Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
Orange County Commissioners <br /> Town of Carrboro Board of Aldermen <br /> County Clerk <br /> Hillsboro, NC 27278 <br /> 4/8/93 <br /> Dear Commissioners and Aldermen, <br /> I am writing to express my opposition to the proposed rezoning of <br /> Lake Hogan Farm. I understand that development of that land is <br /> inevitable . I do not oppose the development , I oppose the proposed <br /> 100 percent increase in density . I request that the Redfoot plan <br /> not be discussed at the public hearing, since this is a rezoning <br /> hearing only. <br /> I oppose the rezoning for the impact that the potential number of <br /> houses and people will have on our community, most especially on <br /> the school system.There is no current infrastructure to support the <br /> population explosion in our area . <br /> Seawell Elementary School has the capacity to house 500 <br /> children. (That includes the new building, which was completed this <br /> school year. ) There are 613 students at Seawell to date. The <br /> school is 113 students over capacity . <br /> If you haven' t driven down Homestead Road recently, you should take <br /> a drive. Wexford Subdivision is under construction , with 95 <br /> houses planned. Those children will go to Seawell . Cameron Court <br /> is under construction. There will be 24 homes there. it is less <br /> than a half mile from Seawell , and if they do not go to Seawell , <br /> they will be bussed to a different district . There are 24 new low <br /> income houses on Airport Road. Those children will go to Seawell . <br /> Ironwoods is building 50 new houses , and all those children will go <br /> to Seawell Elementary School . That is a total of 213 houses , and <br /> Seawell is already over capacity by 113 ! <br /> If Lake Hogan Farm is to be upzoned from one house per acre to 2 . 1 <br /> per acre, that is a potential of more than 600 new houses , most <br /> probably starter homes with young families and young children who <br /> will feed into Seawell School . How can the school possibly <br /> accommodate that number of children? <br /> The Seawell PTA is obviously concerned by the rapid growth; they <br /> allowed a group of concerned citizens to send home pamphlets with <br /> the children which addressed these same issues . <br /> Wake County Schools are in crisis now, after opening their arms to <br /> the country. The students are housed in more than 300 trailers . <br /> Those people are moving to Chapel Hill for the school system. <br /> Because of the Durham School merger, residents from Durham are <br />