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ic Chapel Hill Township. The area north of Town is assumed to be most suitable for absorbing "Spillover" because of transportation access, the large, efficiently sewerable area below the Morgan Creek -New Hope Creek divide, and existing growth patterns. The "Southern Triangle" area will develop only after all the suitable land south of and between the Duke Forest tracts has been developed. Duke Forest tracts will not be developed over the period 1980 -2000. Staff Comment: Since the Chapel Hill Joint Planning Transition Area (Northwest Area) is within the Urban Services Area of the Town of Chapel Hill, growth would occur in areas served or to be served by public facilities and services. The Northwest Area does not include any "spillover" growth, and does not include any land located in Chatham or Durham Counties, Bingham Township, the "Southern Triangle " area, or the Duke Forest. - Other Joint Planning Issues Land Use Designation of the Greene Tract Both the 1986 Chapel Hill Land Use Plan and the 1986 Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan designate the Greene Tract as "Future Landfill, Pending Further Study." The parcel, however, is no longer being considered for landfill uses. In the May, 2000 update to the Chapel Hill Land Use Plan the parcel is designated as "Housing/Open Space." We note that there is a multi jurisdictional work group working to determine appropriate uses for the Greene Tract, and that this work is not yet complete. Future uses for the parcel are still undetermined. In the absence of specific proposals for use, the Chapel Hill Land Use Plan proposed that the site be designated for housing or open space uses. This would remove the landfill designation and allow for a variety of residential or preservation uses for the site. There are multiple options for selecting a land use designation for the Greene Tract. Because of the ongoing discussions about the future uses of the Greene Tract, the Orange County Planning Staff recommends that no change be made to the land use designation for this site at this time. This would leave the parcel designated as "Future Landfill, Pending Further Study." The Chapel Hill Planning Staff recommends that the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan be changed to designate the Greene Tract as "Housing/Open Space," as has been requested by the Chapel Hill Town Council. The Carrboro Planning Staff suggests an alternative option — change the land use designation to a "Public Use" designation until a final use for the Greene Tract is agreed upon. All options are available for consideration. Southern Triangle Area A related issue is the status of an area known as the "Southern Triangle." This is an area along the Orange- Chatham border that is south of Chapel Hill's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction. On the 1986 Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan this area is shown as being bisected by a ridge line. To the northwest of that ridge, the area is designated Chapel Hill Transition Area. To the southeast of the ridge, the area is designated Rural Buffer. At the time the line was drawn in 1986, Chapel Hill's Urban Services Boundary followed this ridge line, and accordingly was identical with the line that separated Chapel Hill Transition Area from Rural Buffer. 7