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' 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: September ly 1996 Action Agenda Item#-4r-C- SUBJECT: HORACE WILLIAMS PLANNING GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS AND ZONING IMPLICATIONS FOR ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes_X—No BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes_X—No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: • 7-1-96 Update on Planning for Outlying Properties Gene Bell, Planner III, Ext. 2589 • Preliminary Planning Principles • Horace Williams Use Districts& Proposed Plan • 6-17-96 UNC-Chapel Hill Planning Panel Response TELEPHONE NUMBERS: to Proposed Plan • Plan Alternatives A. B, & C Hillsborough- 732-8181 • Draft Agenda Item Abstract for Carrboro Board of Durham - 688-7331 Aldermen August 20, 1996 Public Forum Mebane - 227-2031 Chapel Hill - 967-9251 PURPOSE: To receive a report on the Horace Williams Planning Group recommendations from Mr. Richard Rigterink of the consulting firm of Johnson, Johnson, and Roy. This presentation is scheduled to take advantage of the meeting being televised in order to reach the largest possible audience. BACKGROUND: In 1994,the University began to plan for eventual use of its two large undeveloped tracts of land: the Horace Williams property and the Mason Farm property. The University hired a consultant,Johnson,Johnson, and Roy of Ann Arbor, Michigan to assist with the planning process. The Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro were invited to participate in the process and both towns appointed committees to work with the University and report to their respective governing boards. The University's consultant prepared several sets of information, including three plan alternatives for community comment. On May 23, 1996 final draft plans were presented and community comment requested.