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t36 reconsider the location of the northern loop, to not put that near or on Homestead Road. I also support fully calling another public hearing to specifically discuss the Calvander Industrial Node. I am not opposed to planning for growth. I am not opposed to joint planning but I am opposed to planning which encourages growth that nobody wants. " Richard Ellington, citizen of Carrboro made the following statement: "As a citizen of Carrboro I look forward to the day when we will indeed have joint planning between Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Orange County. The Calvander Industrial Node as depicted on the map beside me, cuts off the normal northern growth pattern for the Town of Carrboro. It also is, incidentally, the only industrial node left on the map, which I highly disapprove of. Carrboro has already sacrificed its western boundary for growth to a watershed. The Carrboro Board of Aldermen recently passed a resolution to agree to go along with the North Carolina Conservation Council, I believe, which would declare this land as a water conservation area and decrease and even strengthen the residential restrictions on the area immediately west of the Old Fayetteville Road area and west of the Old Hillsborough Road area. So, Carrboro has cut off its own nose in a sense as far as western growth is concerned. So, we only have as a town, basically one way that is vital to grow and that is north. I personally do not approve of the idea of an industrial commercial node parked directly in the middle of that natural growth pattern economically. Aesthetically, I disapprove of it even more. I live in this area annexed by Carrboro approximately five years ago. Dumping your industry and your garbage on the Homestead Road neighborhood is a travesty of justice. I don't have facts to substantiate it, but I cannot help but believe industry provides only short term tax benefit to any organization, be it a town or be it a county. As Carrboro or if Carrboro absorbs this industrial complex, it can't expand without either going around it and I don't know many people who want to build their house across the street from a factory, and the area immediately north becomes a drain on Carrboro as opposed to an advantage. We're much too short sighted on our arterial plan. 15-501 By Pass around the south of Chapel Hill is a prime example. The By-Pass was no more in place until roads were being run off the by-pass and it opened up more residential areas. Why do we talk about having an artery that is going to bisect a large area that we say is going to be high density within twenty years. If the road is not even being planned, just thought about then let's put it somewhere way out that makes sense. Let's put it way out on Old Hillsborough Road. Factories and assembly plants come and go but homes and families stay. " Ruth Miller, Billabong Lane resident, expressed concern with the proposed landfill which she noted would be in her backyard and would affect three hundred families. She expressed concerns with the effects the landfill will have on the environment, the schools, land values and quality of life. It is located only three miles from downtown Chapel Hill. She inquired about traffic safety on Homestead Road, Eubanks Road and the road which will run adjacent to the proposed landfill. She stated it is a known fact that landfills are one of the greatest health hazards and polluting hazards to families and the environment. She further asked about water quality and pollution noting there are resource protection areas indicated on the