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WHEREAS, the North Carolina Board of Transportation, at its meeting on November 3, 2005, approved the abandonment from the State Maintained System of the 0.27-mile right-of-way on SR 1571; and WHEREAS, it appears that no individual, firm, or corporation owns property in the vicinity of said right-of-way without a reasonable means of ingress and egress to his, her, or its property; and WHEREAS, the Board finds as fact from the evidence presented at the public hearing that (1) it is not contrary to the public interest for the abandoned right-of-way to be closed, and (2) no individual owning property in the vicinity of the abandoned right-of-way or in the area in which it is located would thereby be deprived of a reasonable means of ingress or egress to his or her property; IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the road and right-of-way located on SR 1571, Pleasant Green Community Center Road, between SR 1569, Cale Mill Road, and the Pleasant Green Community House (Center) identified on the map that is Exhibit A be closed. The Chair of the Board of Commissioners of Orange County is hereby authorized to sign this order on behalf of Orange County and the Clerk to the Board of Commissioners is authorized to attest this order and to affix to it the County seal. This, the 21 ~ day of November 2005 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 2. Orange County Comprehensive Plan Land Use Element Update: Policy Options for Reduced Residential Land Use Density in Watersheds This is the first of a three-part public hearing process and is to present four policy options for residential land use density to address identified growth challenges in the areas of air and water quality, water resources, environmental protection, open space preservation, traffic control, and efficient provision of public services. Comprehensive Planning Supervisor Tom Altieri reviewed some background information. He explained the Land Use Element, which is a policy guide for directing pattern and density of future development. It is one of six elements that will be completed that comprises the Comprehensive Plan. The other elements include the Natural and Cultural Systems Element, Transportation Element, Housing Element, Economic Development Element, and Services and Facilities Element. The County is updating the Land Use Element because it is required by ordinance to periodically update this, there is new population data, there are air quality issues to be addressed, and there are sustainability issues. Staff will continue to develop the draft land use element text update for the second public hearing on February 27, 2006. The draft will be available to the public two weeks prior to the public hearing. Staff will be sending a first class mail notice to any property owner affected or within 500 feet of an area to be affected by the future land use map amendments or the zoning map amendments. Planning Director Craig Benedict spoke about the land use density options available. He showed a map of present densities in the County. Presently, there are about 30,000 units in the urban sections of the County and about 20,000 in the rural sections. There are approximately 200,000 undeveloped acres in the rural sections of the County. Build out projections in the urban areas, including Hillsborough, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and sections of Mebane and rural sections of the County show that the rural area units could outnumber the urban area units by three to one. These projections are based on existing zoning.