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f <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 20, 1996 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # )LE <br /> SUBJECT: HORACE WILLIAMS PLANNING GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS AND ZONING <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes_X—No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes_X—No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> • 7-1-96 Update on Planning for Outlying Properties Gene Bell, Planner III, Ext. 2589 <br /> • Preliminary Planning Principles <br /> • Horace Williams Use Districts& Proposed Plan <br /> • 6-17-96 UNC-Chapel Hill Planning Panel Response TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> to Proposed Plan <br /> • Plan Alternatives A, B, & C Hillsborough- 732-8181 <br /> • Draft Agenda Item Abstract for Carrboro Board of Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Aldermen August 20, 1996 Public Forum Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill -967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a report on the Horace Williams Planning Group recommendations and <br /> zoning implications for Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: In 1994,the University began to plan for eventual use of its two large <br /> undeveloped tracts of land: the Horace Williams property and the Mason Farm <br /> property. The University hired a consultant,Johnson,Johnson, and Roy of <br /> Ann Arbor, Michigan to assist with the planning process. The Towns of Chapel <br /> Hill and Carrboro were invited to participate in the process and both towns <br /> appointed committees to work with the University and report to their respective <br /> governing boards. <br /> The University's consultant prepared several sets of information, including three <br /> plan alternatives for community comment. On May 23, 1996 final draft plans <br /> were presented and community comment requested. <br />