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S T ON EY CR E E K N E I GH S ORH O O D A S <br />3600 Bluestone Court Chapel Hill, NC <br />September 10, 1992 <br />Orange County Commissioners <br />c/o Ms. Beverly Blythe, County Offices <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Dear Orange County Commission: <br />I am writing you on behalf of the Stoneycreek Neighborhood <br />Association to express our opposition to the proposed <br />University Station Project. <br />We fully realize that development is inevitable, and our group <br />will not summarily reject all proposals to build near our <br />homes. During a recent, well- attended meeting we carefully <br />considered the current proposal and its ramifications. All <br />present agreed that the attendant risks far outweigh the <br />advantages. <br />Obvious weaknesses of the proposal include: (1) the density is <br />too high, far in excess of guidelines advanced by the Rural <br />Character Committee and unacceptable to people living nearby; <br />(2) the town of Hillsborough, which would likely have <br />jurisdiction over the area, lacks the capacity to plan and <br />service such a large development; (3) the enormous impact on <br />area traffic has not been addressed; (4) the county's model <br />school might well end up serving a single, privileged <br />community; and (5) declaring the area "urban transitional" <br />could easily prove disastrous, enabling very high density <br />development if the current plan is later changed. <br />For these and other reasons, we strongly oppose the current <br />proposal. Please do not vote in favor of this plan, or any <br />other proposal that compromises the rural character of our <br />area. <br />Sincerely, <br />I 14"A_ <br />Bret C. Williams, MD <br />President, Stoneycreek Neighborhood <br />Association <br />