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9 <br /> 1 Leigh Anne King said yes. <br /> 2 Commissioner McKee asked if there was any consideration on the impact to lower-income <br /> 3 residents by limiting opportunities for housing. <br /> 4 Leigh Anne King said that these alternatives are only for discussion purposes, they are <br /> 5 not recommendations. <br /> 6 Commissioner McKee said that by discussing the alternatives it would raise a lot of <br /> 7 concerns. <br /> 8 Vice-Chair Greene said that she would not support lowering density. She said that the <br /> 9 community would not support that. She said that as far as she could recall, the last time it was <br /> 10 done was decades ago to create the Cane Creek water supply, and it created hurt feelings. She <br /> 11 said that her preference is that this not be an option to bring to the community. <br /> 12 Chair Bedford said unless the consultants use it as an extreme example as something <br /> 13 they are not going to do. <br /> 14 Leigh Anne King said there was a lot of community feedback for protecting priority areas, <br /> 15 so they created an alternative that explored doing more conservation. She said everything has <br /> 16 tradeoffs. <br /> 17 Commissioner Richards said she was glad to see it as an alternative. She said she <br /> 18 reviewed the survey results from a previous year and said the number one reason people said <br /> 19 they moved to Orange County was for the open space. She said having that alternative is helpful <br /> 20 for people to understand the implications and tradeoffs from a practical standpoint. She said it is <br /> 21 also helpful for residents to understand that this alternative also involves more wells and septic <br /> 22 tanks. <br /> 23 Commissioner Fowler said that this discussion isn't happening in a vacuum and if the <br /> 24 towns are building up while the county conserves land, we could end up with more housing. <br /> 25 Leigh Anne King said it is helpful to remember that these alternatives are for <br /> 26 unincorporated areas. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Slide #16 <br /> ■ Agricultural & 7T <br /> Environmental Protections <br /> Lower residential densities for <br /> majority of lands in <br /> unincorporated areas <br /> Land Use Alternative 2 <br /> Mil Limits <br /> L?] <br /> s_ <br /> )PA <br /> -Economic Development <br /> Area <br /> ' Rural Activity Node <br /> Rural Buffer <br /> Rural Residential <br /> Low Density <br /> ---* Neighborhood <br /> Urbanizing Residential <br /> 29 <br /> 30 <br />