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Jan -07 -99 05:23P Town of Carrboro 91968 7737 P.02 TOWN OF CARRBORO NORTH CAROLINA • January 7, 1999 John M. Link, Jr. Orange County Manager PO Box 8181 I1illsborough, North Carolina 27278 Mr. Link: On January 5, 1999 the Carrboro Mayor and Board of Aldermen met and discussed Commissioner Jacobs' proposal regarding the Northern Study Area as well as those concerns expressed by other Commissioners during their meeting of December 15, 1998. 1 agreed to summarize the actions taken by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen at its meeting in order to allow you and your staff sufficient time to consider these actions. A formal written response from the Mayor will be delivered in the near future that communicates these actions with proposed language changes to the resolutions. At the January 5th. meeting the Mayor and Carrboro Board of Aldermen agreed to the following changes and clarifications to Commissioner Jacobs' proposal: • The Board voted to add language to the definition of the village mixed use district in the draft ordinance that limits the total acreage allowed for villages to 350 gross acres and to limit the total number of villages to no more than three. • The Board voted to change the definition of the O/A district in the draft ordinance to specify that these districts shall comprise no more than 25 acres of the Northam Study Area and the total number of districts shall be limited to no more than five. The Board wishes to reiterate that the office assembly use districts would only be approved in accordance with the good neighbor performance standards included in the draft ordinance. • It was the consensus of the Hoard to relay to the Orange County Commissioners that the participants in the facilitated process agreed unanimously to the concept of floating cones. The Board feels obligated to maintain the floating zones. The town staff recently conducted a suitability analysis that identified three general areas where village development could possibly occur. • It was the consensus of the Board that the joint planning agreement resolution amendment be modified to reflect Commissioner Jacob's proposed condition: "'Ilrat until Transition Area I reaches the 75 percent build -out stipulated in the Joint Planning agreement, the Board of County Commissioners retains with the Carrboro Board of Aldermen the right to approve "floating" conditional use mining districts on properties located entirely in Transition Area II -" • It was also the consensus of the Board that paragraph four of Jacobs' proposal should be amended to read: "That when Transition Area I achieves the agreed upon build out, the 901 WEST MAIN STREET. CARRBORO. NC 27910 • 1919! 942.8941 • FAX 19191 968 7737 • TOP 18101 968 -7717 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER