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19 In its preliminary report to the Board of Aldermen on August 22, 1995, the UNC Land Use Committee identified the following: • Designate Bolin Creek and its adjacent lands containing steep slopes, flood plains, and a continuos hardwood and mixed hardwood/pine forest as a distinctive natural heritage area that needs to be protected and preserved for future generations; • Create a 100 yard buffer circumscribing the hardwood forest along Bolin Creek; • Provide passive pathways along Bolin Creek connected with the old grist mill site and the area proposed as a neighborhood park on the south east corner of the property; • Provide a new east west connecting arterial, that does not cross Bolin Creek or fracture the hardwood forest, linking Homestead Road with Seawell School Road. • Provide an intermodal hub or transfer station in conjunction with the intersection of the east west connector, Seawell School Road, and the rail road slated to serve as a future transit corridor; • Show with a directional arrow, the east west connector continuing in an eastward direction across the Horace Williams Tract in Chapel Hill's jurisdiction to provide a connection with Airport Road and other internal routes designated in the future. Following the preliminary report made by the committee on August 22,1995 the UNC consultants, Johnson Johnson & Roy Inc. (JJR), released a set of alternative land use plans for UNC's outlying properties. Carrboro's Advisory Committee reviewed the alternatives as presented and formulated the following consensus on December 6, 1995: 1. The Northwest portion of the Horace William's tract should be considered part of the natur heritage area along Bolin Creek, should be preserved and not be used for development. 2. The portion of the Horace William's tract located south of Bolin Creek shoMo lds a public park ark and slated for some sort of recreational use. 3. Transit stop as shown in "A" and road alignment as shown in"C". High ad Extension as shown on Plan"B". 4. Preserve Bolin Creek and associated flood plain, steep slopes, and hardwood/mixed hardwood forest as a natural heritage corridor. 5. Concerned about storm water management issues associated with the development of the tract, and these issues will need to be explored further in the future. 6. Housing and any other development should be located in such a fashion so as to not impact the creek and should have significant set backs to preserve and protect the integrity of the Bolin Creek Corridor. 7. Extend existing (High School Road) and proposed road into Chapel Hill side of campus to allow multiple east-west access between Chapel Hill and Carrboro and provide north-south access from Estes through Airport(connection to the south). On January 3, 1996, Carrboro's Advisory Committee produced a recommended land use plan and on January 30, 1996, the Carrboro Advisory Committee and the Chapel Hill Planning Panel met jointly to discuss issues and points of consensus associated with the UNC Land Use Plan. JJR (consultants for UNC) met with local advisory committees on 2/7/96 to discuss and obtain feedback on alternative land use proposals. The Board of Aldermen received a status report on March 19, 1996 and requested the agenda planning committee to schedule a public forum. The University presented a draft plan on May 23, 1996. This plan (attached) proposes a transit oriented mixed use style of development with a University Village similar to old campus densities centered around two transit stops located along the existing rail corridor. In Carrboro's jurisdiction the university village is bordered on the west by a new road connecting Homestead Road, east of Bolin Creek, with Seawell