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26 . 9 1 will all affect someones neighborhood. The EDC supports the concept of a 2 planned rural village and asked that the Board approve the change from 3 Transition to Open Space classification per the staff's recommendation. 4 MARGARET MCKEAN read a statement which has been made a part of the record 5 of this meeting by reference. She understood that water and sewer would not 6 be extended into the Rural Buffer except for emergencies and questioned why 7 they plan to extend water and sewer to the proposed University Station 8 project. She feels that the rural residential zone without water and sewer 9 is meant to be a buffer for the rural buffer. She feels the county should 10 stick with the Land Use Plan and devise a plan that provides community well 11 and community septic treatment. She made several suggestions for changing 12 the plan that would reduce some of the risk to the developers and to existing 13 county residents. She suggests removing the golf course, setting aside half 14 of the buildable acreage and making special plans for the two houses which 15 have historical value. 16 MARGO BOWERS read a statement which has been made a part of the record 17 of this meeting by reference. She noted that she likes to golf but prefers 18 not to have a golf course unless its organic. She suggested turning the 19 nearly full landfill into a golf course. She has worked very hard to be able 20 to live in this area. She cares more about the earth than a round of golf. 21 She does not want this area to become Hillsborough. She wants to remain a 22 Chapel Hill person. 23 AL JOHNSON made reference to a graph on page 296 and noted that it 24 indicates that if there are 1300 units instead of 600 units that the 25 developers will make eight times as much money. He feels that the developers 26 are trying to optimally design their model to control the theory that they 27 want to propagate. 28 PHIL PRICE presented into the record a letter from J. Moredock which has 29 been made a part of the record of this meeting by reference. She want to 30 protect the old forest and wetland habitats and is against the golf course 31 because of the toxins involved. Mr. Price stated he is strongly against the 32 proposed University Station project as currently proposed. He is opposed to 33 bringing urban density and urban traffic through the heart of the designated 34 rural buffer. He is opposed to golf courses, power easements and new water 35 and sewer lines being designated as open space. He asked that an 36 Environmental Impact Study be done. The traffic analysis did not address 37 lifestyle, noise and preservation of rural character. He asked that the 38 Board of County Commissioners not allow this part of the County to be rezoned 39 for higher density and sewer lines into the Rural Buffer but allow this area 40 to grow at the current R-1 designation with emphasis on cluster development 41 and real open space. 42 RUDY RENFER noted that the vast majority of people who have spoken do not 43 represent a particular group or organization but people in the community. 44 He feels this neotraditional model is a test. He feels that all the 45 information generated has been generated from a perspective of a desire to 46 see the particular project fly rather than look at the reality of the impact 47 on the people who are actually going to live with it. He stated that they 48 can only speak through their representatives and asked the Board of County 49 Commissioners to listen to the people they represent. 50 PHILLIP SCHERRER stated he lives in Stoneridge and is concerned with 51 orderly and planned development of the area. He has not taken a position but 52 has only provided information.