Agenda - 01-19-1999 - Attachment 2

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013 MEMORANDUM TO: ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD ORANGE COUNTY MANAGER CHAPEL HILL TOWN MANAGER CARRBORO TOWN MANAGER FROM: ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING STAFF TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL PLANNING STAFF TOWN OF CAR:EZBORO PLANNING STAFF RE: _ JPA 2-98 NORTHERN. STUDY AREA PLAN -.Proposed Amendment to the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan and Map DATE: APRIL 8, 1998 The purpose of this public hearing is to receive comment on a proposal to amend the Joint Planning Land Use Plan (JPALUP) and Map to incorporate the Facilitated Small Area Plan for Carrboro's Northern Study Area accepted by the Board of Aldermen on August 19, 1997. The plan covers both Transition Areas I and II as specified in the JPALUP, as well as areas within Carrboro's city limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction. Background In February 1992, the Board of Aldermen for the Town of Carrboro determined that a comprehensive planning effort was needed for those areas of the town's jurisdiction which are expected to receive the bulk of any growth and development occurring in the coming years. Under population projections at the time, this growth was expected to include nearly 12,000 new residents by the year 2010 and associated civic, business, and commercial ventures. Due to environmental constraints associated with the protection of the University Lake water supply to the south and west of Carrboro, growth was expected to occur primarily to the north and east of the town, areas where public water and sewer service could be extended. It was decided that this planning effort would take the form of a small area plan and that a group of citizens that included residents, property- and business- owners from within the town and study area would participate in the process.