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..ISSUES AND GOALS INTRODUCTION It is the issues that affect land development and the future of the area that will be used to formulate the plan recommendations. For the first version of this plan, these issues, and the goals of the residents, were determined from three sources. The main source was the residents of the area, the second was a staff study of existing conditions as outlined in the previous section, and the third was written comments provided through questionnaires. For the 1997 update of this Plan, a staff study of existing conditions and changes since 1991 was completed and community input was gathered at a large community meeting and from written and oral comments received from residents. Almost all of the issues brought out in the process were related to the need for expansion of public water and sewer service. The prevailing thought was that the growth and progress of the area depends on expanding these services. 14 The brief discussion of issues that follows will be broken up into four subject categories. These are the same categories in which recommendations will be made. Obviously many of the issues and concerns are related, but for the most part each will fall under the most appropriate category. LAND USE ISSUES This listing of iosues is mostly predicated on the assumption that sewer service exists and will be expanded in the future. Despite its location adjoining the rapidly growing Mecklenburg County, this area has not grown rapidly. Transportation improvements may change that to some extent, but with a limited carrying capacity based on septic usage, slow growth and scattered development will likely continue. Residential The type of growth currently occurring has caused some problems and raised important issues. Residences must be constructed on