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<br /> 1352 Dan Eddleman: Mr. Stober, our planning director, reminded us sternly at the first meeting here that is
<br /> 1353 about land use, not intent. You've heard a lot about intent, but the bottom line is you have
<br /> 1354 to judge this on what the footprint is on the ground and what you see in this plan is a large
<br /> 1355 development R5 zoning category which, again, the land use plan specifically states where
<br /> 1356 those areas are perfectly acceptable. This approach and their intent could have been
<br /> 1357 applied to those areas. Mr. Gilfillen made a comment about quick speeches and one that
<br /> 1358 came to mind to me is, "We hold these truths to be self-evident". And it is in the land use
<br /> 1359 planning principles 5 and 8, preservation of rural land and rural character, future growth
<br /> 1360 and development should occur in a manner that preserves and enhances the existing
<br /> 1361 character of the county, its townships and rural crossroads. Land use goal three, a variety
<br /> 1362 of land uses that are coordinated within a program that limits sprawl, preserves
<br /> 1363 community, rural character, minimizes land use conflicts, supported by an efficient and
<br /> 1364 balanced transportation system, discourages urban sprawl, this is Land Use LU-3.1,
<br /> 1365 discourages urban sprawl, encourages separation of urban and rural land use and direct
<br /> 1366 new development into areas where community facilities and services exist. To coordinate
<br /> 1367 land use, this is LU-3.4, coordinate land use patterns that facilitate the expanded use of
<br /> 1368 non-automobile transportation modes. This is NA-17, maintain and protect land that
<br /> 1369 contains valuable productive water, productive resources such as prime farmland, prime
<br /> 1370 forest land and directing incompatible development away from these areas. We hold this
<br /> 1371 to be the truth in this matter. Let me read something quickly here from the 2022 long
<br /> 1372 range OWASA land use plan for water. While we, this is OWASA speaking, have plenty
<br /> 1373 of water in the most circumstances, Cane Creek Reservoir is vulnerable to extended
<br /> 1374 drought or back-to-back droughts. It was designed to maximize storage which is
<br /> 1375 generally good and provides a higher yield; however, it has a relatively small drainage
<br /> 1376 area for storage volume and can take a long time to refill. University Lake refills quickly,
<br /> 1377 but it doesn't hold enough water for our daily needs. Cane Creek Reservoir can take over
<br /> 1378 a year to refill under these weather conditions. Chapel Hill's water supply is these
<br /> 1379 agricultural, low population density land contains small creeks and tributaries that feed
<br /> 1380 into the reservoir. This is about Chapel Hill's water supply. I'm surprised that Chapel Hill
<br /> 1381 doesn't have the opportunity to speak on this matter, so I think that's why it should be part
<br /> 1382 of the comprehensive plan in the future.
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<br /> 1384 Mike Fox: Mike Fox, thank you for allowing me to speak. I have until 10, is that correct? I'm kidding.
<br /> 1385 I'm opposed to the rezoning. Alan, Maria, Scott, they've all been in my house, we live right
<br /> 1386 across the street from this proposed development. Our property, 20 acres, my daughter's
<br /> 1387 property, 2'/z acres, could probably not sit more directly right in front of where this land is.
<br /> 1388 If I would have had any idea, I did a couple years ago, that Tom was going sell his
<br /> 1389 property, I would have done my best to purchase it myself or get people around us to
<br /> 1390 purchase it, because we just love the 90 acres of trees there. My daughter lives right next
<br /> 1391 door, I have her two horses right there on Goldmine Loop. I don't like the horses, but 1
<br /> 1392 don't want them spooked all the time with the noise. Very concerned about all this.
<br /> 1393 We've been meeting with them for 2 years, went into the meeting very open-minded
<br /> 1394 because initially you're like, okay, well, this is something that's never heard of this before,
<br /> 1395 1 left the last meeting proud of myself that I learned what a rural activity node was. So
<br /> 1396 now that I've learned all this, and I see what's getting ready to happen here, this is totally
<br /> 1397 inconsistent with why we moved out there, Tom said he's been there for six generations,
<br /> 1398 Gaston Pierce has been there 3-4 years, generation farmers, right next to this
<br /> 1399 development. This is a massive project, so Fiddlehead Corner they say that they're going
<br /> 1400 to blend in with rural Orange County. There's no 3-story building within miles of where
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