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Chair Jacobs said that they could ask staff to give them those details and the staffs could work together and have Environmental Health look at the soils. Commissioner Gordon said that in terms of what Orange County could do, she is not familiar with any zoning area in the rural buffer that would be different. There is only one category in the rural buffer. Craig Benedict said that Environmental Health could not do a lot-by-lot analysis, but they can do a generalized description of the soils in the area. Edith Wiggins said that one of the purposes of a community meeting is to target those few families that would be adversely affected and then they would know before any decisions were made. She said that it makes a big difference to a family whose roots have been in Orange County far many years. Mark Kleinschmidt asked if another option would be to rezone that area. Roger Waldon said that Chapel Hill does have more zoning categories areas than the JPA allows for. If the objective is to have no adverse impact on property owners, then the logical action would be to take no action and leave things as they are. If the jurisdiction changes from Chapel Hill to Orange County, then the zoning changes. His opinion is that the impact would be minimal for many of the properties. Mayor Foy asked about the RT designation and Roger Waldon said that Rural Transition is a 2- acre minimum lot size. Geof Gledhill said that once the land use plan changes and this area becomes rural buffer then Orange County would maintain the zoning. Chair Jacobs said that one way to deal with this is to say that they have had discussions and have referred it to staff and work with Environmental Health, determine who will hold a public information meeting in the community, and change the order so that Chapel Hill approves first. Chair Jacobs said that they need motions but Carrboro's would be after May 10tH Town of Chapel Hill: A motion was made by Jim Ward, seconded by Bill Strom to accept the Planning Staff's recommendation to refer the proposed amendment to the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan to the Chapel Hill Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned to the Chapel Hill Town Council no sooner than May 10, 2004. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Town of Carrboro: A motion was made by Alex Zaffron, seconded by Joal Hall Braun to accept the Planning Staff's recommendation to refer the proposed amendment to the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan to the Carrboro Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen no sooner than May 10, 2004. Orange County: A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Gordan to accept the Planning Staff's recommendation to refer the proposed amendment to the Joint Planning