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Elio: Let's put a few things that may work and not debate down to the ground something that we don't like <br />personally. Again, if it doesn't take away any of our rights and has potential to increase rural character, why debate <br />it? <br />Bob: Only reason to debate, if you're not losing anything, is to seek ways you think might make it work and have <br />People use it. <br />Elio: Cannot foresee any circumstances where incentives, and especially 70 %, will adversely affect landowners <br />because they still have all the options to choose from for their land. Unless we view it as it does not affect <br />potentially what I can do, but it adds something to our goal, then that's the way we should consider it. Otherwise, <br />we're opening up all sorts of debates that will lead nowhere and create conflicts. We cannot solve all issues. <br />Verla: Like to spend 10 minutes on the possibility of some type of low impact, mixed -use commercial in the rust <br />area. Reference to Carrboro definition of neighborhood mixed -use. <br />Dan: What uses would be involved? <br />Lee: Good question. Don't know what would be involved yet. <br />Verla: What kind of direction can we give to subcommittee so they can pursue constructively? <br />Elio: Certain uses that would not be allowed and some that would be allowed conditionally. Starting point could be <br />Lee's original proposal where he made some suggested changes to the permitted use table. <br />Dan: Real issue here is if you allow, you put in a finite list of what can be allowed. <br />Lee: Don't feel we can really discuss this until subcommittee has worked on it and has proposal on table. <br />Dan: The question is do people sitting around table feel that we should allow the possibility of some form of low - <br />impact, mixed -use commercial development in the rust areas? <br />Bob: Seems to be thought that some areas might be able to take some mixed -use and that if they are permitted will <br />have to purchase conservation easements. In other words, the community is going to get something out of them for <br />letting them have something. About as un -rural character as you can get! <br />Clint: Would help subcommittee if you could say maybe you're on right track, come back and tell us uses and how <br />it might work. <br />Bob: Looks like it ought to be something that would be good for the community as a whole to be there or ought to <br />say no, we can't allow it. But to say we'll allow, but you're going to have to buy 20 acres of conservation easement <br />to get it, then he wants no part of it. <br />Lee: Why? <br />Bob: If that person is doing something that is a service to the community, why does he owe anything? <br />Lee: Presumably this person could make more money by doing the commercial use that is currently not allowed <br />and the community in return would get preserved open space. <br />Bob: But you don't have to buy conservation easements now to request a rezoning; feel like we're taking away. <br />Dan: Is giving something in return that you can't get today. Unless you go through a request of zoning change <br />which is outside the domain of this. <br />10 <br />