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<br />1 <br />2 Barrows said that she has been on the Flanning Board since the early 1990's and has heard these <br />3 testimonies from the very beginning. She finds the testimonies and Mr. Kramer's statistics very <br />4 compelling. She said that the environmental impact statement was old. She said that the costs of <br />5 extending the water lines to the neighbors was a drop in the bucket compared to what OWASA <br />6 was going to lie making and not paying royalties on. She is worried about the redirection of the <br />7 road. She made reference to the 1$Q acres that is being asked for in the industrial zone and that <br />s 20 acres would be quarried. She does not understand what the discrepancy is about.' She is <br />9 'going to have a hard time saying that the quarry expansion is acceptable. <br />10 <br />11 Preston agrees with Barrows and is concerned about the outdated Environmental Impact <br />12 Statement. <br />13 <br />14 Katz said that however big the hole is that OWASA gets will be an added benefit to the area that <br />15 OWASA can serve. He feels that the limiting factor for growth is going to be land and not <br />16 water. He thinks that this is a business deal and this troubles him. He is apposed to the <br />17 expansion under these circumstances. <br />1$ <br />19 Chair Allison asked for more information on the redirection of the road. Benedict said that <br />20 NCDOT forwazded a letter to the County saying that the proposed new location is viable. The <br />21 request has to go through a submittal and approval process. NCDOT thinks that it would be <br />22 better if the truck traffic and vehicular traffic were separated. <br />23 <br />24 Discussion ensued about the location of the proposed quarry expansion. <br />25 <br />z6 MOTION: Holtkamp moved to recommend denial of the land use plan <br />27 amendments with the notion that affidavits would be received from <br />28 people who have had to dig new wells. Seconded by Barrows. <br />29 <br />3o Strayhorn said that he realized that crushed stone was a necessity of life. He said that if there <br />31 was a request for a permit to put a rock crusher in this area, he would vote against it. He said <br />32 that the County needed to do all it could to make sure that it is operated in a way that is mare <br />33 acceptable to the people who live around it. He cannot vote against the Planning staffs <br />34 recommendation because he thinks it would be in the best interest of Orange County to keep the <br />3s stone where it is accessible to people rather than hauling stone from faz away. <br />36 <br />37 Katz said that'the denial of this proposal would give a chance for a remedy of the concerns. <br />38 <br />39 Goodwin agrees with Strayhorn. He regrets that water lines aze not being extended to the <br />40 neighbors of the quarry. He would like to accept the Planning staff s recommendation on the <br />41 condition that water lines would be extended to the neighbors. <br />42 <br />43 Holtkamp is concerned that this is a business deal and that there is no pressing urgent need other <br />44 than the people who aze involved in the deal. <br />45 <br />46 Chair.Allison said that this was a work in progress. He feels that this is goad far all of Orange <br />47 County. He said that reasonable people could work out the mitigation measures. <br />48 <br />