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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November 27, 1995 Action Agenda Item # c-—(a SUBJECT: FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT/OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION STRATEGIES DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: X Yes No ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: Planning Director X2592 Flexible Development Proposal TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 967-9251 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 227-2031 PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on open space development strategies, including a staff-generated Flexible Development proposal. BACKGROUND: OPEN SPACE STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT:For almost nine years, a variety of meetings, work group sessions, and/or public hearings has been held for the purpose of developing a set of rural character/open space preservation strategies. The activities associated with this goal are summarized below: • January, 1987 -Rural Buffer zoning district adopted. • June, 1487 - Assembly of Governments consensus on preserving open space in Rural Buffer. • November, 1987-Rural Character Study Committee appointed. • May, 1990 - Rural Character Study Committee adopts Conceptual Guidelines for Rural Buffer. • September, 1990 - Rural Character Study Committee initiates work on Conceptual Guidelines for Rural Orange. • January, 1993 - Rural Character Study Committee completes work on Conceptual Guidelines for Rural Orange. • December, 1993-At a work session involving the governing boards of Orange County and Hillsborough,agreement is reached to establish the University Station Planning Group. • January, 1994- Meetings are held in the northern, central, and southern portions of the county to present alternative rural character preservation strategies. • January-April, 1994 - The University Station Planning Group completes its work and presents its recommendations to the Board of Commissioners.