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9 <br /> Leigh Anne King said yes. <br /> Commissioner McKee asked if there was any consideration on the impact to lower-income <br /> residents by limiting opportunities for housing. <br /> Leigh Anne King said that these alternatives are only for discussion purposes, they are <br /> not recommendations. <br /> Commissioner McKee said that by discussing the alternatives it would raise a lot of <br /> concerns. <br /> Vice-Chair Greene said that she would not support lowering density. She said that the <br /> community would not support that. She said that as far as she could recall, the last time it was <br /> done was decades ago to create the Cane Creek water supply, and it created hurt feelings. She <br /> said that her preference is that this not be an option to bring to the community. <br /> Chair Bedford said unless the consultants use it as an extreme example as something <br /> they are not going to do. <br /> Leigh Anne King said there was a lot of community feedback for protecting priority areas, <br /> so they created an alternative that explored doing more conservation. She said everything has <br /> tradeoffs. <br /> Commissioner Richards said she was glad to see it as an alternative. She said she <br /> reviewed the survey results from a previous year and said the number one reason people said <br /> they moved to Orange County was for the open space. She said having that alternative is helpful <br /> for people to understand the implications and tradeoffs from a practical standpoint. She said it is <br /> also helpful for residents to understand that this alternative also involves more wells and septic <br /> tanks. <br /> Commissioner Fowler said that this discussion isn't happening in a vacuum and if the <br /> towns are building up while the county conserves land, we could end up with more housing. <br /> Leigh Anne King said it is helpful to remember that these alternatives are for <br /> unincorporated areas. <br /> Slide #16 <br /> EnvironmentalProtections <br /> Lower residential densities for <br /> majority of lands in <br /> unincorporated areas <br /> Land Use Alternative 2 <br /> City Limits <br /> ET] <br /> JPA <br /> .Economic Development <br /> Area <br /> _ Rural Activity Node <br /> Rural Buffer <br /> Rural Residential <br /> ■ei Low Density <br /> ��^^• Neighborhood <br /> Urbanizing Residential <br />