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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: April 11, 2001 I Action Agen( Item # SUBJECT: PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE JOINT PLANNING AREA LAND USE PLAN TO INCORPORATE THE REVISIONS TO THE CHAPEL HILL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND USE PLAN (JPA -1 -01) DEPARTMENT: Planning ATTACHMENT(S): - Staff Analysis - Map — Joint Planning Transition Area Chapel Hill Northwest Area Existing and Proposed Land Use Designations - Copy of Joint Planning Area Operating Principles PUBLIC HEARING: X Yes No INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris Berndt 968 -2728 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732 -8181 Durham 688 -7331 Mebane 227 -2031 Chapel Hill 967.9251 PURPOSE: To receive public comment on proposed amendments to the Joint Planning Area (JPA) Land Use Plan, pursuant to the Joint Planning Agreement. The area in question is part of the Chapel Hill Joint Planning Transition Area, northwest of existing Town Limits. Chapel Hill adopted a new Comprehensive Plan and new Land Use Plan in May, 2000. This hearing focuses on the portions of that new Land Use Plan that are outside Town Limits. BACKGROUND: In July 1998, the Chapel Hill Town Council initiated a revision of the Town's 1989 Comprehensive Plan and 1986 Land Use Plan. A Work Group was appointed in the fall of 1998 with a charge to develop a draft plan to present to the Town Council in September 1999. The 31- member Work Group conducted its work through a combination of public symposia, public meetings, direction to staff and consultant, review, discussion, and editing of materials prepared by staff and consultant, and a final vote to send the draft plan on to the Town Council for consideration. The Council received the report at the end of September 1999. The Council held two Public Hearings and conducted three work sessions at which it discussed the draft materials and heard public comment. At the end of the