Agenda - 06-01-2021; 7-a - Buckhorn Area Study

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32 From: tbs"ru To: Buckhorn Study;ocbocc(ciamail.com Cc: cmatthews;Andrea Riley;John Dempsey; Fiona Johann; Beth B.;Jared Cates; Patricia OConnor; Matt Cartmill; Kaye Brown;Lib Hutchbv Subject: [EXTERNAL MAIL!]Request for more public input opportunities for BAP Date: Saturday,May 22,2021 11:38:04 PM Dear Orange County Commissioners, The BAP proposed by the Orange County Planning Department and Mebane City Council is currently in need of much more consideration of comments and input from the public. Comments at the first meeting held by the Planning Department indicated numerous issues relating to environment, social justice, and suitability for any planned projects for a rural setting. If Mebane and Orange County continue along their course of building to fill the tax coffers in the absence of any thinking beyond what is minimally do-able from a basic engineering viewpoint, without significant consideration of concerns and ideas from citizens and others, the County will wind up with an industrial corridor composed of a concrete jungle full of nameless buildings, few trees, and avoidable environmental costs. Development of the Buckhorn area has been"planned"by the Mebane and Orange County Planning Departments for more than 15 years, but with basically no public input. This is an important change in land use that will impact Orange County residents far into the future. The fact that a school is located in the middle of planned industrial warehouses and commercial properties and that 70 percent impervious area is planned for a major water-supply watershed is clear evidence that no care about real planning has taken place. Please require more public input opportunities for meetings and require production of a real plan and vision beyond the badly inadequate current form of the BAP. Tim Spruill, Efland Sent from the all new AOL app for JOS