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a - _ 71 minutes. Most of the comments focused on issues related to effects on the existing residential character,and the extension of water and sewer service. Some of the group support expansion of the EDD and the rezoning of their property. Some of the group did not want to see any change to the residential character of the area,and indicated that they would support changing the Land Use Plan designation to allow only residential use. Others were not opposed to non-residential development,but wanted some assurance of when development would occur before rezoning the property. They did not want to lose the potential for residential development if it would be a long time before non-residential development would happen. There was considerable discussion about water and sewer extension. Several believed that the County should extend water and sewer to the area in order to attract business. Buckhorn Road is the approximate boundary between Haw Creek and Upper Eno Watersheds.The east side of Buckhom Road is in the Upper Eno Watershed,and could best be served by the Efland sewer system from the standpoint of utilizing gravity flow to the greatest extent. The area on the west side of Buckhom Road would best be served by the Mebane sewer system for the same reason. Only the area on the east side of Buckhom Road is proposed to be included in the EDD at this time. The possible inclusion of area on the west side of Buckhom Road will be considered at a later public hearing,after coordination with the City of Mebane on cooperative planning issues. Inclusion of the area between the I-85 and West Ten in the EDD could result in more efficient and cost-effective sewer service. Four intermittent streams in the EDD on the north side of I-85 converge on the south side of I-85 near West Ten Road. If sewer service is provided only on the north side of 1-85,then as many as four pump stations could be required to convey wastewater to a discharge point in a gravity section of the Efland sewer system.If sewer service is planned for both the north and south side,then gravity lines could carry wastewater from throughout the district to a single pump station in the vicinity of West Ten. A system which relies on gravity flow to the greatest possible extent,minimizing the number of pump stations needed,would be more cost effective,even considering that the gravity lines would need to be extended underneath 1-85. A major concern raised at the public information meeting held for area residents on March 12, 1996 concerned the lack of existing infrastructure as an incentive for development. Although all of the Economic Development Districts are expected to develop over a number of years,rather than in the near future,there were concerns with value in the more near future,since residential development would no longer be an option. Staff has identified 17 single-family residences and mobile homes within the boundaries of the proposed expansion.Clearview Subdivision,approved in 1994,is the only subdivision located on the north side of West Ten,and is not proposed to be included in the EDD. Five of the subdivision's lots have been developed. A resident of the subdivision was concerned with impacts of the EDD on the neighborhood,as was the owner of the adjoining mobile home park. Several property owners in the portion of the Study Area near Mt.Willing Road and West Ten,indicated that they wished for the existing residential character of the area to remain. Most of those individuals owned property in the Critical Area of the Upper Eno,which would not be included in the EDD.