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tried every way to keep Carrboro from involuntarily annexing them, bu11 t Carrboro took them anyway. Now they are working their way out to our I Calvander. My parents and I have no fond memories of our dealings with Carrboro officials in years past. About 10 years ago Carrboro had planned, unknown to us, to condemn the service station building and surrounding land and take it for a place to build a proposed future fire station. A friend who happened to be in Carrboro or involved in one of the night meetings found out about it and told my parents who hired a lawyer to check it out. Once they found out that we were on to them, they tried to deny everything and dropped the whole idea. Last year, a neighbor found out, through the grapevine of course, that Carrboro had an industrial park planned for the middle of Calvander, plus all surrounding properties to be rezoned for high density housing which could be 12 to 15 units per acre. We started attending their meetings and finally asked the County Commissioners to call for a public hearing, and we got rid of the industrial park and the rezoning was cut down to five units per acre. So we've been keeping pretty close tabs on Carrboro ever since. I have heard the area referred to as North Carrboro by some Carrboro officials. I think this is putting the cart before the horse. Mayor Porto said a few weeks ago he was trying to look out for the best interests of Carrboro. Well, we are looking out for the best interests of Calvander and the needs of all Orange County residents. So be a good sport, Carrboro and give up the watershed to the County but don't try to bargain with something you don't have and that is the Calvander community. We are going to fight for what is ours and for many of us our heritage until all the cows come home. Calvander residents are not selfish people as they were referred to on the radio today. To our elected County officials we strongly urge you to vote against the swapping of the watershed for our right to be represented by our elected County officials. Please save us from the clutches of land hungry Carrboro. " Janet Tulowiecki , a resident of the Fox Meadows Subdivision made the following comments: "I am here to register the strong opposition of my community to the proposed land swap which could place our community in the extraterritorial planning jurisdiction of Carrboro. I would like to submit to the Orange County Commissioners the names of 48 opponents to this plan. These people have expressed their shock, anger, disbelief, and fear about the proposed swap and area splitting. it all boils down to one statement - we do not want to become a part of Carrboro today or tomorrow. We will oppose any plans or proposals that might lead to this outcome. Why do we feel this way? We find it irrational to allow a non-representative government plan for us. Because of their past performance, we are skeptical and uneasy about the quality and intent of Carrboro 's planning effort. We take issue with being asked to accept this proposal and all that goes with it on good faith or blind faith alone. We are confused about a proposed designation as Carrboro's extraterritorial jurisdiction when we reside 3 . 3 miles from Carrboro city limits and only 0. 7 miles from Chapel Hill. We are concerned about a proposal that could physically split our community and our subdivision so that one could literally cross the street into another planning area. We must say in closing, that we do appreciate the opportunity afforded to us by the County Commissioners to speak on this