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• <br /> 1 <br /> t <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 6. 1996 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # X-B <br /> SUBJECT: REPORT - FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 11/27/95 Public Hearing Minutes Planning Director X2592 <br /> Written Comments <br /> 1/4/96 Staff Memorandum TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> 1/17/96 Planning Board Minutes Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> 2/7/96 Planning Board Minutes Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> 2/19/96 Planning Board Minutes Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a report on the Planning Board's recommendations concerning <br /> proposed Flexible Development open space preservation strategies presented at <br /> public hearing on November 27, 1995. <br /> BACKGROUND: OPEN SPACE STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT: For almost nine years, a <br /> variety of meetings,work group sessions, and/or public hearings has been held for <br /> the purpose of developing a set of rural character/open space preservation <br /> strategies. The activities associated with this goal are summarized below: <br /> • January, 1987-Rural Buffer zoning district adopted. <br /> • June, 1987 - Assembly of Governments consensus on preserving open space <br /> in Rural Buffer. <br /> • November, 1987-Rural Character Study Committee appointed. <br /> • May, 1990 - Rural Character Study Committee adopts Conceptual Guidelines <br /> for Rural Buffer. <br /> • September, 1990 - Rural Character Study Committee initiates work on <br /> Conceptual Guidelines for Rural Orange. <br />