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11 <br />The Board approved a petition from NCDOT to add Deerfield Trail in Chapel Hill Township to the <br />state-maintained secondary road system. <br />e. Contract for Archeological Survey of St. Mary's Road Corridor <br />The Board approved and authorized the Manager to sign a contract with L.F. Stine in the amount <br />of $6475.96 to conduct an archeological survey of the St. Mary's Road corridor. <br />VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA: UNANIMOUS <br />ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA <br />a. Minutes <br />After a brief discussion it was agreed by consensus that the minutes will be distributed to all Board <br />members at the same time and will be presented no later than 30 days from the meeting date. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to approved <br />the minutes from its Oct. 13, 1998 work session and February 22, 1999 Quarterly Public Hearing. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />7. ITEMS FOR DECISION -REGULAR AGENDA <br />a. Proposed Amendments to the Carrboro Land Use Ordinance Related to <br />Implementation of the Facilitated Small Area Plan <br />The County Commissioners considered proposed amendments to the Carrboro Land Use <br />Ordinance related to the Proposed Facilitated Small Area Plan for the Northern Study Area. <br />Planning Director Craig Benedict mentioned that the Northern Study Area originated in 1992 and <br />reports were presented in 1996, 1997, and 1998. He stated that there were three primary issues that need <br />to be discussed. They are listed below. <br />¦ PRIMARY ISSUES <br />¦ County Involvement in the Development Review Process. A letter from the County Attorney was <br />mentioned and is in the permanent agenda file in the Clerk's office. <br />¦ Conditional Use Process (Section 15-141.2 (b) (g) (2) (4) <br />¦ Master Planning Process (Section 15-141.2 (g) (1) (2) (3)(5)(6) <br />¦ Office/Assembly (O/A) District (minimum size) (Section 15-36(11) <br />¦ Village Mixed Use (VMU) Districts <br />¦ Density <br />¦ Location <br />Craig Benedict stated that the Board of Commissioners is being requested to make a decision as <br />to whether the Carrboro Land Use Ordinance is consistent with the Northern Study Area Plan. Those areas <br />of consistency were presented at earlier meetings. The exceptions were those mentioned above. A <br />subcommittee has incorporated suggestions and comments from prior Board of County Commissioners <br />meetings. The subcommittee's report is included in the agenda packet. This report includes three primary <br />issues and eight separate recommendations. <br />The first issue pertains to whether or not the master plan process allows the County to have full <br />review from start to finish of the entire process for Village Mixed Use. In the original wording, the Town of <br />Carrboro had the potential during the Conditional Use Process of amending the Master Plan. The <br />subcommittee has recommended deleting that language. New language is being recommended which would <br />state that any modification of the Master Plan would be a re-consideration of the rezoning and would come <br />back in front of the Board of Commissioners. Also, the subcommittee suggested criteria so that any impact <br />that would increase traffic, number of units or decrease open space would be considered significant impact <br />which would bring the item back before the Board of County Commissioners. Also, there is an opportunity in <br />Carrboro's Code at this time, that when a project is first brought forward, the applicant meets with the <br />Carrboro staff on an informal basis. It was suggested by the subcommittee that Orange County become <br />involved early in the process, prior to an application being presented. At that point, staff from each unit of <br />government and the applicant could discuss issues that are important to the incorporated residents and the <br />Q \19990504A.a