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• •I ENO TAC NOVEMaER 10, 1981 Page 2 • RECOMMENDATXON # 8 Luce noted the activity nodes in the area, explained the character of the corridor and highlighted the compromise of the recommendation. Barbour inquired about Carrboro's proposed industrial area and expressed concern that the designated activity nodes not be poured in concrete. Smith explained that these nodes can be altered or added to through an amendment process: Woods indicated that landowners in the Propdsed Industrial Suitablity Area were not willing to sell their land. Woods asked if the Rural Buffer was Chapel Will's greenbelt, and expressed concern that that area would experience the same problems as British greenbelts.- - • RECOmMENDATION # 9 Barbour inquired as to why.we were being so restrictive in our recOmmenda- tions. Luce noted problems with the Haw P/ver. Barbour asked why efforts are not being at ;lennCounty.gph °se tr :rr:71i7;i- 1!: tta t noted talpe 17 sewage into the Jordan. Luce indicated that efforts were directed at - - minimizing that activity throOgh the new water treatment plant. • , Woods and Barbour expressed concern that there was a potential to place a 100% restriction on development in Orange County for water -iquality and quantity purposes. ' Luce indicated that many identified sites were not really explored, just noted. Woods expressed concern that ten years ago people had said the same thing about the Jordan Lake Reservoir. Barbour noted the duckweed problem in Orange Lake. • Barbour expressed concern that the extent of land covered by the proposed recommendations, Luce noted that physiography of the County determined the area, not politics or the Planning Staff. Barbour felt that projections for water supply needs was based On growth in the southern portion of the County. Luce noted the recommendation not to allow interbasin transfers of water except in emergency situations. He indicated that past transfers had always;;occurred during drought periods.