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12 <br /> DRAFT <br /> 275 development of private water and wastewater systems. If you look at the summary of the long <br /> 276 survey responses and look at them by each of the alternatives, about 58 percent are satisfied with <br /> 277 the current approach to land use. So,that's that first alternative, the baseline. That's your <br /> 278 currently adopted policy. About 58 percent said that's a good approach, and again,we weren't <br /> 279 asking them to pick one of these or to necessarily compare them. We were asking folks to look at <br /> 280 each in isolation and say whether or not they supported it. So,that's important to understand. For <br /> 281 Land-Use Alternative No. 2, that's the one where we were really focusing on strong environmental, <br /> 282 agricultural watershed protection. Majority respondents, 54 percent said that they really supported <br /> 283 that focus within this alternative. Looking at No. 3 and No.4 and we list them here together <br /> 284 because there are some overlaps, particularly on how water and wastewater are provided and the <br /> 285 employment areas. So,the majority, 52 percent,support encouraging new rural conservation <br /> 286 neighborhoods, and I'll talk a little bit more about that in just a moment. Support is a little bit more <br /> 287 mixed or more evenly divided between some of the other aspects. When you look at those that <br /> 288 support development of private water and wastewater systems to support rural conservation <br /> 289 neighborhoods, so that would not be OWASA or Town of Hillsborough municipal services. That <br /> 290 would be a private system that would be developer built to serve a particular development. <br /> 291 There's not a lot of that in Orange County. Other communities do allow for that type of thing, and <br /> 292 it is currently allowed within Orange County but it's not something that, again, is often used. And <br /> 293 so,there was a little bit of mixed support. 44 percent did support, 39 percent did not support the <br /> 294 idea of those private systems occurring to support rural conservation neighborhoods. In terms of <br /> 295 the economic development area south of West Ten Road, about 49 percent support. 35 percent <br /> 296 did not support. In terms of higher-intensity mixed-use developments and that fourth alternative, <br /> 297 about 41 percent supported and about 46 percent didn't support. And then finally looking at <br /> 298 extension of public water and sewer, so that would be, OWASA, Hillsborough, Mebane provided <br /> 299 services outside of their current service areas within the County. 48 percent supported and <br /> 300 41 percent did not support that with respect to providing higher-intensity mixed-use development <br /> 301 service. You have a question? <br /> 302 <br /> 303 Charity Kirk: So,this was a five-point question, right, one,two,three,four,five? <br /> 304 <br /> 305 Leigh Anne King: Right. <br /> 306 <br /> 307 Charity Kirk: So, I gather four and five is in support and one and two is do not support. <br /> 308 <br /> 309 Leigh Anne King: Yeah.We keep the middle as the neutral point and then on either side there's some level of <br /> 310 support for that option. Yep, good question. <br /> 311 <br /> 312 Lamar Proctor: Kind of follow up.The long survey was from the in-person participants? <br /> 313 <br /> 314 Leigh Anne King: The long survey and the short survey were provided to anyone that wanted to take them, both at <br /> 315 the in-person meetings and online.The short survey at the tabling events, as well. We were really <br /> 316 trying to provide as many options for people that wanted to participate. The short survey is easier. <br /> 317 It's, kind of, a front and back survey that people can do really quickly, so the majority of people <br /> 318 picked that. It's easy, takes a little bit less time, but they can still provide meaningful feedback, but <br /> 319 we did get a number of people who wanted to take the time because it does take the time to do <br /> 320 the long survey and read through each of the alternatives and think through what the implications <br /> 321 of those are. <br /> 322 <br /> 323 Dolores Bailey: Leigh Anne, this is great. Just a quick question. We're talking about 510 people, right? <br /> 324 <br /> 325 Leigh Anne King: Correct. <br /> 326 <br /> 327 Dolores Bailey: That's all we're talking about. <br /> 328 <br />