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12 Location The Joint Planning Agreement of 1987 The Rogers Road study area is approximately 330 acres. It is bounded by the Nor- In 1984,the Town of Chapel Hill and Orange County entered into a Joint folk and Southern Railroad to the east,the existing residential neighborhood of Planning Agreement that called for the development of a Land Use Plan for the Billabong Road and Homestead Place to the south, Rogers Road to the west,and areas immediately surrounding Chapel Hill and Carrboro, but located outside the the Orange County Landfill to the north.The Rogers Road study area is located in extraterritorial planning jurisdictions of the two towns.These areas outside of each Orange County northwest of the municipal boundary of the Town of Chapel Hill Towns's respective corporate limits and planning jurisdiction were known as Joint and northeast of the Carrboro Municipal Boundary(Figure 2). It is also located in Planning"Transition Areas." Initially,the Town of Carrboro was not a party to the the Chapel Hill Transition Area,which includes areas planned to become part of Joint Planning Agreement. the Town of Chapel Hill and within the Town's Urban Service Boundary.The Transi- tion Areas of Chapel Hill and the Town of Carrboro were established with Orange The staffs and Planning Boards of Chapel Hill and Orange County prepared a Land County in 1987 though the Joint Planning Agreement(Figure 1). Use Plan.The Town Carrboro was also updating its Land use Plan and began to participate in the Joint Planning process.A public information meeting was held in Almost half of the study area (164 acres) consists of the jointly owned Greene November of 1985.The results of this meeting combined with public Tract. Approximately 60 acres was deeded exclusively to Orange County pursuant hearings in January and April of 1986 were merged to produce the Joint Planning to the 1999 interlocal "Agreement for Solid Waste Management."The remain- Area Land use Plan.The Plan was adopted by the Chapel Hill Town Council and the ing 104 acres is jointly owned by Orange County,the Town of Chapel Hill and the Orange County Board of Commissioners on October 13, 1986. Town of Carrboro.The Greene Tract was originally purchased in 1984 as a potential future landfill and is located southeast of the existing Orange County landfill. A Following efforts to streamline the review process for developments located in concept plan prepared by a Greene Tract Workgroup'was approved by the joint transition areas,the Town of Carrboro joined Chapel Hill and Orange County in owners in late 2002.This plan identifies that 18.1 acres of the jointly owned por- adopting a new Joint Planning Agreement on November 2, 1987. lion will be developed for housing and the remaining acres of the jointly owned portion will be preserved and managed as open space. The Town of Chapel Hill Comprehensive Plan,a long range plan for future development of the Town reflects the Joint Planning Agreement and identifies an The remaining portion of the study area consists of approximately 80 lots and Urban Services Boundary. This boundary defines the future town limits in which it tracts in the historic Rogers Road neighborhood.The properties are primarily ac- is intended that the Town will grow and provide typical urban services.The Rogers cessed via Purefoy Drive off Rogers Road. Road Study Area is within this boundary. 'The Greene Tract Work Group was comprised of elected officials.They met in 2002 to determine the use forth e re- maining 109 acres of the of the Greene Tract and to discuss the disposition of the property. The Work Group agreed that the three public purposes of open space,affordable housing,and recreation were the uses to be programmed for these 109 acres. Rogers Road Task Force Report