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16 3 . LAND USE AMENDMENTS - CEDAR GROVE TOWNSHIP LAND USE PLAN The staff presentation was made by Planner Gene Bell. When the Orange County Land Use Plan was adopted in 1981, a five year update schedule was specified by the County Commissioners. In accordance with this schedule, work begun on updating the Little River Township Plan in the spring of 1986. As the work on Little River was nearing completion in May 1987, data collection and analysis was started for Cedar Grove Township. The plan update process for Cedar Grove began officially on July 21 at a TAC meeting where the plan update strategy was presented. This was followed by a public information meeting on August 11 to present background data and distribute a questionnaire, a meeting on October 6 to discuss alternative plans, and a final meeting on October 27 to present the Draft Plan. With one major exception, the Draft Plan is not different from the 1981 Plan. The major change is the designation of additional water supply watersheds in the Township, in particular, the Back Creek and Little River drainage basins. This increases from 28.5% to 88%, the amount of township land area designated water supply watershed. Township activity nodes and the designation of the entire township as Agricultural-Residential are unchanged from 1981. The Planning Staff recommends approval of the amended text and map and its incorporation into Section 3.6 of the Land Use Plan. The Planning Board will consider the TAC recommendation and prepare a recommendation on the amendment at its December 21, 1987 meeting. The Board of Commissioners will consider the proposal for decision on January 4, 1988. A detailed summary and analysis, included in the agenda materials, is an attachment to these minutes in the permanent agenda file. Planning Board member Peter Kramer stated that the Planning Board expressed the concern that the population projections for Cedar Grove were too low considering the impact the Board felt would occur with the completion of I-40. Carl Walters, resident of Cedar Grove Township, stated that he would prefer to see land in his immediate area remain agricultural. He noted, however, that he felt the growth projection of 1.25 is too low and his expectations are that the completion of I-40 will bring considerable growth to Cedar Grove. He continued expressing the concern that the protection of water quality is not for the Cedar Grove area but for surrounding areas and that protection should be aimed at the individual 's investment in house and lands. He stated that he felt the updating of the Land Use Plan alone was