Agenda - 10-11-1995 - Items 1 and 2 - Appendix 1

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.: Carolina Railroad Company and the Norfolk- SQ17�e Southern Corporation. Near the intersection of Old N.C. 10 and University Station Road, the the area contains about, l�fa8f3<:acres, State University Line stubs off a North Carolina - Railroad Company/Norfolk Southern Corporation w. The area has 690 dwelling units; line that runs from Durham to Greensboro. The State University Line runs south, through the study ► Mobile hoMes make up 134 of the area, and ends at the University's Power Plant on - 'area's 690 dwelling:units. Four Cameron Avenue. The line is used approximately mobi.le:home.parks:in the area twice a week to bring coal to the Power Plant. contain 107 of these<dwelling:dnifs. The area contains no bikeways, and has limited ► An estimated 1,533.people live in-the the pedestrian facilities. The only transit service in northwest area. the area is along N.C. 86 and Weaver Dairy Road. ► The area is largely.a combination of. Community Facilities existing residential development and large undeveloped tracts. Portions of the area along Weaver Dairy Road and N.C. 86 are served by OWASA water and sewer. The sewer is gravity-flow in the Booker Creek Basin. Transportation Three different Duke Power Utility corridors are Interstate 40 provides significant regional access to located across the study area. These three this area. In particular, the N.C. 86/Interstate 40 corridors converge at a large power station that is interchange is one of only two such interchanges located just south of the intersection of the for the Town of Chapel Hill. railroad tracks and Eubanks Road. The Duke Power headquarters is located in the southeast N.C. 86 is a major highway that runs along the corner of the study area, at the intersection of eastern perimeter of the study area, from north to Homestead Road and N.C. 86 (Airport Road). south. Also known as Airport Road, the portion of N.C. 86 from Homestead Road to Weaver Dairy There are two schools located adjacent to the Road is scheduled to be widened from two to four southern boundary of the study area. Chapel Hill lanes, with sidewalks and bikeways. Construction High School and Seawell Elementary School are is scheduled to begin in 1996. located south of Homestead Road. Eubanks Road and Homestead Road provide east- The Town has acquired a 47.4 acre site for public west access across the northern and southern housing and a future park. The public housing portions of the study area. Rogers Road provides has been constructed on a 6.9 acre portion of the access between Eubanks and Homestead on the site,and the remaining 40.5 acres will be used for western perimeter of the area. the Northern Community Park. Other roads serve as local access roads for the A total of $1,002,000 of 1989 Parks and Open limited residential development in.the area. A Space Bond money . has been allocated for large portion of the center of the study area is completion of the Northern Community Park. relatively inaccessible by existing roadway. Construction is projected to begin during the 1995-96 fiscal year. Through its first phase, this A rail line bisects the study area from north to project would provide ballfields,soccer fields,and south, traveling through the center of the study a parking area. Later phases may include area. This rail line is known as the State basketball courts, tennis courts, play areas, and a University Line, and is owned by the North greenway trail. Page 28 Northwest Small Area Plan