Agenda - 02-22-1993 - C-2-a, 3-a, 4

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50 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 1 White Cross ems district r 'e iThe Orange County Board of Corn- commissioners' literature explains missioners is proposing that a 200- that this targeted area would be al- acre parcel of rural land at White lowed to store and/or distribute ev- Cross (designated BH-2; about six erything from petroleum products to miles west of Carrboro off N.C. 54) be toxic and hazardous waste. "targeted" as an Economic Develop- Only those residents living within ment (ED) District. Apparently this in- 500 feet of the proposed facility were volves for the most part rezoning the informed by the county of the im- White Cross land from its current pending action — it can only he as- "agricultural and residential use" sta- sumed that the commissioners felt tus, to one that would allow for in- those 'homes situated 503 feet from dustrial, office, warehousing, and re- the site would not be affected. Fur- tail uses. The purpose behind this ini- thermore, residents were given less tiative, the board explains, is to spur than a week's time to prepare their industrial and commercial activity in arguments against the commissioners' the county. proposal for the public hearing sched- We residents of the White Cross uled for Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m. at the area, frankly, have some problems County Courthouse in Hillsborough. with this proposal, including the This public forum represents the only manner in which the board is carry- opportunity the Board of Commis- ing it out. sioners is allowing for any citizen op- Besides the obvious environmental position to be voiced with regard to and aesthetic arguments of bulldoz- the rezoning. ing 200 prime wooded and farmland Since this proposed ED district at acres — as well as the question of the White Cross threatens not only it • commissioners' commitment to any revocable environmental loss but also preservation of the rural character of direct human health risks, we ask Orange County — the proposed ED that ALL our county neighbors sup- site is directly adjacent to a com port us in demanding that it be swift- munity of 70 single-family homes ly rejected. with private wells. The rezoning ordi Our county's growth and develop- ] nance would allow the proposed in ment should be well planned and eq dustrial park to encroach within 50 unable — no: something from which we feet of these residences (the equiva ou have to defend our communities, lent of four car lengths.) our homes, and our children. Once rezoned and developed? the Jack Nestor Chapel Hill •