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AMBERLY HEARING PAGE 5 <br /> to follow from from the outside . Some have been and any <br /> agreement is, at least , postponed. <br /> Perhaps it is only a coincidence that Amberly is being <br /> rushed to judgement while the talks are broken down . But , <br /> with all due respect , there is at least the appearance of <br /> government by tantrum. Such a situation is inappropriate <br /> and may be irresponsible when the impact is on an issue of <br /> such importrance as protecting our drinking water . <br /> I sense that some on the Board feel that only people <br /> from outside of town oppose Amberly. But I speak as a <br /> Carrboro citizen who has talked with many other Carrboro <br /> residents who agree : Amberly is in the wrong place at the <br /> wrong time . <br /> With or without an agreement with anyone else , Carrboro <br /> has a responsibility to its own citizens to protect the <br /> water quality. The very development that is sought adds to <br /> the long-run demand for quality water and increases the need <br /> to preserve University Lake as a drinking water source . <br /> Carrboro can' t grow without it . <br /> It seems unthinkable that Carrboro would increase the <br /> density of any part of the watershed pending the outcome of <br /> the OWASA study. I thought that Carrboro was going to take <br /> up the question of reducing density in the watershed, at <br /> least as an interim measure , immediately after adopting the <br /> watershed amendments last fall . But , there has been no such <br /> action . Two weeks ago the Carrboro Planning Board was <br /> interested in zoning all of the Amberly land at two units <br /> per acre , but they could not as the only proposal before <br /> them was for the land which might be annexed. Whatever else <br /> happens, increasing density now is clearly the wrong way to <br /> go. <br /> A Question of Covenants. <br /> Much has been promised by the developer of Amberly. <br /> Much of that is to be included in the covenants. I have <br /> expressed considerable concern to the the developer and this <br /> Board about the covevenants, particularly as they relate to <br /> pesticide use . But there are no covenants. Not even a <br /> draft . A close student of developers recently observed that <br /> developers are salesmen whoe job is to promise anything that <br /> will get their projects accepted. We've heard a lot of <br /> promises here . Approving the conditional use permit <br /> without seeing this critical document is accepting a pig in <br /> a poke . <br />