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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 17, 1998 <br />1 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item <br />SUBJECT: ADVERTISEMENT FOR JOINT PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING - April 8,1998 <br />DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes _x—No <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes _x No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />- Proposed Notice of Public Hearing <br />- Executive Summary of Carrboro Proposals <br />- Proposed Amendment on Development Moratoria <br />- Inna Deng Amendment Application <br />- Executive Summary of Chapel Hill Proposal <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene Bell <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />-732-8181 <br />Durham <br />-688-7331 <br />Mebane <br />-227-2031 <br />Chapel Hill <br />-967-9251 <br />Extension 2589 <br />PURPOSE: To consider the legal notice for the Joint Planning Area (JPA) Public Hearing scheduled <br />for April 8, 1998. <br />BACKGROUND: The Joint Planning Agreement requires that Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill <br />and Carrboro conduct a Joint Public Hearing when amendments to the JPA Land Use <br />Plan, JPA Land Use Map, or JPA Agreement are proposed. Past practice has been to <br />schedule two JPA hearings per year, one in the spring and the other in the fall. <br />On March 4, 1998, Planning Staff presented a report on items proposed for the April 8 <br />JPA Public Hearing. Board guidance in scheduling was requested due to the number, as <br />well as the complexity of some of the items. In presenting the report, Planning Staff <br />incorrectly interpreted the intent of the Chapel Hill Town Council with regard to the <br />Chapel Hill Northwest Small Area Plan. Staff reported that "...it is recommended that <br />consideration of the Northwest Small Area Plan go forward and that no action be taken <br />on those parts of the plan which pertain to the Greene Tract." This was a <br />recommendation to the Council by the Landfill Owners Group. The Chapel Town <br />Council has not taken a position on the recommendation. The Council asked that the <br />Northwest Small Area Plan be considered with the Carrboro Small Area Plan. This <br />approach would allow public comment on recommendations for the Greene Tract as well <br />as other features of the plans. <br />