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

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ATTACHMENT 1 AGENDA # 5 MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and Town Council FROM: W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager SUBJECT: Northwest Small Area Plan DATE: June 26, 1995 We have attached two resolutions for the Council's consideration: • Resolution A would receive comments from the Northwest Small Area Plan public hearing on March 1, 1995, including advisory board comments and letters, and call a Council work session on Wednesday, August 30, 1995, to discuss the Recommended Plan. The Resolution would also invite Carrboro and Orange County to send representatives to attend the work session. • Resolution B would refer the Northwest Small Area Plan back to the Small Area Plan Work Group to consider issues to be identified by the Council. We recommend that the Council adopt Resolution A. BACKGROUND On January 25, 1993, the Council initiated a small area planning process for the Northwest Area of Chapel Hill. The Council requested that the Planning Board undertake the plan, with the assistance of 11 additional members who were appointed by the Council in March and April of 1993. The Council charged the Work Group with the responsibility of developing a small area plan for the Northwest Area. The Work Group began meeting on May 18, 1993. The Work Group continued to deliberate monthly until December 20, 1994. In developing the recommended plan, the Work Group reviewed an environmental analysis of the area, examining features such as soil suitability, slopes, land elevations and drainage patterns, while also reviewing existing development and neighborhoods in the area. The Work Group used this information to help develop goals and objectives for the northwest area. During the Work Group's planning process, the Group held three neighborhood meetings to receive public comment on September 21, 1993, February 22, 1994, and on October 6, 1994. The recommended land use plan was developed based on the environmental analysis, existing neighborhoods, citizen input, and consideration of which potential land use patterns best met the goals and objectives of the plan.