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January 20, 2009 (Regular Meeting) Page 1151 life we want to see here; and a lot of it comes back to the question of food and if we can resource that locally as much as possible. Chairman White thanked Mr. Testerman for his comments and asked if anyone else would like to speak in favor of the rezoning. Ian Prince, resident of 9750 Yellow Poplar Lane in Concord, said he wants to make a couple of quick points, as support for this proposal is wrapped up. He said he represents 2, 975 property owners who are either in support or relatively neutral about this plan and that there are 25 property owners in attendance that are probably wound-up a little bit, and he understands that. He said this is a broad stroke rezoning and he guarantees 100 percent, there will be pieces of this rezoning that are rezoned inappropriately by the time you get done. However, he said it will probably be less than one percent. He said any day he can satisfy 99 percent of the people at work, he has had a really, really good day. He recommended the Board look at the plan in its totality and the affect it will have on the work the County and City has done in the past two years in trying to get this agreement in place so that there are controls over the growth within the county and we do not have what everybody else fears. Chairman White thanked Mr. Prince for his comments and asked if there is anybody else to speak in favor of the rezoning. Seeing none, he said there is one letter to be read into the record. The letter is as follows: January 15, 2009 Dear Commissioners White, Mynatt, Carruth, Poole and Privette, My name is Donald Nesbit. I live at 1095 Cold Springs Road, Concord, in the Central Land Planning Area. I attended the planning meetings at the Arena and the Government Center, the Board of Commissioner meeting in August, and both of the Zoning meetings in September and November. I am writing in response to comments made in the December 16t" article "Final Decision on Land-Use Plan Falls to Commissioners" in the Independent-Tribune. I strongly disagree with Mr. Griffin when he said that the zoning in place now is adequate to control growth. Currently, developers can build up to four houses per acre. I do not think that is control. Yes, there was a group of over one hundred residents at the zoning meeting that were opposed to the rezoning. Please keep in mind that there were several hundred residents at the planning meetings that voted in favor of this rezoning. It was stated at the Zoning meeting that this rezoning affects over 25,000 residents and that there is no way to please everyone. As was stated in the newspaper, the citizens of this area have spoken loud and clear as to what they want. It was also noted at the Zoning meeting that there has been a lot of money and time spent on this study. An outside consulting firm was hired to complete a study - including significant input from residents - and develop a regional plan for this area. It seems like a waste of taxpayers' money to pay for all that work and then vote down the resulting plan. You, the Board of Commissioners, have already voted to approve this Land-Use Plan once. I am asking you to please vote with the majority of the residents in this area and again approve the rezoning to Agricultural Open Space. Thank you for your time and help on this matter, Donald Nesbit Chairman White asked if there is anyone else that would like to speak in favor of the rezoning. He also announced that at this time the Board will receive comments from anyone that had not already spoken and has a different opinion or viewpoint. Seeing none, he said the Board will receive comments from the opponents of the rezoning. Opponents