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~ '-- '- Dave Barry then stated that the Town does need more tax money to do certain things in the repair of the infrastructure; however, he felt the content of the proposed redevelopment plan does not support what it purports to. He stated that the Master Land Use Plan proposed by the Town had not been passed, so how can it be used in reference to the redevelopment plan. Bob Tucker then spoke and stated that he had reviewed the plan, and although he is not comfortable with all items in the plan, he felt that it does conform with the plan of development in Mooresville. Shirley Welker then stated that she could find no real reference to an infiltration problem in the proposed Master Land Use Plan and felt that the redevelopment plan was not consistent with the Master Land Use Plan for this reason. Bill Abbott stated that he did not feel it was the purpose of the Master Land Use Plan to go into detail into every specific problem. It was his understanding that you would take the redevelopment commission plan and, in effect, lay it on top of the comprehensive land use plan to see if the plans were consistent or not. Signe Nicholson stated that the first 18 pages of the plan looked to existing conditions, and they do not recognize a sewer infiltration problem. She also stated that the concept of blight was not covered in the proposed plan. If nearly one half of the Town is blighted, there would be some mention of this, in her opinion. She stated that the resolution passed by the Redevelopment Commission addressed the issue of blight and that the area could not be corrected by regulatory processes or the ordinary -6-