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Craig Benedict added the Employment zoning designation would also have more traffic than the Suburban Office 166 Complex designation. 167 168 Paul Guthrie asked where the high-transition line is located. Craig Benedict indicated it on the map, at the top of the 169 straight yellow section. Paul Guthrie asked about its future. Craig Benedict said we don’t know and it’s not in our 170 control. Paul Guthrie said he asks that because the tower by the road has become a transition line tower with a great 171 many feeds. Craig Benedict said 20 years ago, people didn’t think you could put cell phone towers on those transition 172 line towers and now you see those antennae. 173 174 Tom Altieri reviewed that next steps include additional coordination with town staff to schedule and hold a joint public 175 information meeting. The Planning Board recommendation and BOCC decisions would be rescheduled. The 176 Hillsborough Planning Board will discuss the zoning of this land on February 15. The town and county boards of 177 commissioners have a joint meeting February 22. 178 179 Tom Altieri said these amendments are based on the premise that the county wants to expand the economic 180 development district. If something different comes from those two boards, then staff will change direction. 181 182 Buddy Hartley asked why the town does not want residential usage for its water and sewer. 183 184 Tom Altieri answered the town does not want residential in this area because of traffic concerns in Hillsborough and 185 an interest in focusing on in-fill development with the approved Collins Ridge development and the potential 186 redevelopment of Daniel Boone. The town is sensitive to additional residential for this area. 187 188 Craig Benedict said the counter argument is that Hillsborough’s strategic planning process regarding that growth ring 189 around town, before Waterstone existed, was that the town didn’t want any residential north of town because people 190 would be trying to get to interstates 85 and 40, so there was interest in putting residential south of town. Now, 191 Hillsborough’s argument is they have interest in walkability. If residential were allowed on this land being discussed 192 tonight, you’d have this satellite community south of I-40 that didn’t have continuity with this compact urban form. If 193 the county could provide water and sewer, we would suggest residential that is senior housing to fulfill a need. It 194 would have to be higher density residential -- perhaps people who live there and get on the interstate to go to work 195 and maybe go to a restaurant in Hillsborough. 196 197 Lydia Wegman asked if anyone has questions or comments. 198 199 Nathan Robinson addressed the board. He says he owns a 14-acre parcel in this area in discussion. He said we 200 originally bought it to build single-family houses there. He said we don’t want to get stuck with property that we can’t 201 build houses on and isn’t zoned for economic development. He said he has talked with Craig Benedict. 202 203 Kim Piracci asked Nathan Robinson why he didn’t sell it to Settler’s Point. Nathan Robinson answered that the 204 Settler’s Point developers wanted to look at it for two years and only pay us $5,000 for that time. 205 206 Adam Beeman asked Nathan Robinson if he would have to perk the land out now to build houses. Nathan Robinson 207 answered yes. Adam Beeman asked for confirmation that the Settler’s Point developers don’t want to give Nathan 208 Robinson residential access to his property. Nathan Robinson said that’s his understanding. 209 210 Craig Benedict showed on a map where Hillsborough water comes to now. 211 212 Nathan Robinson said he was thinking high-density residential to transition from Settler’s Point but there isn’t sewer. 213 There is a water line close by but he doesn’t know if he can tap on to it. 214 215 Paul Guthrie asked Craig Benedict to expand about the transition water line. He’s not so sure it’s a retail water line. 216 It’s an emergency water line to get water to Cary and Durham. 217 218 Craig Benedict answered they got close when OWASA needed water. Hillsborough had to flush the line. People in 219 that area cannot connect to that emergency line. There’s a similar one between Hillsborough and Durham. 220 9