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C <br /> t 251 <br /> SIMPSON <br /> 10 <br /> IF MIDWAY AIRPORT WERE TO BE CONSTRUCTED: <br /> A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FARMLAND MOULD INEVITABLY BE REMOVED <br /> FROM PRODUCTION: <br /> AGRICULTURAL AND RESIDENTIAL LAND VALUES CONTIGUOUS TO AND NEAR <br /> THE AIRPORT WOULD SUFFER SERIOUSLY: <br /> AN IMPORTANT WATERSHED, CANE CREEK, WOULD BE THREATENED: <br /> AND PRESSURE WOULD INEVITABLY ARISE TO ALTER LAND USE CATEGORIES <br /> AND ZONING RESTRICTIONS REGARDING LANDS ALONG NC 54 AND TO ALIThJ INDUSTRIALIZATION <br /> AROUND THE AIRPORT AND STRIP DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN THE AIRPORT AND CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO: <br /> IT IS CLEAR THAT A NUMBER OF THE GOALS OF ORANGE COUNTY, AS DEVELOPED <br /> AND SET FORTH IN THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, WOULD BE VIOLATIZD. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY "NE" BUCK MOUNTAIN OR ANY <br /> OTHER DEVELOPER A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR AN AIRPORT. THERE ARE GROUNDS APLENTY, <br /> UNDER ZONING ORDINANCE 8.2.2 a0 a), b), and c), TO DENY THIS REQUEST, AND THE <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS HAS THE LEGAL RIGHT TO DO SO. I ASK THAT YOU UPON <br /> CONSIDERATION OF ALL EVIDENCE BROUGHT FORTH ON THIS MATTER, VOTE TO DENY BUCK <br /> MOUNTAINIS REQUEST, AND THEREBY EARN FOR ORANGE COUNTY A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE <br /> HISTORY OF THE PROTECTION OF NORTH CAROLINAIS AGRICULTURAL LANDS. <br /> THANK YOU. <br /> **BLAND SIMPSON <br />