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certain amount of reserves are built up it will call for a revision of the plan, and this has to be agreed to by all parties. 3. Central West Small Area Plan Update J.B. Culpepper said she is here to give a brief overview of this plan, which was adopted last year by Chapel Hill. She showed four PowerPoint image slides and reviewed the following information: • Central West: A community process built upon the Chapel Hill 2020 comprehensive plan • The Chapel Hill Town Council adopted the Central West Small Area Plan on November 26, 2013 Includes: • Principles and Objectives • Concept Plan (shown here) • Transportation Recommendations • Traffic Mitigation Measures • Bicycle and Pedestrian Amenities • Environmental Conservation Recommendations • Streetscape Vision • Implementation/Next Steps J.B. Culpepper said the comprehensive plan identified future focus areas where change is likely in the future. She said one of these areas is along Martin Luther King Boulevard. She reviewed the map of this area. She said the area was split into sections, and one of these areas was identified for form and use. She said the town council appointed a steering committee to develop a small area plan. She said the steering committee met for about a year, beginning in December of 2012 and developed a small area plan with help from staff and community members. Commissioner Rich asked if any developers have come forward with proposed projects now that the plan has been adopted. J.B. Culpepper said there are no active applications yet. She said there is a pre- application step in the process, and the town council and the public will be alerted when there is a concept plan. Commissioner Rich said this was spurred by the corner property that had a concept plan. Council Member Ward said this was put on hold because UNC is not doing Carolina North, and the Airport is still active. Council Member Storrow said this plan was passed unanimously by the Town Council and had a lot of public participation. He said the council and the development community wants to be thoughtful about all of the development conversations happening around town. Mayor Kleinschmidt said this is a not a form based zone. He said this is just a vision for how development might occur in the coming years. Chair Jacobs asked if this started out with a concept plan. J.B. Culpepper said the steering committee worked together to develop the land use recommendations and transportation improvement recommendations. Chair Jacobs asked much direction was involved.