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N 12, 29, 1997, Carrboro asked that joint planning be restarted on the application, due to the completion of the mediation process (please see Attachment 2). Because almost four years has elapsed since the last hearing, another public hearing is advisable. 3. Application from Ms. Inna Deng_ A citizen is requesting that two properties she owns in the Rural Buffer on Eubanks Road be transferred to the Chapel Hill Transition Area. Her properties are located in an area which Chapel Hill's draft Northwest Small Area Plan recommended be transferred to the Chapel Hill Transition Area. The area is immediately west of the existing Eubanks Road Landfill and east of the Blackwood Division of Duke Forest (please see Attachment 3). Staff suggests the entire area be considered, including the citizen's two tracts. These proposals all need to be considered at a Joint Public Hearing. Please refer to Attachment 5 for a brief description of the Joint Planning process. STATUS OF AREA PLANS Carrboro created a Small Area Planning Work Group in 1992. In 1996, the Work Group presented a first draft to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen. The Board of Aldermen decided to sponsor facilitated planning meetings to resolve resident concerns, and these were completed in May, 1997. The facilitated process included representatives from the Chapel Hill Town Council. The final draft was accepted by the Carrboro Board of Aldermen on August 19, 1997. On January 21, 1998, the Town of Carrboro requested consideration of the draft plan at the next joint planning public hearing, scheduled for April 8, 1998. In 1993, the Chapel Hill Town Council created the Northwest Small Area Plan Work Group, which forwarded its draft plan to the Council in December, 1994. The Council held a public hearing on March 1, 1995, and on June 26, 1995 reviewed comments received. On August 30, the Council held a work session attended by representatives from Orange County and Carrboro. On September 11, 1995, the Town Council adopted a resolution inviting Orange County and Carrboro to hold a joint work session on the Greene Tract and to hold a joint planning public hearing on October 11, 1995. A public hearing was not held on the plan, but instead work sessions on the Greene Tract and on the proposed Northwest Small Area Plan were held on October 11, 1995. At the conclusion of the last joint planning work session held on October 11, 1995, Chapel Hill, O. Carrboro, a,Qrange County elected officials agreed to put the Northwest Small Area Plan on hold for six ttsaths until the Landfill Owners Group recommended a new landfill site and then made recommendations on the future use of the Greene tract. A year later, on September 6, 1996, the Town Council asked the Landfill Owners Group to make a recommendation on the future use of the Greene tract by January 1, 1997, in order that the Northwest Small Area Plan could be considered at an April, 1997 public hearing. On January 27, 1997, the Council received a report from Richard Franck as Chair of the Landfill Owners Group concerning its resolution on the Greene tract (please see Attachment 4). This