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The Town of Carrboro has supplied the draft ordinance language as part of the agenda materials and Carrboro Planning Staff will make a presentation and answer questions. Also included in the materials are examples of how the ordinance standards would be implemented on constrained and unconstrained properties in the Carrboro Transition Area. The Planning Staff recommends: 1) Approval of the proposed amendments to the Joint Planning Area (JPA) Land Use Plan and Map to incorporate the Facilitated Small Area Plan for Carrboro's Northern Study Area; and 2) Approval of proposed amendments to the Joint Planning Agreement to incorporate the Facilitated Small Area Plan for Carrboro's Northern Study Area provided that the Orange County Commissioners are included in the decision - making process on "floating" conditional use zoning districts in the CJDA Transition Area. Bell stated that there had been some confusion regarding the action taken by the Planning Board on July 15, 1998. He continued that his understanding, as well as that stated in the minutes was that the Planning Board did not adopt the Resolution as proposed by Chapel Hill and Carrboro. The primary reasons for that action were: 1) lack of implementing ordinance language to review in conjunction with the plan; and 2) the concern that citizens in the Carrboro Transition Area would not have a vote for the board making the decision. Bell continued that nothing has gone forward from the Planning Department to the Board of Commissioners for a decision. Bell expressed appreciation for the Planning Board's willingness to schedule a special meeting to deal with this issue. Bell asked if Planning Board members had a different interpretation of the action taken on July 15. Barrows responded the Planning Board voted unanimously to reject the plan and there were reasons stated such as those mentioned by Bell. Brooks stated that one of her concerns from the meeting in question was that the proponents of the Carrboro plan were quite forceful in saying that it was going to be open season on developing because the moratorium could not be extended, but, in actuality, the moratorium has been extended. She continued that this fact was reiterated many times and she resented the pressure implied by the Carrboro planner. Katz stated that it was his first Planning Board meeting and he was impressed that the Planning Board was uncomfortable giving the authority to Carrboro without the ordinances. The feeling was that the Board was being asked to "rubber stamp" something that needed more consideration. Barrows asked if that was the information Bell was requesting. Bell responded that it was and he wanted to be sure where the discussion should begin tonight. He continued that the goal tonight is to get a recommendation from the Planning Board on the Small Area Plan and the amendments to the Joint Planning Agreement to be presented to the Board of Commissioners on December 15.