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128 similar to that which the County has with Chapel Hill for joint approval of projects within designated areas. Collins reviewed the plan as presented at the public hearing January 14, 1986, highlighting the different plan designations and the assumptions behind each one. He presented the plan noting extension of the transition area into the Bolin Creek basin to reflect the ability of OWASA to serve the area with sewer. The plan proposes some changes to the activity centers that were shown on the existing plan. Such changes include the designation of an activity node at the New Hope Church Road/I-40 Interchange, an expansion of the activity node at NC86/I-40, the designation of a commercial/industrial center at Calvander, an expansion of Blackwood Station, a reduction of a node centered on Homestead Road/NC86 and a deletion of a neighborhood type node at the intersection of Rogers Road and Homestead Road. Collins presented the Strategy Map that included on it the adopted Chapel Hill/Carrboro Thoroughfare Plan. The map shows a proposed greenway system and a system of neighborhood and community parks throughout the area. He explained that the activity node centered on the New Hope Church Road/I-40 Interchange. The initial concept at the time the plan was presented at public hearing was that light industry would be more oriented toward research and development activity (high-tech industry) and not wide open manufacturing or distributing centers. The Blackwood Station would be expanded for retail and office establishments. At the interchange of NC 86/I-40 the proposal is for a mix of high density residential and office type uses close to the interchange but not directly on it. At the intersection of Homestead and Old NC 86 some expansion would be allowed for retail uses already located there. The activity node designated at Homestead Road and Rogers Road was deleted. It was felt that this area is more suited to residential uses. Collins explained the proposed greenways system connecting the parks. He explained the high density areas and moderate density areas. Several suggestions have been made for the rural buffer area such as 1 unit to two acres or 1 unit to five acres and some even lower densities have been suggested. The feeling is that the lower the density the more rural buffer characteristics are observed. He explained the transition areas where urban development is expected to occur. These are areas which can be served by gravity sewer systems. One goal was protection of the Duke Forest holdings. Collins noted that because there is pressure for higher density development on Erwin Road due to development of commercial centers in Durham County and those being proposed in the Durham Comprehensive Plan the Transition Area was extended to address this situation. Collins noted that because of the comments heard at public hearing, citizens' group meetings, and other meetings held after the public hearing, several revisions have been made. One of the major changes deals with the extension of the rural buffer area. The primary reason for extending the buffer outward is to continue to follow the drainage divide of the New Hope Creek basin. Land uses in this area are resource protection areas, low density residential development and agricultural preservation areas. The New Hope Church Road/I-40 Interchange is to go back to a rural buffer type area. At Blackwood Station the recommendation is to delete the office type uses and to include some moderate expansion of the retail use already