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<br />be subject to seizure through eminent domain, further reducing the supply of farmland, 1252
<br />and I would urge you to reject this proposal. Thank you. 1253
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<br />Ron Royster: Hi, my name is Ron Royster. I moved to Morrow Mill Road 30 years ago and I love my 1255
<br />community. When I first heard about this development, I was kind of excited because I 1256
<br />have some friends who are part of it, but after hearing all the details, I'm very concerned 1257
<br />about all the ramifications and if we go forward with it, there's no turning back, and we 1258
<br />would be stuck with it forever. I would urge you to say no, thanks. 1259
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<br />Jean Eddleman: My name is Jean Eddleman, I'm a resident landowner residing on property directly 1261
<br />abutting the eastern boundary of this proposed subdivision. My husband and I built our 1262
<br />home and have lived here for over 45 years with plans to continue to age in place. We 1263
<br />have a deep and abiding respect for the land, the native flora and fauna with which we 1264
<br />share the space. We are mindful that our water supply is not unlimited and conservation, 1265
<br />especially in times of drought, is needed. We have built and maintained our living space 1266
<br />to achieve a soft footprint on the environment out of respect for all of our neighbors and 1267
<br />our native wildlife here in southwest Orange. That said, I have great concerns about the 1268
<br />proposed rezoning and the proposed large scale amendments to the Orange County 2030 1269
<br />Comprehensive Plan, to wit: No. 1, to amend a future land use map to expand a rural 1270
<br />neighborhood activity node and RNAN in an agricultural residential area and 2, to then 1271
<br />expand and amend the text of the land use and zoning matrix to allow master plan 1272
<br />development conditional districts, that’s the MPD-CD, into proposed enlarged RNAN 1273
<br />which is in a non-transitional land use classification. These proposed changes have the 1274
<br />potential to negatively impact the current and future land use zones in all of rural Orange 1275
<br />County. Of note, there's an important difference between the 10 and 20-year transitional 1276
<br />areas close to municipalities and services, and areas in the non-transitional areas located 1277
<br />in rural Orange. Therefore, the lack of the intersection between the non-transitional 1278
<br />RNAN and the MPD-CD was intentional, it was not an oversight, to prevent poorly 1279
<br />controlled sprawl in infrastructure poor areas in Orange County. Among the many 1280
<br />concerns I have about these two zoning changes is the direct potentially negative impact 1281
<br />on long-term availability of water for members of the existing residential and agricultural 1282
<br />community and the entry of treated sewage effluent into the area water tables, as well as 1283
<br />into the unprotected Haw River and Jordan Lake watersheds. Of interest, OWASA states 1284
<br />in their long-range water supply plan dated 7/12/2022 that water from Jordan Lake will be 1285
<br />required by Chapel Hill in the future due to growth and limitations in the Cane Creek 1286
<br />Reservoir capacity. 1287
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<br />Anna Hatcher: So, I would like to highlight again that my status with Chelsea changed because of 55-1289
<br />plus, we all heard it right. We believe in happy, dance and sing and people in retirement 1290
<br />age and if at some point we will see that this was dropped and it's not going to be 55-plus 1291
<br />but 30 years or people who can afford the cost, I don't know, 150 grand, we will be not 1292
<br />happy and we will definitely strike, so 55-plus happy, retirement grandmas and grandpas, 1293
<br />we are fine with it. I want Chelsea to record. Also, my neighbor Deborah, I talked about 1294
<br />the darkness of Durham, I didn't mean skin color, absolutely. The darkness of Durham, I 1295
<br />was working for 2 years in Durham, on Miami Boulevard in Toshiba. The darkness of 1296
<br />Durham is not in colors, but she took it and she got pissed, that I thought darkness of 1297
<br />Durham. Darkness of Durham is in the drugs on the street, in pawn shops, you know what 1298
<br />is pawn shops, right? Where people bring stolen rings or something to get cash. This is 1299
<br />the darkness of Durham. The favorite teacher of my own child is a black person, he's 1300
<br />incredibly educated cool guy. My personal manager in Toshiba, she's a black lady. I'm 1301
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