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9 <br /> ` 6 <br /> A RESOLUTION INVITING ORANGE COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF CARRBORO TO <br /> ATTEND A WORK SESSION ON THE JOINTLY-OWNED GREENE TRACT AND ALSO <br /> FORWARDING THE DRAFT NORTHWEST SMALL AREA PLAN TO ORANGE COUNTY <br /> AND THE TOWN OF CARRBORO FOR CONSIDERATION AT A JOINT PLANNING AREA <br /> PUBLIC HEARING (95-9-11/R-7) <br /> WHEREAS, it is the Town Council's role to comprehensively plan for the Town and its future <br /> growth areas; and <br /> WHEREAS, in 1989, the Council adopted a Comprehensive Plan for the Town of Chapel Hill and <br /> selected three smaller areas for further study; and <br /> WHEREAS, on January 25, 1993, the Council established the Northwest Small Area Plan Work <br /> Group and charged it with the role of developing a Small Area Plan for the Council's consideration; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, on December 20, 1994, the Northwest Small Area Plan Work Group recommended <br /> a Northwest Small Area Plan for the Council's consideration; and <br /> WHEREAS, on March 1, 1995, the Council held a public hearing on the Recommended Plan; and <br /> WHEREAS, on June 26, 1995, the Council received comments from the public hearing as well as <br /> written comments from advisory boards, citizens and other jurisdictions; and <br /> WHEREAS, on August 30, 1995, the Council held a work session on the recommended North-west <br /> Small Area Plan with representatives from Orange County and the Town of Carrboro; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Greene Tract is jointly owned by the Town of Chapel Hill, Orange County and <br /> the Town of Carrboro; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that the <br /> Council amends the draft Northwest Small Area Plan's Conceptual Land Use Plan and Road <br /> Network Plan Maps to (1) include a larger Employment Campus area north of Eubanks Road, and <br /> (2) to realign the recommended Road "D" to intersect with Homestead Road in the general vicinity <br /> of the existing Merin Road; and <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council invites Orange County and the Town of Carrboro <br /> to attend a Work Session on the Greene Tract to be held at 5:30 p.m. on October 11, 1995; and <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council forwards the Draft Northwest Small Area Plan to <br /> Orange County and the Town of Carrboro for consideration at a Joint Planning Area Public Hearing <br /> to be held at 7:30 p.m. on October 11, 1995. <br /> This the 11th day of September, 1995. <br />