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Steering Committee made up of elected officials and residents of the study area was established to plan the workshop. The planning conference took place on two Saturdays, approximately one month apart, in the Spring of 1997, with staff of the Orange County Dispute Settlement Center serving as facilitators and Randall Arendt of the Natural Lands Trust providing professional planning assistance. As the plan primarily affected development in the unincorporated portions of Carrboro's planning jurisdiction, funds for the conference were provided by all three parties to the Joint Planning Agreement, Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Orange County. Approximately 150 citizens participated in the process. The original plan was revised in accordance with the consensus of the participants and the Facilitated Small Area Plan for Carrboro's Northern Study Area FINAL DRAFT was presented to, and accepted by, the Board of Aldermen on August 12, 1997. Plan Elements During the nearly five years of planning for development in the Northern Study Area through the year 2010, careful attention was paid to balancing the interests of the landowners in the NSA with the interests of all Carrboro's citizens. Population estimates prepared by the Office of State Planning during the course of the five -year planning process reveal that Carrboro's municipal population had grown from 12,786 to 14, 652, a growth rate of 3.6 percent per year. TOWN OF CARRBORO, NORTH CAROLINA 1960 - 2010 POPULATION AND PROJECTIONS 1,997 5,058 8,118 12,136 12,786 13,048 14,652 16,874 23,917 Sources: 1960 - 1990, US Census/NC Department of Administration 1992 - 2010 Town of Carrboro Planning Department/State of North Carolina, Office of State Planning The management of all new development associated with approximately 9,300 new residents is to parallel both the preservation and protection of natural, social, aesthetic, and economic characteristics of the northern study area, and the support of Carrboro's small -town character, as well as the enhancement of quality of life for all. The resulting plan proposes to cluster a bulk of the new residential development by encouraging village -scale development, conservation of natural and environmentally sensitive areas, allows density bonuses for affordable housing meeting certain development criteria, and sanctions neighborhood- and community -scale commercial centers. The overall target density for the northern Study Area is approximately the same as the current density of the town: 2.1 dwelling units per acre. The target densities for mixed use areas is approximately five dwelling units per acre. These development management options have been selected in order to minimize the negative impacts of new development on environmental quality, transportation, taxation, and existing neighborhoods. These elements should discourage a sprawled pattern of monotonous development, preserve Carrboro's unique, small town character, and allow the creation of new, neighborhood -scale communities which can be connected to existing and new areas via a network of open space corridors. Ten goals and supporting objectives were established by the planning process for the Northern Study Area. The goals are noted below. Facilitated Small Area Plan and Implementation Strategy - Executive Summary Page 2