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( S 014 E. AGENCY CONIIVIENTS Agency comment has been received from the North Carolina Department of Transportation, which finds no impact on recommendations of the Hillsborough Thoroughfare Plan. The correspondence from NCDOT references the Oakdale Drive Extension, which is a proposed Minor Thoroughfare which would connect NC 86 and Old Chapel Hill-Hillsborough Road north of this site. This proposed road was first identified in the Central Orange Area Study of 1983, and is currently on the Town's Thoroughfare Plan. As noted, corridors are reserved for this thoroughfare to the northeast and northwest of the site. If constructed, the road would cross the northernmost tip of the Davis parcel (the part already designated Twenty-Year Transition). The road would not cross the portion of the parcel proposed in this amendment for redesignation. No other agency comment has been received. F. RECOMMENDATION The Planning Department recommends apuroval of the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment, for the following reasons: 1. The proposed amendment is consistent with all locational criteria for a Twenty-Year Transition area. 2. The site lies within an area which has undergone substantial transition to urban uses in recent years. The Old Mill Business Park, the new commercial activities on Old Chapel Hill-Hillsborough Road in Town jurisdiction, the I-40 101d 86 Economic Development District, and the proposed retail center at 1-85 and NC 86 all make a strong case for the existence of changed conditions and an area in transition. 3. As cited by the applicants, the proposed change to transition for this property is consistent with the infill strategy of the Land Use Element, since this site is adjacent to the Town of Hillsborough and is surrounded by urban or future-urban uses. 4. The development of this site may enhance the I-40 101d 86 Economic Development District, by extending public water and sewer closer to the EDD, and by providing an expanded residential base to surround the EDD. This type of compact urban residential development around the economic activity center is consistent with the Land Use Element's vision for Transition Areas. S. The proposed Oakdale Drive Extension, if built, would be located to the north of property in this amendment. NCDOT has indicated that this amendment would not conflict with the Town's adopted Thoroughfare Plan. Oakdale Drive Extension has been the focal point of citizen opposition at two Town of Hillsborough public hearings (September 26 and October 24) on the Town's Thoroughfare Plan. The Town is scheduled to vote on whether to retain or delete the proposed road on January 8, 1996.