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rune 12, zooo Mr. Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director Orange County Planning & Inspections Department 306F Revere Road P.O. Box 81$1 ,I3i]Lsbarough NC 2727$ RE: SIX MONTH MORATORIUM Dear Craig: I appreciate your sending notices to interested parties relative to this proposed moratorium Further, I am pleased to seethe Town and County working jointly to create the most appropriate plan for these tracts. Because of the rapid growth of population in the Triangle, cooperation among all jurisdictions is essential to assure intelligent and aesthetic development in our communities. A six month period of time is not the end of the world and does not send the wrong signals that Orange County is negative toward economic development. ~It will be essential, however, that at the end of the six month period a creative plan that will encourage responsible developers be presented by the subcommittee. The persons serving on this committee must look clearly into the future to visualize economic development that will encourage developers and make the citizenry proud of the product being placed an our soil. We have enough fast food emporiums, service stations, and convenience stores. Retail and commercial areas need shops that market up-scale merchandise, offer wholesome and creative lunch and dinner menus, and encourage substantial spenders into - the Hillsborough community. You have no doubt reviewed places such as Cape Cod, Massachusetts and even the town of Edenton, NC that have enhanced their historical perspective without discouraging development that strengthens the valued nature of their environment. I encourage you and your subcommittee to be creative, work with vigor and vision and produce a plan at the end of the six months that will give us something to cheer about and give the developers opportunities to profit through meeting the challenges you offer. Very truly urs, >1 William T. Hendrickson Manager