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94 <br /> Jobsis. However, she had also heard some ambiguity. <br /> There are people in the township who don't want the <br /> development that is coming in, they prefer to keep <br /> the area as it was. They say that on one hand and on <br /> the other do not want many restrictions. She felt it <br /> was simplistic to say that there is only one voice <br /> from rural Orange County and it is also simplistic <br /> to say that the same person knows what they want. <br /> They want it the way it has always been and they <br /> also want to be able to. sell it and have no <br /> restrictions. Nobody is going to have everything <br /> they want. The issue is how does the Planning Board <br /> mesh all of this together and make it look like a <br /> place where their desendents want to continue to <br /> live. <br /> Hoecke stated that he felt there must be a <br /> compromise position and he saw 33% as such a <br /> compromise. He continued that when the 33% is <br /> applied to an area with 100% buildable area, there <br /> will be considerable more open space than there is <br /> at the present time. He felt that 33% will be more <br /> acceptable and more appealing to the business <br /> community who will be developing that land. <br /> Otherwise, they will be driven away, or, into high <br /> priced development. While not "wedded" to 33%, <br /> either that figure, or something very near it should <br /> be the percentage used. <br /> Waddell stated that he was torn toward making the <br /> percentage higher, particularly when offering <br /> incentives. However, he also felt the Board must <br /> make it start somewhere. If it is set too high, <br /> the risk will be that it will never happen. If it is <br /> determined, after some experience, that it is too <br /> low, the Commissioners can increase the number. We <br /> should start low, so that, at least we start. <br /> Barrows agreed that there must be a starting point <br /> and felt this would a good one to make people aware <br /> of the options and, hopefully they will choose open <br /> space development. <br /> MOTION: Reid moved to accept 33% as the minimum open space <br /> requirement. Seconded by Waddell. <br /> Lee Rafalow, from the audience, stated that there is <br /> a point of order and that is whether or not this <br /> achieves the goals. He felt that leaving that item <br /> until the end of the meeting was not in order. <br /> He continued that it has already been stated that <br /> the objective is the preservation of rural <br /> character and he felt this does not meet that <br />