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said growth won't come until demand, and county roads are the county's decision to widen. The Town can't do anything about this, but you can't ignore the fact this is an issue and in some instances it is a controlling factor. Ross Holloway said he thought the Town needed to adopt a Thoroughfare Plan. Now it is left up to an engineer. He said the county does not have a thoroughfare plan and he has to guess, they need a plan to say how wide of a right of way. He went on to say he was not sure Mooresville was ready for this yet and they would have to work with the county and this would be difficult. But he doesn't think there is anything wrong with naming how much foot of right of way. Commissioner Crouch-Housing and Services, Policy 1- states Residential land uses should be located away from but convenient to business. Attorney Tim Currens said the intent here was looking at the proximity to and with intent not overlap. He said you wouldn't want children playing in the Marsh Parking Lot or an industrial area. Chris Crouch said he thought the word 'buffer' should be used. Commissioner McGuire said he liked the word 'buffer'. Attorney Currens said maybe we want to use both. He will see if he can word this passage differently. Commissioner Crouch- Housing and Services-Policy 7. He asked aren't schools and Wastewater Treatment plant in the same category, they aren't going to do anything until the demand was there. He said when the Jessup property came before the Plan Commission, it was brought up the Wastewater Treatment Plant was at capacity. He said he wanted to see this issue set aside. Attorney Currens replied most schools expand in large segments when they know the growth is going to continue and this is the same with the Wastewater Treatment Plant. Commissioner Crouch-Comprehensive Plan Implementation- he said he thought Policy 7 ties in with Policy 2. He told the commission he was thinking, if, years down the road growth is over because schools and the Wastewater Treatment Plant were near capacity. Ross Holloway commented that if a developer gets a plat approved and can't get wastewater treatment, water, etc. he might sit for five years and want an explanation. He said he was not sure availability of utilities had anything to do with growth. Attorney Tim Currens said Policy 7 addresses services of Police, Fire, Street, and Wastewater treatment. The school is not included in this, as they are not under the Town's control. Policy 2 intent is we don't want to get overwhelmed, he said maybe he could re-word. Commissioner Crouch asked if Wastewater Treatment expansion was a Public Project and Attorney Currens said yes, (new wording) the pace and scope of public projects undertaken should be consistent with the ability to provide them. Commissioner Crouch-pg. 22 Land Use, the fourth paragraph down states the extreme eastern and western portion of the planning area are designated as residential. He asked if they should have something in there about future business, especially in between Highway 37 and Highway 67. Commissioner Bryant said he didn't know if they should encourage that or not, the majority of that corridor is residential. He said he was talking