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

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Summary of Town of Carrboro's Small Area Planning Process Overview • Provision of publicly accessible parks and recreation facilities. In 1987, the Town of Chapel Hill, the Town of • Maintenance of the Town character and Carrboro, and Orange County agreed to a Joint preservation of existing neighborhoods. Planning Agreement that designated future growth • Encouragement of pedestrian scale. areas for Chapel Hill and Carrboro. These future • Protection of the character and natural growth areas are called Joint Planning Transition beauty of this area. Districts and represent areas .where the County and the municipality jointly plan for the A total of 31 individuals were appointed to the development of the area. Carrboro Small Area Planning Work Group, and the Work Group held its initial meeting on March In particular, for the joint planning transition 18, 1993. districts, the County sets the zoning using the municipality's zoning categories, and then the The Work Group has reviewed the existing municipality works with the property owners to environmental conditions in the study area, and build in accordance with the zoning. a demographics report and population projections for Carrboro. In addition, the Group has studied In the fall of 1992, the Town of Carrboro Board of different development styles and has discussed Aldermen decided to form a work group to begin Carrboro Town services. planning for the municipality's future growth area to the north, including Carrboro's Joint Planning The Work Group proceeded to review the Transition Area. Thus, on October 6, 1992, the Transportation Advisory Board's Connector Roads Board of Alderman adopted the following charge Study for the Northern Transition Area, and for the Carrboro Small Area Planning Work discuss the provision of water and sewer in the Group: area. The overall goal of the Small Area Planning Work On October 21, 1993, the Work Group held its Group is to develop a comprehensive plan for the first Neighborhood Open House at the Homestead growth and development of Carrboro's Joint Community Center. In November of 1993, the Planning Transition District. Work Group discussed the build-out assuming no changes are made to the existing zoning. On In particular, the Board of Aldermen directed the December 16, 1993, the Group reviewed the Small Area Planning Work Group to address the results of a survey of property owners in the area. following issues: On January 20, 1994, the Carrboro Small Area • Patterns of growth and their impacts. Planning Work Group held a joint meeting with • Efficient provision of Town services. the Chapel Hill Northwest Small Area Plan Work • Conservation of farmland, natural areas, Group. The Work Groups reviewed their and environmentally sensitive areas. individual processes and key issues with regard to • Providing a diverse range of housing types the development of their respective small area and costs. plans. • Provision of adequate transportation routes including public, private, bicycle, and In February, the Work Group discussed Goals and pedestrian. Objectives, and in March, the Group began receiving reports from several "Concerns by Northwest Small Area Plan Page A-1