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16 <br /> transition area north of Carrboro can only increase development pressure on <br /> the watershed. He urged the County not to approve extension of the extra <br /> territorial jurisdiction north of Carrboro. <br /> Mrs. Margaret Holton presented a statement, a copy of which is <br /> attached to these minutes. <br /> Mr. Jay Zaragoza expressed concern that the 13 point plan was not a <br /> land use plan but wasteful thinking. He urged the County to devise a plan <br /> for sewer lines. He stated he felt if the governing bodies could get a <br /> grip on where the sewer and water lines will go, you will have a grip on <br /> land use planning over the County. <br /> Mr. Everette Billingsley, Executive Director of OWASA presented a <br /> statement, a copy of which is attached to these minutes. <br /> Mr. Warren L. Ganong presented a statement, a copy of which is <br /> attached to these minutes. <br /> Ms. Kathy Harris presented a statement, a copy of which is <br /> attached to these minutes. <br /> Mr. Pearson Stewart noted that he had conflicting ideas in his mind <br /> concerning the future of the Calvander/Homestead Road area east of the <br /> University Lake Watershed. He stated that he is very supportive of the <br /> residents goal to keep the Calvander/Homestead Road area as rural and very <br /> low density. Consequently, he strongly supports the concept of joint <br /> planning for the area south of Duke Forest. He noted that there was a big <br /> difference between the Bolin Creek Watershed and the University Lake <br /> Watershed. The University Lake Watershed is very inappropriate for <br /> development and the Bolin Creek Watershed is very appropriate for <br /> development. He expressed support for the extension of the <br /> extraterritorial jurisdiction and the placing of University Lake Watershed <br /> under County jurisdiction. He did note that these were two conflicting <br /> concepts concerning the future of the Calvander/Homestead Road but each is <br /> realistic and realizable. <br /> Mr. Michael Hartley , a Bingham Township resident, indicated there <br /> are two watersheds in Bingham Township-Cane Creek and Collins Creek. The <br /> treatment of these two watersheds is very different. The water supply from <br /> Bingham which goes to Chapel Hill is substantially protected. The Collins <br /> Creek drainage which lies between Cane Creek and University Lake watersheds <br /> is used by Chapel Hill and receives a substantial amount of sewage from the <br /> treatment plants of Chapel Hill in the form of treated sludges which are <br /> applied to the lands in the Collins Creek basin. He indicated he felt any <br /> statement of what was acceptable in one drainage basin but not another is <br /> premature. He felt that the Collins Creek basin should also be included in <br /> any study of watersheds. He strongly opposed the concept of trading off an <br /> unprotected watershed for the protection of another. We indicated the need <br />