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129 there which would leave Blackwood Station much as it is now. At the NC 86/I-40 Interchange, office uses are recommended nearest the interchange and high density residential uses farther from the interchange because of traffic noise. Because of a pending development application as well as the current plan, it is recommended that an office park type arrangement be at Homestead Road and Rogers Road which would place equal distance between major activity nodes. Another change in the revised plan was the combination of the two nodes in the Calvander area. In the plan presented on January 14, 1986, a commercial/industrial node was shown east of Calvander on Homestead Road. The rural neighborhood node at Calvander which was designated in the 1981 plan was retained as a separate node. These two nodes were separated by a high density residential area. In the revised plan the high density residential area was replaced with office/institutional and the two nodes combined into one. The other change was a breakdown of the urban growth boundary into 10 and 20 year periods to be consistent with the existing Land Use Plan. He indicated on the map the areas where gravity sewer service could be extended easily. Collins noted that a number of inquiries have already been received about development around the I-40/NC 86 Interchange and a great deal of development activity is occurring out Erwin Road. The feeling of staffs and Boards was that development would be increasing in this area within the next ten years. He stated that the boundary of the ten year transition west of NC 86 paralleled Homestead Road 500 ' to the north. He stated that the Planning Staffs of Orange County, Chapel Hill and Carrboro felt that high density uses should be within 500 ' of an arterial to provide access, reduce the length of trips and reduce traffic through lower density areas. He indicated that the remainder of the transition area lay in the Bolin Creek basin was being designated Twenty Year Transition. This area has been experiencing some growth pressures, but not as intense as in the Ten Year Transition areas. He mentioned the County's current land use policy of clustering development in transition areas to reduce urban sprawl and stated the policy would probably be carried over into Joint Planning. He mentioned that the Ten Year Transition Area would be the focus of current development proposals and that only after the area had begun to fill up would development be channeled toward the Twenty Year Transition areas. One means of implementing phased development in the transition areas would be through the formulation of a Water and Sewer policy. Roger Waldon, Chapel Hill Planning Director, noted that the Chapel Hill Planning Board would consider the revised plan on April 29th. He noted that the Chapel Hill Planning Board' s main concern deals with the rural buffer. One recommendation of the Chapel Hill Planning Board was for low density, the highest to be one unit to two acres, with wells and septic tanks. The recommendation excludes the extension of water and sewer and package plants. The Board supports mixed use at the interchanges and the areas where there is to be new development. There is strong support to protect the University Lake Watershed and the I 40/New Hope Church Road Interchange (considering them as part of the rural buffer) . It is hoped that by the end of April the Chapel Hill Planning Board will forward their recommendations to the Chapel Hill Town Council.