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• 09` 3) Calvander Node - Gene Bell gave a brief history of the Calvander Node and events-to-date including the public meeting •on May 7. Dr. Gordon stated that she felt the TAC had enough information from the Public Hearing on which to make a recommendation to the Planning Board. Kirk Pelland asked if the visitors from the Calvander area had any comments. Randy Danziger said he- felt a more cooperative effort at discussing the future of the Calvander area with the residents needed to be devised. Elizabeth Shoemaker asked for cla r-ification on comments she had heard about a Carrboro Joint Planning Area. Gene Bell stated that Carrboro was not a .formal party to the Joint Planning Agreement because they had problems with certain provisions of the agreement. He stated that his understanding was that Carrboro had drafted an alternative agreement that addressed, in particular, the boundary line between Chapel Hill and Carrboro and eliminated Joint Approval provisions. Dr. Bennett stated that he didn't think Carrboro really had any say and thought we should go back to the 1981 Plan for the Calvander area. Dr. Gordon stated that she didn't think Carrboro should be excluded because they were asked to participate in Joint Planning by the County Commissioners. Randy Danziger stated that he felt the maximum density of 8 units per acre as contained in the Carrboro Planning Board's May 1 position was excessive. The question of maximum density in county transition areas was raised. Gene Bell stated that under the current Land Use Plan and Zoning Ordinance, densities of up to 13 units per acre were permissible if infrastructure was addressed adequately and rezoning tests related to the public health, safety, and welfare were met. Dr. Gordon stated that she had attended many Joint Planning meetings and had the distinct impression that no one wanted anything in their area but low-density residential . She asked where and when does the public good override private interests. Randy Danziger stated that usually you have absentee property owners who want to develop property against the wishes of resident owners. He stated that this was not the case in Calvander. All owners of the affected properties were local residents and were opposed to any type of urban development. Abbie Dickinson stated that she thought the TAC was at a point where it could make a recommendation on the Calvander Node. Dr. Gordon asked if anyone on the TAC thought there should be industry at Calvander. The consensus was no. Kirk Pelland stated that the current Rural Neighborhood node seemed sufficient. Dr. Bennett stated that the TAC seemed to be in agreement on deleting the Commercial-Industrial node. He also stated he didn't feel urban densities outside of Carrboro's ETA were appropriate. He said that he would not oppose suburban densities in the Bolin Creek basin. Abbie Dickinson stated that she had no problem with densities up to 5 units per acre. Kirk Pelland asked if someone was prepared to make a motion on the Calvander Node. Dr. Gordon made the following motion which was seconded by Dr. Bennett: The Chapel Hill Township Advisory Council recommends that the Industrial-Commercial node labeled "North Carrboro" on page 80 of the Joint Planning Land Use Plan of April 1986 be eliminated; and that the "Calvander node" shown on that page be returned as a Rural Neighbor- hood activity node as defined on page 54 of the April 1986 plan. The vote was unanimous.