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How To Get There The Process <br /> The "Recommended Strategies' Section of the On January 25, 1993, the Town Council <br /> Plan presents a number of ideas on how to make established the Northwest Small Area Plan Work <br /> the Plan a reality. Zoning the land for the Group and charged it with developing a Small <br /> proposed uses and densities is a major strategy. Area Plan for the Council's consideration. The <br /> Conditional Use Zoning is proposed for the Northwest Small Area is the second area for <br /> village. Also, a new zoning category is which the Council has requested a small area <br /> recommended for the Employment Campus area. plan. The Southern Small Area Plan was adopted <br /> in June 1992. <br /> Adopting Design Guidelines and using the Town's <br /> Development Review process to encourage well- The Work Group met and deliberated monthly <br /> designed uses and to ensure protection of from May 1993 to December 1994. During this <br /> environmentally sensitive areas is another key time, the Work Group held three neighborhood <br /> implementation strategy. meetings designed to give the public information <br /> and to hear ideas and reactions. These meetings <br /> It is also recommended that neighborhood were held on September 21, 1993, February 22, <br /> conservation programs be developed for low and 1994, and on October 6, 1994. <br /> moderate income areas, while also considering <br /> assisting developers of low-income housing with The Work Group also coordinated with the Town <br /> extensions of public water and sewer lines. of Carrboro's Small Area Plan Work Group, that <br /> was simultaneously conducting a similar small <br /> A feasibility study of the Transportation Corridor area planning process. The Carrboro Small Area <br /> concept is suggested, to determine the short-term Plan Work Group has been planning for <br /> and long-term feasibility of using the rail line Carrboro's northern planning jurisdiction, an area <br /> corridor. that is adjacent to the western boundary of Chapel <br /> Hill's northwest small area. <br /> Finally, a spirit of cooperation and collaboration <br /> is recommended with the University of North The two Small Area Plan Work Groups held joint <br /> Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, the meetings in January and October of 1994, and <br /> Town of Carrboro, and Orange County, in an had ongoing liaisons that worked to keep each <br /> effort to best incorporate mutual interests in the Work Group informed of the other's progress. <br /> Northwest Area. The interaction of these two Work Groups was an <br /> integral part of the planning process. <br /> Page 2 Northwest Small Area Plan <br />