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SUMMARY OF LITTLE RIVER TAC MEETING HELD IN CALDWELL ON JUNE 3, 1987 2II.PAGE 3 recommendation that they be considered for Little River and Cedar Grove at the same time, rather than on a piecemeal basis. Karen Barrows asked about TAC involvement in the overall plan update process, stating that she thought the TAC would have had a greater role in the actual preparation of the plan. Bell stated that the primary task of the TAC was an advisory one and he thought this was the understanding of TAC members. He did state that he would welcome any time/assistance TAC members wanted to volunteer, however. Discussion then shifted to a recommendation for the Planning Board. Chris Best suggested such a recommendation might take the form, "Recommend that the Draft Plan go forward as presented. " He suggested a secondary motion might be to recommend further study on all viable implementation measures for watershed protection prior to adoption . Deanna Smith asked Bell if , overall , he saw anything wrong with the plan. Bell responded that he was comfortable with the plan, that he essentially saw it as a compromise of the various issues and concerns the TAC had been discussing for the past year. Bell did state that if an amendment application were received requesting reinstatement of the Harris Crossroads activity node, it would be difficult to deny since it was consistent with Plan Goals and Policies and met all locational requirements . The question was raised as to why the node was left out of the plan. Bell responded that there were three main reasons ; first, was to downplay the area from the standpoint of additional development from Durham, second, he stated he had not seen any real support for the node at previous meetings, and last, there was no existing commercial develop- ment at the node. Deanna Smith discussed briefly the pros and cons of keeping Harris Crossroads as an activity node. Steve Berry said that if it were left out of the plan now, the TAC had a voice as to whether or not it went back in later. Bell briefly mentioned what the process would be if a property owner in the area wanted to have the node reinstated later, i .e. , $120.00 application fee, one public hearing in February, etc. Brad Walker commented on the advisability of putting the node back in to address future growth patterns of commercial nodes . Frank Ferrell said the whole idea of the node strategy seemed to be the focusing of non-residential growth ; without Harris Crossroads additional growth would probably be going to Caldwell .