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SEP-10-1591 15;00 FROM ALICE CORDON TO BLYTHE - LINK P.01 MEMORANDUM To: Participants in the Cooperative Planning Wwrk Session From: Alice Gordon tako- i Subject: Cooperative Planning Agreement Date: September 10, 1991 Since I will not be able to attend the wark session this evening, let me share with you my thoughts on the Cooperative Planning Agreement. A. Agreement Text In my opinion the agreement is in fairly good shape, so there is just one point I would like to make concerning the text. I believe that the Open Space Area in the Hillsborough CPZ should be clearly distinguished from the Rural Buffer 'Area in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro JPA, so that the two are obviousIly distinct land use types. Therefore, I believe all reference td "rural" in the Open Space Area should be deleted and we shoud instead refer to areas that are not expected to become urban" or are not projected to require urban services." We should also emphasize that the purpose of this area is to permanently]preserve open space. In Article I, Section 1. 2 -- D, "Open Space Area (page 2) the last two sentences could thus be worded something !like this (changes underlined): The Open Space Area is further defined as land which, although adjacent to an urban or transition area, is not expected to become urban. will contain significant a nts of ermanentl re erve o en p ace and generally contain low density residentil Uses. This area may be served by public water and sewet but soley for the purpose of servicing large deyetoLments_ or a co r b nation of small developments which have significant, ermanentl ce rved o n s a . B. Rural Character Strategies I think the agreement can be signed without specifying Rural Character Strategies, if we agree that opt n space should be permanently preserved. We may wish to work ollt a set of strategies for preserving open space using an underlying density of one acre (as opposed to two acres), but that take time. TOTAL P.01