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02~ Rogers Road neighborhoods. The study area also includes the existing landfill, the Greene Tract, the Chapel Hill North Development, the Southern Orange Human Services Building, the Duke Power Building and the Northern Community Pazk. The recommended Northwest Small Area Plan provides a vision to guide development in this Town growth azea. Accordingly, the Recommended Plan incorporates the following "building blocks" as part of the long range vision for the Northwest Area: Protection of Existing Neighborhoods, Affordable Housing, Open Space, Greenways, Village Pattern, Employment Campus and a Transportation Corridor. In general, the Plan proposes a Village Pattern of development along the rail line corridor, primarily located on the Greene tract. The Plan assumes that the Greene tract would be developed and would not be used for landfill purposes. Generally decreasing residential densities aze proposed as distance from the village center increases, in an effort to help preserve the chazacter of existing neighborhoods. The Plan also suggests several greenways. The Plan proposes a new large Community Park in the northwest corner of the Greene tract, and that a portion of the Greene tract be used for affordable housing. Since the Greene tract is jointly owned by the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, and Orange County, any future use of the tract would require the agreement of all three jurisdictions. The Plan proposes an Employment Campus land use along Eubanks Road, near the Interstate 40 and N.C. 86 interchange. This Employment Campus would be intended to serve primarily as a place for employment rather than for shopping. The Plan also recommends a feasibility study on the concept of establishing a Transportation Corridor along the rail line that bisects the Northwest study area. In summary, the Plan seeks to balance community, conservation and development objectives within the Northwest study azea. A clustered pattern of growth is envisioned in order to permit the preservation of open space for pazks and greenways, while also buffering existing neighborhoods from future development. Non-residential uses aze strategically envisioned to take advantage of the close proximity of Eubanks Road to Interstate 40 as well as the potential Transportation Corridor that would bisect the azea. RECOMMENDATION: The Orange County, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro Planning staffs recommend approval of the proposed amendment as contained in the attached analysis. Following conclusion of the Public Hearing, the matter should be referred to the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro for decision and then to the Orange County Planning Boazd for a recommendation to the County Commissioners. A proposed schedule for consideration. is as follows: 2