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ISSUES AND GOALS The issues that are most important in affecting the future of the North Central Area, and resident goals for that future, are the most important factors in determining recommendations. The recommendations and actions that follow in the next two sections came directly from the lists of issues and goals. Two sources were used to determine what the most important factors in the future of this area are. The first source was staff study of the area, including a review of past planning and zoning actions and determinations of existing conditions. The second source was the resident themselves. Residents were questioned at two public meetings to find out what they considered to be the most important issues. The residents were also asked for their goals for the area and to propose actions that would help achieve those goals. The residents had a great deal of consensus in what they considered the most important issues, and they also had similar goals. The greatest consensus of opinion was, without a doubt, that residents want to preserve the rural character and sparse development of the area. They also believed that the greatest threat to their way of life is not the encroachment of urban development from Kannapolis and Concord, but instead is the continued location of the County landfill off Irish Potato Road. The only disagreements that arose were over public improvements and the effect that they might have on growth and development. These issues will be discussed more specifically in the following text, but in general, some residents felt that there is need for public water and sewer along with road improvements and some residents who felt this would only lead to more growth and greater problems. The discussion that follows is divided into four categories. These are the same categories that the recommendations section will be divided into also. Many of the issues and concerns are related,