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October'1_, 1992 Mr Moses Carey, Jr. Orange County Board of Commissioners P.O. Box 8181 Hillsborough, NC 27278 Dear Mr Carey : We are writing to you to express our profound. distress about the proposed change in the rural character, of the area known as University Station to accommodate high density 1300 unit development. We are opposed to the proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment to the land use plan . We believe that this plan is being rushed to allow meeting deadlines imposed by the developers, disregard- ing any other concerns. We are aware that the Planning Commission is working toward development of regulations which would provide a benchmark by which future proposed developments can be evaluated. But it appears that to accommodate the developers some members 'of the Planning Board are not willing to wait for this process to be completed. We urge you not to follow their approach. We are not against development, but we believe that there should be room for a rational approach to it. What appears to be happening with the so called University Station Development does not follow that path. Our main concerns, that we hope you will take into consid- eration are as follows : 1. Environmental impact : A 1300 unit development will severely stress the existing balance and alter irreversibly the rUr3i character of the area, which being adjacent to Duke forest supports a wide variety of trees, plants and wildlife. The development =-will have about 0.26acre per unit as apposed to present housinct- density of about 2.14 acres per unit. We have to'expect,.:that,.there will be heavy use of pesticides and fertilizers on the ro Died l within landscaped development areas. This of course will urun off into local creeks and is likely to contaminate surface water. We hope that environmental implications will be carefully eval- uated. E1