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/Cr N . . Carrboros � � s 1an for . orequarryingp BY ANNE BLYTHE They say a change of the county "I am very disappointed in the The News & Observer land-use plan, which requires a Carrboro board' s failure to sup- favorable vote from the Carrboro port this proposal;' said Chapel CARRBORO — For a while, it aldermen, the Chapel Hill Town Hill Mayor Rosemary Waldorf. seemed that the three Orange Council ' and the Orange County "This is extremely important for County governments were ready to commissioners, would only prolong the future of the Chapel Hill- set plans in stone. for the expansion the mining in that area and continue Carrboro area . of an American Stone quarry and to erode their quality of life. "I guess what' s puzzling to me is the eventual development of a reser- So Dorosin and three of • his col- the Carrboro board has gone on voir for Chapel Hill and Carrboro . leagues on the seven-member Board record as not wanting to drink water But Carrboro crushed that of Aldermen set out to mitigate the from Jordan Lake. So .I don' t under- notion Tuesday night. neighborhood concerns . He says he stand why they would do this ." After hearing complaints from wants a contract drafted before he' ll If the governments agreed to residents near the property, the consider the land-use change. change the land-use map to permit Board of Aldermen decided not to "There should be sufficient more mining, American Stone vote on a land-use proposal that guarantees to the residents of this planned to quarry the property would have allowed additional community, a historically black until 2030, then give the pit to the mining on a 75-acre parcel off N . C . community, to protect their water, Orange Water and Sewer 54o to make sure their roads are safe, Authority, which supplies Chapel "The real philosophical question to limit the noise and air pollu- Hill and Carrboro with public is : Are those neighborhoods going tion," Dorosin said . "The resolu- water . The water and sewer author- to be treated fairly?" Alderman tion that we had didn' t do that . " ity would use the pit as a reservoir. Mark Dorosin said . 1 Last week, after a heated public Such an action would be ironic, American Stone has been oper- hearing, the Chapel Hill Town Dorosin said . Residents in the ating a quarry in western Orange Council approved the land-use neighborhoods near the quarry are County, about 10 miles outside of change, the first of three govern- not on public water and sewer Carrboro, for 25 years . ments to act. on an issue that has lines because of their proximity to During that time, residents from been debated for more than a the Cane Creek watershed , nearby neighborhoods have com- decade . Those . who support the At a very minimum, he said, plained that blasting for the mines quarry ' expansion praise it as a way "these people should be provided has damaged their wells, ` cracked to- get a new reservoir several OWASA water." the foundations ;of their homes and decades from now when Chapel Hill substantially hampered their qual- and Carrboro might have to turn to Anne Blythe can be reached at ity of life . Jordan Lake as a water source. 932- 8741 or ablythe@nando . corn