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139 <br /> maps which go into Bolin Creek and New Hope Creek. The residents in <br /> the area depend on wells; the extension of water lines does not <br /> answer the question of water pollution. All of Carrboro and Chapel <br /> Hill is affected by the proposed landfill. Ms. Miller concluded with <br /> the thought that the dreams of passing land for homes on to her <br /> children has been shattered by the devastating effect of the landfill <br /> on the land and quality of life. <br /> Steve Halkiotis noted his property adjoins the Calvander area. <br /> He expressed distress with the thought that this is to be a <br /> commercial area and noted that two school buses could not pass each <br /> other on the bridge on Homestead Road. He expressed distress with <br /> the bureaucracy of Carrboro and the fact that annexation was not the <br /> improvement which was promised . He cited increased taxes and poor <br /> garbage pickup service as other problems from annexation. Problems <br /> with Carrboro range from the purchase of city stickers to problems in <br /> the receipt of his mail. He cautioned Calvander residents against <br /> allowing the industrial node as he felt this was only going to lead <br /> to annexation of the Calvander area into Carrboro. Halkiotis noted <br /> that when asked where he lives he does not answer Carrboro, he <br /> answers Calvander. <br /> Sally Nussbaumer stated that she was concerned about the <br /> proposed Draft Land Use Plan for all the previously stated reasons <br /> and an additional reason as well. She stated that she felt sure a <br /> lot of time and effort had gone into the proposal but she had <br /> questions about the care with which the plan was drawn up. Her <br /> statement is as follows: <br /> "I live on approximately five acres of land in Calvander. There <br /> are restrictive covenants on my land which preclude more than one <br /> dwelling on the entire parcel of land and yet the proposed plan <br /> designates the area where I live as suburban residential which would <br /> permit two to five residences per acre; that's absolutely impossible <br /> because the restrictive covenants preclude that. I know personally <br /> of five other tracts of land in the Calvander area which have similar <br /> restrictive covenants. Therefore, the land does not adequately <br /> reflect the covenants of the neighborhood. This will be entirely <br /> misleading for anyone moving into the area or plans to develop. They <br /> would think they could put more on the property than they actually <br /> can. I propose that before any future land use plan is adopted, the <br /> deeds of all the property to be affected by the land use category <br /> changes be examined to determine if any land use restrictions are <br /> contained in the body of the deeds and that those restrictions in <br /> land use be reflected in the land use category designations on any <br /> future land use map. " <br /> Curtis McLaughlin, Calvander resident, made the following <br /> statement: <br /> "I live in Calvander in the Homestead Hills Subdivision and I <br /> have a number of very specific requests. Most of them help to throw <br /> some questions on the accuracy of the map and the quality of the <br /> plan. I 'm addressing the County Commissioners; I don't believe in <br /> addressing anyone else I can't vote for. So, to the County <br /> Commissioners: first of all, I would like the word North Carrboro <br /> removed from the map; secondly, the plan itself contains a very <br /> interesting element in that it now has the one industrial area that <br /> remains at the greatest possible distance from I-40. It calls for a <br />