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opportunity to farm. <br /> Commissioner Gordon recommended that Carrboro should to go back and re-visit this <br /> issue, and Chapel Hill should have a more in-depth discussion as well. She said the boards <br /> could go through and look carefully at all of the uses. She believes the uses allowed by right <br /> and by special use permits in the general use zoning districts are probably fine. She said <br /> Carrboro has added some language to the land use plan and the joint planning agreement that <br /> should be considered. She said there is a way to allow some additional uses in the rural buffer <br /> without allowing everything that has been proposed. She said there is a difference between <br /> rural and urban, and land uses in the rural area should only need septic systems and <br /> groundwater supplies. <br /> Town Commissioner Lowen left at 10:OOpm. <br /> Chair Jacobs said Maple View Farms is really where this whole Agricultural Support <br /> Enterprises started. He said the reason there are no tables in Maple View store is because <br /> there was a state requirement for a commercial type septic system to support that business. <br /> Town Commissioner Lloyd left at 10:05pm <br /> Chair Jacobs explained more of the history of Maple View. He said this process has <br /> lasted over a decade and staff has put in a lot of effort. He said Carrboro has identified only a <br /> few things and we are getting hung up on these. He said everyone wants to be protective and <br /> cautious. He said, respecting these concerns, there need to be some unified <br /> recommendations from planning staff in order to move forward in the near future. <br /> Council Member Matt Czajkowski asked Commissioner McKee if authorizing all of these <br /> uses will really make agriculture profitable enough to create return that is equal or superior to <br /> subdividing the property. <br /> Commissioner McKee said it will not compare to sub-dividing, but it might make it <br /> sustainable to allow the family to stay there. He said Orange County will never be able to <br /> equal the profit potential of a subdivision. He said this is not the problem. He said you have <br /> farmers in Orange County who need a supplemental income or an auxiliary enterprise just to <br /> help them stay there. <br /> 6. Town Updates <br /> Chair Jacobs said since it is late, the boards will forego the Town Updates at the <br /> request of Mayor Lavelle. He asked Jeff Thompson to give a one minute history lesson of <br /> Whitted Facility, and Jeff Thompson provided a brief summary. <br /> The meeting was adjourned at 10:12 p.m. <br /> Barry Jacobs, Chair <br /> Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board <br />