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1 1 <br /> ORANGECOUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 2, 1996 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item <br /> SUBJECT: University Manor Phase I -Approval of Conservation Easement <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes_x_No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT Yes x No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Resolution of Approval Mary Willis <br /> Correspondence from Applicant Extension 2583 <br /> Correspondence from Triangle Land Conservancy <br /> Draft Conservation Easement TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough-732-8181 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill -967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider acceptance of a conservation easement for the floodplain and wetland <br /> area in Phase I of University Manor. <br /> BACKGROUND: The approved Concept Plan for University Manor includes a total of 281 residential <br /> lots, a 30-acre park site to be dedicated to Orange County, and 167 acres to be <br /> preserved through conservation easements. The total area encompassed by the <br /> Concept Plan is 595 acres. The overall density of development is one dwelling unit per <br /> 2.12 acres. <br /> Phase I (99 acres,47 lots)received Preliminary Plan approval on December 19, 1995. <br /> Phase I is generally bounded by NC 10, New Hope Church Road and Stoney Creek. <br /> Of the 23.3 acres of open space included in Phases I, 8.3 acres are in a conservation <br /> area consisting of wetlands located in the floodplain of Stoney Creek. The remaining <br /> open space area contains two community wells, as well as area within the Duke <br /> Power transmission line easement. <br />