I listened to this entire town board meeting and while I applaud Lars Dolder for hanging in from 7 pm to 1.46 am, there are a couple of things in this story that differ from what I heard.
Firstly only two of us spoke for the rezoning hearing: a lady who wasn't opposed but has a deed and easement issue she felt should be resolved before the adjacent area is rezoned; and I spoke totally against it which is hardly "tentative support" and I heard nothing from the Board indicating that either.
Secondly, the public hearing on the rezoning itself was closed, not carried over, and will go to the planning Board, so could be back before the Town Board at the Sept 13 meeting, not the next one.
The hearing on the Special Use Permit was not closed, but it was continued to Sept 13th, not the next meeting.
My objections were and are that this area is more suited to open access moderately priced workforce housing. In addition, the town doesn't currently have water or sewer to serve this expansion of town, and for a 15-year project, tying up future capacity and area for retiree housing seems not it's best use, and the current proposal premature and too large.
I'd like to add here that Pittsboro's population may be aging but the majority of its oldest residents either couldn't afford to move to this Townsend project or want to stay in their homes. This will be virtually all relocating retirees. These same developers are already planning to include a large amount of this age-restricted housing into Chatham Park, so there is going to be plenty for those locals who do want to move to it, if they can afford to.
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