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Mr. Geoff Gledhill November 22, 1993 ` ► Page Two - i t completed, closely tracks thZption uded as part of the cooperative planning area agreement, then joint a the cooperative planning area plan would mean that Orange County would have amended its comprehensive plan to classify the University Station property as an "open space area" within which water and � sewer lines could be extended to serve a planned development such as University ; Station. Were this to occur, then the property would be appropri.ate for rezoning and master plan approval of the project as indicated above under alternative one. I Under this second alternative, the changes necessary to accommodate the University Station development would not need to be initiated by the-developers, but would take place as part of the ongoing process between the Town of Hillsborough and Orange County. However, because adoption of the cooperative planning area land use plan involves a much larger area than the proposed University Station project, this affects the time schedule within which this process could be accomplished. Under the presently proposed time frame, public hearings on the cooperative planning area land use plan would take place in February and August of next year with adoption potentially scheduled for November. (3) 'A Aird alternative would also involve completion of the cooperative planning area process. However, under this alternative, the transition area might be enlarged to incorporate the proposed University Station development. The significance of this would be that, while both Orange County and Hillsborough would be involved in the zoning of the property in question, only Hillsborough would be directly involved in the permit approval process. A factor in consideration of this approach is that it would take longer than alternative two because, following adoption of the cooperative planning area land use plan (presently anticipated for November, 1994) , the cooperative planning area would have to be jointly zoned by Orange County and Hillsborough. (4) The fourth alternative involves the unilateral adoption by Orange County of an amendment to its comprehensive land use plan text and map that would create an open space classification and apply that classification- to the University Stati;om-propLerty. In other words, this action would anticipate the eventual resu Waf the. completion of the cooperative planning process (see alternative n t two above) but could be accomplished much more quickly because the only prope .-that would be directly affected would be the University Station property. Once°the plan were in place, then the developers could apply for the corresponding rezoning and master plan approval as outlined above in alternative number one. Given the practical time constraints involved, I believe that we agreed that pursuit of the fourth alternative seems most appropriate, especially in view of the meeting tentatively scheduled for December 16th between the Orange County and Hillsborough boards. At •this December meeting, we discussed the need to have the Orange County board address the following two questions: