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054 JPA DRAFT MINUTES 4-17-86 PAGE 15 1 all of the land from Lake Hogan Farm west until you reach the potential commercial properties at the corner of Old 86 and Homestead Road be left under the existing zoning because that breaks up the character of the entire neighborhood. The plan calls for multiple retail areas which to me is 'strip city' . If you are going to have to have any retail areas they should be kept close to the intersection and not spread out over several different areas. We're not after the Durham/Chapel Hill Highway. With all of these, what I think, are careless and thoughtless parts of the plan, I would request that the County Commissioners a) not grant extra-territorial rights to the Carrboro Planning Board at this time and hopefully not until hell freezes over and that the Commissioners require that the map be more carefully drawn to represent the existing nature of the existing residential areas and that means more hearings. " Judson Edeburn, Duke Forest Resource Manager, presented prepared statement attached to these minutes. John Mackowiak, spoke representing the small community located on New Hope Church Road between the 1-40 Interchange and Old 86. He noted that the families in this area were unanimously opposed to the previously drawn light industrial zone indicating a petition was to be presented by a later speaker. He felt that these people would favor the revised plan which has this zone removed. Hugh Wilson spoke expressing concerns with traffic safety around the Calvander area noting that industrial uses would only create more traffic hazards. He noted that he felt industrial uses do not belong in such an area to create jobs that are not needed for the immediate area. He felt this would increase tax problems as well as the increased need for services, noting that Northern Orange County is the area where employment is needed. He felt that the benefits to Carrboro would be far less than the problems which would be created. Jeff Collins spoke as a resident and homeowner in Northwood Subdivision as well as a representative of the Northwood Homeowners Association noting that Northwood is located in the middle of the activity node at Eubanks Road and 1-40. He expressed concerns with the types of industry included in light industrial noting that he is still unclear as to what. these involve. He continued that he had not seen evidence that the infrastructure needed. for such an industrial park is going to be available in the forseeable future. He indicated there were already grave concerns with traffic at the intersection of 1-40 and NC 86 and neither Eubanks Road nor Whitfield Road can handle the increase in traffic that such development would bring into the area. He expressed the desire to support