Agenda - 03-29-2012 - Abstract of Items

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129 14 document to advisory boards and local government agencies. It was also a topic of discussion at the March 26, 2009 Assembly of Governments meeting. November 16, 2009: The Council opened a Public Hearing regarding the Rogers Road Small Area Plan Task Force Report. Council referred the report to Carrboro, Orange County, and the Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools. May 18, 2010: The Chapel Hill Manager wrote to Orange County and Carrboro Managers to request a meeting to discuss the relationship of the Task Force Report and the Greene Tract and ideas for how to look at the issues differently. The meeting occurred in June of 2010. January 24, 2011: The Council received a report following the public hearing which included comments from Carrboro, Orange County, and the Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools. The Council adopted a resolution forwarding the draft Rogers Road Small Area Plan to a Joint Public Hearing and requesting the establishment of an inter -local work group composed of elected officials from Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Orange County. March 11, 2011: The January 24, 2011 resolution was forwarded to the Carrboro Mayor and Orange County Board of Commissioners Chair with the request for an inter -local workgroup to begin work as early as April followed by a Joint Public Hearing in the fall (letter attached). March 31, 2011: Response received from Orange County Board of Commissioners Chair that recommended that the identified issues in the resolution of January, 2011 be brought before an existing elected officials work group formed in 2009 (letter attached) and suggesting that if a joint hearing is needed in the fall of 2011, that it take place at the fall Assembly of Governments meeting. SUMMARY The Rogers Road Small Area Plan Report is a document that provides recommendations for the Rogers Road neighborhood in Chapel Hill's jurisdiction. The recommendations of the Task Force address future land uses, infrastructure investment, community preservation, transportation improvements, and open space and recreation improvements. The Task Force Report and discussions with Orange County and Carrboro identified issues to be addressed before the small area plan could be adopted and implemented. Because of these multi - jurisdictional issues, at the time we recommended that an inter -local work group comprised of elected officials be convened to develop strategies for these issues prior to endorsement of the Rogers Road Small Area Plan. Topics identified that could be addressed by such a workgroup included: • The recommended future land uses for the Greene Tract, • The preferred way to consider Joint Land Use Plan Amendments in the area, and • The recommendations of the Rogers Road Task Force that impact multiple jurisdictions.