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i986-81 Jeff Charles,President - • Joe Kiisslo,Vice Presiders tonerki e Bob Zigas.Pau President Carolyn$attriss.Treasurer Karol Robertso n,.Secretary eige fild Weil Director Rome Humor.Director Stella Mauaaeu,Director Property Owners Association Ron McCracken,Director of Stoneridge and Sedgefield, Inc. 1986-86 P.D. Box 3188 Jeff Charles,President Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27515-3188 Jack Shankle.V.P./Treas. Morris Dean,Secretary Rome Burnor,Director April 15, 1986 Stella Maunaell,Director David Merten,Director Bob Zigas,Director Mr. Don Wi l ho i t Orange County Board of Commissioners 1984-85 East Margaret Lane JJobZigsa.Presiden Hillsborough, NC Carl Hamill,V.P./Treat Morris Deer,Secretary Dun`'ev""'D'roor Dear Mr. Wilhoit: David Merten.Director Betty Page,Director Sauyutiger,Diredor The Stoneridge and Sedgefield Property Owners Association (about 200 households) supports the concept of joint land use planning between Orange County and the Town of Chapel Hill. We stress how important it is for the planners to have input from local citizens at every step of the process. This letter gives our response to the plans that you presented on March 11 at the New Hope Community Center, for the activity node centered around the intersection of I-40 and NC 86, near Stoneridge and Sedgefield. We are pleased that plans for this activity node call for a = minimum of light industrial development and no further commercial activity. We approve of prohibiting retail trade in the node. We support suburban and urban residential zoning south of 1-40. We support the planned resource protection areas (green areas) . We object, however, to the northeast section of the activity node' s being designated for urban, suburban, and office/ institutional use. Such development would have a negative impact on the current residential character of this area. We recommend that this area remain as rural residential. We are also concerned about the inadequate capacity of existing roads to accommodate present traffic as well as future traffic created by the intersection, and by the proposed activity node. NC 86 must be widened from I-40 to Homestead Road. Eubanks and Whitfield Roads will not accommodate the envisioned future traffic. We do not want Eubanks and Whitfield to become four-lane roads, but they could be significantly improved as two-lane roads. Improvements to NC 86 and to Eubanks and Whitfield Roads must be made before any major development of the activity node. We look forward to working with you in this most important project concerning the future planning of our area. Sincer-ly y urs, ` • I I- , JI f ICI= President