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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF CC O[ISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 21, 1995 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # <br /> SUBJECT: REPORT ON THE CHAPEL HILL NORTHWEST SMALL AREA PLAN AND <br /> POTENTIAL USE OF THE "GREENE TRACT" <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes x No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> - Excerpts from draft Mary Willis, Ext 2583 <br /> Northwest Small Area Plan David Stancil, Ext 2590 <br /> - Map of Area <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: For information only. <br /> BACKGROUND: In January 1995, the Town of Chapel Hill's <br /> Northwest Small Area Plan Work Group completed 19 <br /> months of planning and deliberation by recommending <br /> a draft small area plan to the Chapel Hill Town <br /> Council for an area generally west of Airport Road <br /> and north of Estes Drive, containing a substantial <br /> portion of the Town's ExtraTerritorial Jurisdiction <br /> and Joint Planning Area Transition Area. The <br /> Northwest Area includes both portions of the <br /> existing landfill on Eubanks Road, and a parcel <br /> known as the "Greene tract. " <br /> The future use of the "Greene Tract" has generated <br /> considerable discussion over the past decade. It <br /> was purchased in 1984 by Orange Regional Landfill <br /> Owners Group, and was designated on the Joint <br /> Planning Area Land Use Plan as "Future Potential <br /> Landfill Site (Pending Further Study) . " The Greene <br /> tract was identified along with several other <br /> locations as a possible landfill site by the <br /> Landfill Site Search Committee, but was not <br /> selected as one of four finalist sites. <br /> The future of the Greene tract also generated <br /> significant comment during the Towns' Northwest <br /> Area plan preparation. The goals and objectives of <br /> the plan call for the Greene tract to be used as a <br /> park and village center, and not as a landfill. <br />