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<br />23 <br />Harvey for his explanations but said that he was still unclear. Is the plan to change District 3 from rural to economic 1183 <br />development of some sort? He said that this is different than the established zoning of District 1 and 2. He said that a 1184 <br />change in zoning for District 3 would establish a change to the community and he is concerned about this. He said 1185 <br />that he did not quite follow the process of when District 3 would come-up again. Could he get some clarification 1186 <br />please? 1187 <br /> 1188 <br />Michael Harvey said that District 3 was explained in the application would have single family and multifamily housing 1189 <br />with nursing and continuing care facilities; it would be an age-restricted development. It is intended to be high-1190 <br />intensity senior living community. District 3 is not being reviewed tonight. If the Planning Board recommends the 1191 <br />approval of this project tonight, it will not include District 3. District 3 is currently zoned Rural Residential, a 1192 <br />residentially-zoned parcel of property, and this proposal calls for a higher intensity residential land use than is 1193 <br />currently permitted. Staff has recommended that all discussion on District 3 be tabled and that sounded like the 1194 <br />Planning Board wanted the BOCC to refer this part of the plan back to the Planning Board at a future date, if the 1195 <br />externalities keeping them from reviewing it tonight are modified, allowing District 3 to move forward. However, 1196 <br />District 3 may have to be modified or abandoned, and the developer will need to decide what action he will take. 1197 <br />Staff’s recommendation to the Board is that they table and wait for further input from elected officials. As mentioned, 1198 <br />there will be meetings with the Town and County elected officials regarding how the southern portion of this area will 1199 <br />be developed. He recognized that Margaret Hauth, Planning Director, was present and should correct him if he is 1200 <br />wrong, but he said that the Town was interested in purposeful extension of economic development and opportunities 1201 <br />that can be served by the Town. The Town provides courtesy review and if it is determined that a project cannot be 1202 <br />served, the project will not be able to move forward. At this juncture, District 3 is a non-issue and the only 1203 <br />recommendation for it is for all talk of it to be delayed until everyone can make an informed decision about it. 1204 <br /> 1205 <br />Tony Blake said that to summarize, District 3 is not in an economic development zone. 1206 <br /> 1207 <br />Michael Harvey said that District 3 is not in a transitional zone, meaning that by definition, a master plan project 1208 <br />cannot be reviewed. 1209 <br /> 1210 <br />Tony Blake said that there is potentially a capacity issue for water and sewer that still needs to be discussed. 1211 <br /> 1212 <br />Michael Harvey agreed with this statement and said that a reason that the conditions read the way they read is to 1213 <br />anticipate the eventuality of the capacity issue. A process will have to be established regarding how a developer with 1214 <br />a site plan can work with the Town. 1215 <br /> 1216 <br />Tony Blake said that regardless of the proposal, the set of uses would not be permitted in District 3. 1217 <br /> 1218 <br />Michael Harvey said that District 3 was proposed for residential development only. Right now, District 3 will remain a 1219 <br />rural residentially-zoned parcel of property. 1220 <br /> 1221 <br />Tony Blake said that he was pointing this out to quell apprehension. 1222 <br /> 1223 <br />(Michael Harvey clarified with the previous speaker that District 3 would not be acted on.) 1224 <br /> 1225 <br />Charles Brantley spoke and said that he lived off of High Rock Rd. He asked when the Board had received the 1226 <br />plethora of materials in this packet. He asked if Board members had seen this packet before tonight. 1227 <br /> 1228 <br />Tony Blake and Lydia Wegman responded that Board members had received these packets. 1229 <br /> 1230 <br />Charles Brantley said that he was under the impression that Board members had not seen it. 1231 <br /> 1232 <br />Tony Blake said that it is a lot to go through but they did receive it. 1233 <br /> 1234 <br />Lydia Wegman asked if any other members of the public wanted to speak. Hearing none, she invited Mr. Parker to 1235 <br />speak and to address some of the questions. 1236 <br /> 27