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his opinion that the approval of this rezoning would not be in the best interest of Midland or Cabarrus County, but for Mr. Wallace. He said Mr. Wallace has had a blank check, as far as zoning goes, to do whatever he desires to do with this property located along Highway 601 without any regards to the residents of the community. Mr. Love said if the Board disagrees with him and considers the rezoning, he formally requests that Mr. Wallace shares with the residents the intended use of the property and special purpose zoning be considered to limit the unknown to the residents that will have to live with the results of the Board's decision for years to come. Mr. Robert Wallace, Petitioner, addressed the Board stating he thinks he understands Mr. Love's concern in what he is saying. He said he thinks the Board is aware that there has b~cn a lot of conversation about tax base in Cabarrus County. Mr. Wallace said they have had expressions of interest in this property for residential development. In talking to Planning and Zoning, Mr. Clifton, and being approached by people that wanted to develop this residentially, we were told that we should apply for industrial zoning because the County then can play off the fact that Corning is there. The reason Mr. Clifton was familiar with this particular piece of property, and to let Mr. Love know what their intent is, at the time the Corning site consultant approached them, they did not know who the client was, they were negotiating with Textron out of Providence, Rhode Island who had plans to build a 100,000 foot manufacturing plant on that piece of property, subject to approval of rezoning. The fact is, the Corning deal because it was so much larger, did deter them. Mr. Wallace said it is his understanding that that was the reason Mr. Clifton felt this property should be rezoned industrial rather than utilize it for residential purposes. He said they have granted an option on the property to a client that wants to build a multi-media complex, but he cannot attest to the financial viability. He said they can live with the zoning either way, but he thinks in view of the conversation about what houses are doing to the tax base and the fact that they have bccn able to help land one of the largest industrial plants, they are very. pleased about that, and they would like for the Board to approve it. Mr. Joe Eudy, Resident, addressed the Board in opposition to this rezoning stating one of the things that concerns him is water and sewer in that particular area. He said he has some reservations in reference to commercial aspects of this whole deal. Mr. Eudy said he cannot support this change because he is committed to that area. The Chair asked Mr. Marshall was is his thought about having some kind of transitional zoning for that land. Mr. Marshall said we have some areas in which we have a transitional from industrial to commercial and to residential. We do not have a true hierarchical order of zoning in our ordinance.