Agenda - 10-11-1995 - Items 1 and 2 - Appendix 3

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2 , At the work session on August 30, the Council and representatives from the Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Carrboro Board of Aldermen discussed several key issues regarding the Plan. Based on the Council's discussion, we have attached a resolution for the Council's consideration that would call a Work Session on the Greene Tract and refer the Draft Northwest Small Area Plan to Orange County and Canfboro for consideration at a Joint Planning Area Public Hearing on October 11, 1995. Key Issues Discussed at the Council's August 30th Work-Session At the Council's work session on August 30, 1995, the following key issues were discussed: • Process for Discussing the Greene Tract • Employment Campus • Land North of the Employment Campus • Recommended Road "D" and the Recommended Road Network • Integration with Carrboro's Small Area Plan • Eubanks Road Alternative • Schedule of Future Landfill Site Selection Process Based on the Council's dialogue at the August 30th work session, we have made revisions as to how to proceed with the following issues: Process for Discussing the Greene Tract, Employment Campus, Land North of the Employment Campus, and Recommended Road "D." Based on the Council's discussion, we have revised "The Plan" section of the Draft Northwest Small Area Plan to incorporate these changes. (Please see Attachment 1 which contains replacement pages for pp. 35-39 of the Draft Plan.) We discuss each of these key issues separately below. Process for Discussing the Greene Tract We note that three governmental jurisdictions have ownership interest in the Greene Tract (Orange County, Carrboro and Chapel Hill). Based on the need for any discussion of this land to include intergovernmental discussion, the Council invited both Carrboro and Orange County to send representatives to the August 30th work session. Commissioners Bill Crowther, Alice Gordon and Don Willhoit attended the work session for Orange County, while Alderman Jay Bryan attended the session for the Town of Carrboro. The Council and the representatives for Orange County and Carrboro concluded that a work session on the Greene Tract would provide the best opportunity for the three jurisdictions to have additional dialogue on this jointly-owned property. The attached resolution would call such a work session at 5:30 p.m. on October 11, 1995. Employment Campus At the work session on August 30, the Council discussed the concept of an Employment Campus along Eubanks Road. In particular, the Council's discussion noted the proximity of this area to