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U6 8 transition area boundary line. Everything within it, as was pointed out by Alderperson Wegner, would be subject to the Town of Carrboro' s jurisdiction if the County adopts their land development ordinances and zoning map. The rural buffer would be everything beyond that line and would encompass all the area that you see in a cream color as well as the interspersed green areas which are Duke Forest and the Resource Conservation District. In terms of Item 2. the zoning exchange, the larger map to my right shows the bulk of the joint planning area between Chapel Hill and Carrboro and Orange County. The grey areas that you see show the existing corporate limits as well as the existing extraterritorial areas. North of Carrboro the cross hatched areas that you see represent two possible alternatives for jurisdictional exchange which Alderperson Wegner has already discussed. The map to my far left shows the same areas on the Carrboro zoning map. These were prepared by the Town of Carrboro for discussion purposes only and they show the range of possibilities. The elongated orange colored area at the top and oriented in a northwest-southeast direction in a is the existing Univeristy Lake watershed of approximately 1800 acres under Carrboro's jurisdiction. The lighter area just north of Carrboro's jurisdiction represents one end of the continuum. That is based on an exchange using a density capacity of five units per acre. If that approach were used, 228 acres would be needed to accommodate the number of dwelling units that can be built in the Town of Carrboro's zoning jurisdiction under the present zoning ordinances in the University Lake watershed. If you go to the other extreme, that is an acre- for-acre swap. the light area to the northwest of Carrboro as well as the dark area together would encompass 1800 acres, and it would extend almost up to Eubanks Road. That would accommodate again on an acre-for-acre basis the same number of units permitted in University Lake watershed plus a great more if the transition area is extended. The Planning Department of Orange County staff takes no position on either proposal at this time. The matters are for discussion on behalf of the citizens. • • _ + ,' - • _ , . - • •1- , . ' , • • , explained the process of land use planning in Orange County, noting no decisions are to be made at the hearing. The only purpose of the hearing is to present information and to allow the citizens an opportunity to digest it and to express their thoughts. After the hearing, the matter is referred back to the Planning Board which also confers with the Township Advisory Council, in this case from Chapel Hill Township. The Planning Board will then make a decision or recommendation and present it to the Commissioners. Bteve Yuhasz, Orange County Planning Hoard member asked what the effective difference in the transition area between having extra territorial jurisdiction and just being a party to the Joint Planning Agreement would mean to Carrboro. Collins responded that Alderperson Wegner alluded to this issue in her presentation. One difference would be that Carrboro would have