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Approved 8.7.24 requirement. I've read that zoning permit and classification, it's legally binding in there. 953 They know what they're doing in permitting these kinds of facilities. And where certain 954 people earning at or below 60% of the average median income. That the land chosen is 955 uniquely suitable for providing affordable housing with this walkable proximity, things like 956 grocery stores, access to public transportation, things at the residential frontage of the 957 property, residents will benefit from and needed for an age-restricted site because of the 958 proximity to those amenities. Overall to say, this was a perfect site. The council 959 approved a conditional zoning request, the residential community conditional zoning 960 permit, a process that started in November 1992 just for these facilities. The core 961 problem with this proposal, it's located in a wrong part of the county. All the things about 962 cost, infrastructure, etc., etc., by incorporating themselves where it’s already provided will 963 help improve the affordability of these facilities, thank you. 964 965 Alan Julich: I'm Alan Julich, thanks for the opportunity to speak. I am a member of 2T, and Hands 966 Four Development. I live near by the proposed Fiddlehead Corner just off Bradshaw 967 Quarry Road. I want to address the family care home that's being proposed, because it's 968 a basic feature of our planning since we first envisioned our community. And I have 969 personally been part of the research to see what a family care home would look like and 970 how it would operate. Fortunately, in Chapel Hill, we've had the resource of the Charles 971 House Association, that is a resource for those with family physical or mental faculties. 972 They own and operate Winmore, a residential family care home off Homestead which is 973 identical in concept to what we expect to do at Fiddlehead. I was with the group that 974 visited there, observed the staff, and we talked extensively with Paul Cleaver, who I'm 975 sure a lot of you know, to get ideas for how our planning for our family care home should 976 go. It's difficult to overstate what a tremendous resource this will be at Fiddlehead to 977 allow residents to remain in familiar surroundings and get some of the care they need 978 when they encounter physical and cognitive challenges. This resource is one of the many 979 reasons why so many of our members are convinced that Fiddlehead is the place they 980 want to live. However, for various reasons the family care home with the family care 981 facility is not currently linked with MPD-CD in the UDO even though it does meet with 982 other residential districts including the RCD. We've gotten advice from the planning staff 983 that if we want this to happen, then we need to take the step, which we do and are 984 requesting, a text amendment to the UDO, and we've done that. And I hope you agree 985 that this will benefit not us, but others in the future because this type of family care facility 986 just doesn't make sense that it could not be part of an MPD-CD. Thank you very much. 987 988 Bryna Rapp: My name is Bryna Rapp. I am an architect and a resident of Morrow Mill Road for 989 34 years. I've designed many homes on this road and my neighbors have become my 990 extended family. We welcome these new folks to our neighborhood. All we ask is that 991 they abide by the planning and zoning ordinances the rest of us have respected for 992 generations. At the information meeting, the developer said they tried to find land close to 993 town, but it was too expensive to build there. So, they had to look further out where the 994 land is cheap. The reason this land is more affordable is because those of us already 995 living here have made thoughtful choices about how we live. Choices that respect the 996 long-term development goals of the County which seek to preserve farmland and protect 997 the watershed. What does this look like in practice, it means we put one or two homes on 998 a lot. We carve off a couple of acres for our kids or our aging parents. We rent parcels of 999 pasture to local farmers for a nominal amount so they can raise the produce that fills our 1000 award-winning farmers' markets. If you currently live in town, rural Orange is literally your 1001 breadbasket. Changing the UDO affects the whole county and threatens all of that. Most 1002