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16 <br /> NEW HOPE RURAL CHARACTER MEETING: <br /> GROUP COMMENTS FROM FACILITATOR RECORD <br /> (With staff/faciliator notes) <br /> January 25, 1994 <br /> * - Indicates more than one person agreed with the comment <br /> - Indicates majority (or unanimous) agreement with the comment <br /> GROUP A <br /> • Developer will not pay for extending water and sewer below <br /> certain density thresholds (@ 1. 3/acre) . <br /> • 1.2 million people will be coming into the Triangle area in <br /> the next 20 years. <br /> • Build now into this game the ability to deal with water and <br /> sewer extensions. <br /> • Options allow for 1-acre lots with open space: not too dense <br /> in rural areas? A person who wants to do five 1-acre lots <br /> cannot do or will not do quality open space (so don't mandate <br /> it) . And, who could maintain five lots well? <br /> • Allow for payment in-lieu to go from small (5-10 acre) <br /> subdivisions. <br /> • Staff build-out analysis: 2010 = 140, 000 population. <br /> #• Strong objection to tennis courts, swimming pools, <br /> nitrification fields (could sometimes be natural areas) , and <br /> golf courses as open space. (Others agree) . <br /> *• Group members appreciate the committee's work and their taking <br /> other's views into consideration. <br /> *• Concerned with development options and "too many/too much. " <br /> • We cannot have too much open space. Look at Arendt's ideas <br /> for cluster development. <br /> *• Clustering is a good idea. <br /> • Active owner's association. Builds community. Makes lots <br /> affordable. <br /> *• How best to balance density and cluster? This is hard to tie <br /> down. Quality is most important - trees, paths, networks. It <br /> is hard to compare the packages. <br /> • Prefer the package that designates the most open space - which <br /> is that? Like the idea of yield. The staff alternative looks <br /> at the land and asks: what can be supported? <br />