INC NEWS - Fwd: Epcon Jan. 28 BOCC Agenda: A07-13 and Z07-26

[Melissa Rooney]

Please see the attached and immediately email the
Board of County Commissioners to ensure the integrity
of the Comprehensive Plan. The property tax valuation
of our homes lasts for 8 years...but Durham's
comprehensive plan (which was devised by citizens,
developers, planning staff, etc., as the long term
development plan for Durham) can be changed to
accommodate development after only having been
implemented two years ago? There's something very
wrong with that.

There are other Comprehensive Plan ammendment
applications in the pipeline, most notably one to
convert the Rural residential zoning (1 lot/ 2 acres)
of 500,000 - 600,000 sq ft parcel (~ 144 acres) on 751
(near the intsxn with Fayetteville) to Mixed density
Commercial (as many as 8 residential lots/acre,
totalling 1200 - 1300 residential units with retail).
This is VERY close to home for most of us and will
affect Jordan Lake Wetlands and Water quality.

Let's not let the current Epcon development set a bad
precedent for the future, especially since BOTH the PC
and the Planning Dept recommend denial, while the
county manager recommends approval if supported by
public comments Monday (that's TOMORROW) night.

BOCC email addresses: ereckhow at aol.com,
bmheron at co.durham.nc.us, lcheek at co.durham.nc.us,
prcousin at earthlink.net, mpage at co.durham.nc.us


Please read the correspondence below for more details.
Thanks!
Melissa



Note: forwarded message attached.


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Melissa Rooney, Ph.D.
Fairfield Community Awareness, 
Communications and INC representative

Durham, NC 27713
mmr121570 at yahoo.com
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