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Carmine and Elizabeth Prioli <br />3923 Stoneycreek Road <br />Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 <br />919 - 732 -8650 <br />October 1, 1992 <br />Orange County Commissioners <br />Orange County Courthouse <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />Dear County Commissioners: <br />We are writing to recommend that you not approve proposed plans for the <br />University Station development. When the Amerivest group requested a zoning change to <br />begin construction of this project several years ago, we met with Ceil Mullins,. Marvin. <br />Collins and others several times in an effort to understand and make a fair, informed <br />judgment about the potential benefits and drawbacks of such a plan. At that time, we <br />were not convinced that a development on the scale of University Station was in any real <br />way compatible with the rural character of the area that so many of us have worked hard <br />to maintain. <br />Nothing that we have seen or heard in the latest round of discussions has altered <br />our earlier thinking. In fact, the presence of New Hope Elementary School has <br />emphasized the fact that, among other things, the area's road system cannot bear much <br />additional traffic and certainly not the 2,000+ residential cars and service vehicles that <br />University Station would attract. <br />We have frequently said in public hearings and in private discussions with county <br />officials, planners and developers, that we are not opposed to all development. But <br />development must be carried out in ways that minimally effect the rural character of <br />Orange County. University Station is simply not that kind of development. We urge you_ _ <br />not to approve it or any zoning change that would invite other developers to think about <br />traumatizing one of our last natural and neighborhood resources. <br />Thank you for your attention and for the continued sacrifices that we know work <br />as a County Commissioner demands. We appreciate your efforts. <br />Sincerely, <br />Carmine and Elizabeth Prioli <br />