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157 • Joint Planning Agreement and Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. The position of Orange County and Carrboro staffs is that the increase that might be seen in number of dwellings is very slight and that any increase would be offset by the flexibility granted - yielding a more sensitive site design. (4) ONE-ACRE LOTS FOR EXISTING LOTS OF RECORD The Study Committee proposed to allow 2 1-acre lots for each 1987 lot of record. All three of the planning staffs agree that the allowance of all such tracts to create two one-acre lots might be damaging to the concept and function of the Rural Buffer. The staffs recognize the concerns that the Committee were trying to address and would pledge to pursue other methods and means of achieving that goal. STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF EACH JURISDICTION CHAPEL HILL PLANNING STAFF The Chapel Hill Planning Staff recommends conditional approval of the Rural Buffer strategies as outlined in the staff report. The staff recommends against specific provisions that would allow public sewer extension to rural villages, square footage minimum lot size, average lot size flexibility and two one-acre lots per 1987 4111 lot-of-record. In addition, the Chapel Hill staff further recommends that, as proposed in the Town Council's public hearing resolutions, a Joint Work Group be appointed to further discuss the policy issues of the proposals. It is recommended that this Joint Work Group consist of elected officials from each jurisdiction, a representative from OWASA, and a representative from the Rural Character Study Committee. The Chapel Hill staff also recommends that the proposed amendments to the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan and Agreement be deferred pending conclusion of discussion by the Joint Work Group. CARRBORO PLANNING STAFF The Carrboro Planning Staff recommends endorsement of the Conceptual Guidelines for the Rural Buffer with two exceptions. First, that the provision calling for reintroduction of lot sizes based on square footage not be pursued, and second that the proposed allowance of two one-acre lots per 1987 lot of record also not be pursued. The Carrboro staff recommends approval of those amendments to the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan and Agreement that do not conflict with these exceptions. The Carrboro staff does not recommend the establishment of a joint work group unless said group was very narrowly focused, had a deadline for resolution and did not duplicate the efforts of the Rural Character Study Committee. 4111 ORANGE COUNTY The Orange County staff recommends endorsement of the strategies contained in the Conceptual Guidelines with the sole exception being the provision of two one-acre lots for each 1987