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12 issue. This is the first time that we, the hostages in this swap, have been asked how we feel about it. We implore the County Commissioners, our elected representatives, to vote against the proposed swap and preserve the current quality of life in our community and in the County as a whole. " Ms. Ruby Blackwood presented a statement, a copy of which is attached to these minutes. Mr. Randy Danziger presented a petition containing more than 100 names of citizens opposed to the land swap. He noted those names were all residents of the Calvander community. He continued that the Calvander residents do endorse a new water supply watershed study and certainly do endorse a rural buffer study. The residents also endorse a uniform zoning and sewer/water policy in the watershed. In particular, they wished to endorse the policy of no water and sewer going into the watershed if the zoning is to be kept at one dwelling unit per 40, 000 square feet. He felt that a practical application would be one unit per five acres noting this would be a conservative and safe solution during the two years it will take for a water quality study to be completed. Mr. Danziger indicated he supports the joint planning process but felt it could only work if all participants were committed. He expressed concern with considering extraterritorial jurisdiction for a body whose concerns were in opposition to all others regarding the watershed. He expressed the thought that the only way to deal with the watershed was for everyone to deal with it responsibly. He felt it was unfair to take a public health issue and turn it into a political football. He continued that he felt Carrboro was not willing to take the conservative water protection measures that the County and Chapel Hill are willing to take. Mr. Danziger indicated that he did not see the plan as being wrong in its general ideas but was concerned with the comments he had heard that if all the points were not agreed to as Carrboro wished, that the entire plan would become "unraveled". If this be so, he felt it was a very unreasonable position. Mr. Dave Rutter , a Calvander resident, expressed concerns that a growth directed city is being threatened by and is threatening its own borders. He continued, noting that Carrboro's growth is being directed to the west and north. He stated that the revised Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan densities were much more acceptable to the Calvander Homestead Road residents. He indicated he felt the prospect of gradual growth to the north and west was such a disappointment to the Carrboro administration that it could hold the water supply for much of southern Orange County hostage until their territorial demands are met. He stated that the Association For A Better Calvander supports joint planning in the transitional areas. They do not support Carrboro's unilateral jurisdiction over the extensive Calvander neighborhood. He continued that Calvander residents do support and recognize planning for natural growth in the community for the future. They do not support Carrboro's efforts to extort from Chapel Hill and the County so-called acre- for-acre or density swaps because the challenge of this whole process is reaching terms for a joint future land use plan. The compromise leaves the Calvander residents