the lack of an elementary <br /> school in Bingham for our 585 students. The idea of an elementary <br /> school site is one that residents have listed as a need for years, and the <br /> Orange County Board of Education has been made aware of this. The <br /> c-s <br />