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back to the position proposed in the Joint Planning Area Land � Use Plan Draft of January 14. 1986 . Coupled with the Work U 3 ' Group proposal was a recommendation to clearly delineate Transition Area and Rural Buffer Boundaries. Also among the 13 statements was a recommendation regarding a change in extraterritorial jurisdiction lines. Carrboro would release to Orange County's jurisdiction approximately 1800 acres in University Lake watershed. In return. Orange County would release acreage north of Carrboro to the Town' s jurisdic- tion. Two alternatives were considered. The first was an acre-for-acre swap and the second was based upon density. In terms of residential density, one acre in the transition area was considered the equivalent of five acres in the watershed. The Chapel Hill Town Council met on March 23. 1987 and recommended: 1) Amend Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan map and text to change the land use classification on approximately 1.500 acres of land from Rural Residential to Transition. The property in question is located in the upper portion of the Bolin Creek drainage basin and is bounded generally by the Duke Forest on the north, Union Grove Church Road (SR 1179) and Dairyland Road (SR 1112) to the west. NC Highway 86 and Buckhorn Creek to the south. and Rogers Road to the east. The specific densities will be set by the Zoning categories. 2) Amend Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan map and text by providing boundary designations for Rural Buffer and Tran- sition areas consistent with the county-wide Land Use Plan. The Orange County Planning Board met on April 7. 1987 and recommended: 1) Approval of the Transition Area extension into the full extent of the Bolin Creek basin except in Duke Forest and for those properties abutting Duke Forest. and that two designations of Transition Area be established - Transition I and II . Area I would include that area previously designated for urban expansion. Area II would include the extended area. Within Area I. densities from one to five units per acre would be permitted. Within Area II. densities would be limited to one unit per acre until such time as Area I was at least 75% developed. (The Planning Board clarified "75% developed" to mean "developed or subdivided for development at densities of one to five units per acre" . Development refers to land coverage and not 75% of the residential units possible.) The Planning Board further recommends that Carrboro and Chapel Hill provide at least one seat on their Planning Boards for representatives from the Transition Area in the