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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: February 2. 1999 Action Agenda Item # q - b SUBJECT: PROPOSED RECONSIDERATION OF THE FACILITATED SMALL AREA PLAN FOR CARRBORO'S NORTHERN STUDY AREA AND JOINT PLANNING AGREEMENT AMENDMENTS RELATIVE TO TRANSITION AREA I AND H AND "FLOATING" CONDITIONAL USE DISTRICTS DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Yes _x No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene Bell - Resolution Ext. 2592 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough -732-8181 Durham -688-7331 Mebane -227-2031 Chapel Hill -967-9251 PURPOSE: To consider adoption of proposals to amend the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan and Map (JPA -2 -98) and the Joint Planning Agreement to incorporate the Facilitated Small Area Plan (SAP) for Carrboro's Northern Study Area. BACKGROUND: At the Commissioners meeting on January 19, 1999, Board discussion on the adoption of proposed amendments to the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan and Map and Joint Planning Agreement prompted questions about consolidation of Carrboro Transition Areas I and II (T -I and T -II) into a single transition category Area for the Northern Study Area. Orange County and Carrboro planning staff were directed to address the significance of the T -I - T -II distinctions and report back at the February 2 Commissioners' meeting. Likewise, Town and County attorneys were asked to address the public hearing implications of additional T -I - T -II discussions and report on at the February 2 meeting. A meeting of the Orange County Manager, Attorney, and Interim Planning Director with the Carrboro Town Manager, Attorney, Planning Director, and Land User Planner was held on January 22, 1999 to discuss the above - referenced issues. Recommendations from that meeting are summarized below as "Points of Discussion." Resolutions "A" and "B" operationalize what was discussed at the January 22, 1999 staff meeting.