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9 <br /> transition area are in the best interest of the whole community, since they <br /> provide sufficient solutions for future utility service, an environmentally ' <br /> sound area for future growth, and they take development pressure off the <br /> University Lake watershed. Together with the study of the carrying <br /> capacity of the watersheds and the identification of appropriate land use <br /> controls and standards, these approaches can maximize watershed protection <br /> and wise growth as we plan together. To summarize, we believe this plan to <br /> be in the entire community's interest, although the geographic area of <br /> extraterritorial jurisdiction and transition area is a small portion of <br /> southern Orange County. Many people who now and in the future use our <br /> public water system will benefit from this comprehensive watershed <br /> protection strategy. " <br /> Commissioner John Hartwell indicated that he thought a clear <br /> difference between extraterritorial jurisdiction and the transition area <br /> under joint planning was that in the extraterritorial jurisdiction it would <br /> be possible for the municipality to decide to change the land use plan and <br /> make high density residential or commercial in the future if they saw fit. <br /> The whole purpose of joint planning, as he understood it, was that the <br /> municipalities would be charged with the administration of specific <br /> permits, but they would not be allowed to change the land use plan without <br /> a joint approval process such as was being conducted at this moment and <br /> indeed the final adoption of zoning would be by County ordinance. He asked <br /> if he were correct in that distinction. <br /> Collins responded yes. <br /> Hartwell continued, inquiring about the cross hatched area on the map <br /> in the agenda packet. <br /> Collins responded that the cross hatched area is the amount of land <br /> that would be subtracted out of the northernmost extension to account for <br /> land owned by the University of North Carolina. <br /> Chair Marshall placed into the record a letter from Sally Nussbaum who <br /> couldn't attend the meeting. A copy of the letter is included as an <br /> attachment to these minutes. <br /> PUBLIC HEARING COMMENTS <br /> Virginia Cunningham , President of the League of Women Voters, read a <br /> prepared statement. A copy of the statement is included as an attachment <br /> to these minutes. <br /> Ms. Linda Roberts read a letter submitted by J.V. and Opal C. <br /> Brockwell, Calvander residents. A copy of the letter is included as an <br /> attachment to these minutes. <br /> Ms. Roberts then introduced herself and commented as follows: <br /> "I am a 26 year resident of Calvander and a member of the Calvander <br /> Community Association. I am one of those so-called selfish Calvander <br /> residents. My roots go back in Calvander many years to my dad's 60-year <br /> residence and my mom's 47-year residence as well as my grandparents who <br /> lived in Calvander from 1925 until they passed away. During that 60-year <br /> period they purchased the Calvander homeplace, the Calvander School site <br />