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• lames Carnahan -Comprehensive Plan defned as a neighborhood center, <br />walkable mmmuniry. <br />• Terri Tywn -Parks & Recreation - a few acres for spt<er feltls would be <br />tlesiable. <br />• Srott Ratlway - NW Area Plan 1992 -lots of dtiien pardcipatlon <br />-difficulty of access /process led to same 4 users being tllscussed npw;. no <br />lantlfill; leaving as open space; neetl far recreadonal acdvltles; neetl far <br />affodable housing; ail line as a future opportunity. How do we balance <br />these an0 optimireP Key change: more Inter-Jurisdlctlonal cooperation. <br />Many steps forwdrtl -bond issues, Seh001 W-Operdd0ne -now fpNe on open <br />space antl affortlable h0usirg. To use all Ilne, neetls supporbble densides- <br />needs thought. access into property Is not easy; tough tledsions. How to <br />Improve roatls antl Insulate effects on neighborhoods-go ceutiously. <br />• John Smith, Carrboro & on OWABA Boartl - DO not solve all problems with <br />this VaQ- we need m make decision far one or lwo options, but not all <br />three (affordable housing, open long small town). <br />Relatvely small affordable housing tract on periphery- recreation feltls will <br />result In "light"pollution-tlislikes this;alsodislikesshopPingcenters- <br />choose open space antl small amount Of housing. <br />• Mark Chilton, Empowerment-amplify Scott's cOmments.Aceess from <br />PurefOy, Merin Road -rail one tlay. These are also where some buildable <br />lands are - so coultl be possible future sites. East central sltle opposke rail <br />also a goad place, so neetl to crass it Maybe more dense housing here, <br />connected through Larkspur [antl between held for future purposes In <br />reserve. Larkspur subdivision ceultl ask for Right of Way stub outs across <br />tracks-public hearing MOntlay night Also ask developer to cOnMbute. <br />• Lynn McClaine-eillabong Lane, historic home sites and trees need <br />preservation, she's an a¢hitect; her perspective is limitetl amount of <br />affodable housing antl trails/greenways. Pu[ home site on historic regisby. <br />Preservabon of lantl is most important. <br />• ]oVce Brawn as a [itlzen -takes exception to second Flnding on green sheet. <br />The pine fpreat5 are an Important part of the Greene Tract. Also the Neville <br />Tact- urge Oange County Commissioners m consider the whole acres 109 + <br />60 + Neville all together-keep in public ownership. If affOrtlable housing, <br />still have public ownership- Land Trost model. Require use of renewable <br />energy. Consitler Neville tract for playing feltls (alreatly bulltloeetlJ keep site <br />intaR as natually preserved. <br />- there Is a Duke Power line -keep affordable housing away from It <br />Grreue Tract Lbmmeuts November I5, 2001 <br />