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ATTACHMENT TO 4/21/86 PLANNING BOARD MINUTES <br /> SCOTSWOOID <br /> "In some places, great changes have been wrought by the <br /> increase of trade and the busy hum of manufacture, but not so <br /> with Hillsborough. It remains as it was in olden times, the home <br /> of some of North Carolina's great men, the summer residence of <br /> the wealthy citizens of the east, and is much admired for the <br /> beauty of its surrounding scenery. Devoid of all art, it has <br /> received a share of the blessings of Providence. . . Long may the <br /> whole town -- a relic of the days when our forefathers fought and <br /> bled - be a place to which the busy merchant may make a pilgrimage <br /> when weighted down by the labors of the dusty city. Let it <br /> remain an altar at whose shrine the poet, the historian, the <br /> statesman can worship, as having been hallowed by associations <br /> dear to all . " <br /> H.E. Colton, 1856 <br /> Perhaps Scotswood ' s greatest service to Orange County is <br /> the Quality of discourse and thought it has engendered among <br /> citizens, planners and other officials. Regardless of the <br /> project's relative merits, or lack thereof, I believe I speak for <br /> the majority of the Orange County Plannino hoard when I state <br /> that consideration of Scotswood has led to a commitment to the <br /> following positions: <br /> -- Phasing of this and other large developments is <br /> essential to addressing concerns of health, safety and welfare. <br /> This is particularly true not only in regard to water <br /> availability, but in terms of ameliorating traffic impacts. <br /> Standard N.C. Department of Transportation procedure requires <br /> that our communities choke in traffic helor_e problems are <br /> addressed . We cannot accent this as our county's sole response, <br />