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AGENDA ITEM /8: MATTERS HEARD AT 11/23/87 PUBLIC HEARING <br /> a. Master Recreation and Parks Plan r� <br /> 00. 2C J <br /> LED E° <br /> 0 .b. Land Use Plan Amendments <br /> ( 1 ) Cedar Grove Township Land Use Plan <br /> Presentation by Brad Torgan. <br /> When the Orange County Land Use Plan was <br /> adopted in 1981 , a five year update schedule <br /> was specified by the County Commissioners. <br /> The plan update process for Cedar Grove began <br /> officially on July 21 at a TAC meeting wherein <br /> the plan update strategy was presented. This <br /> was followed by a public information meeting on <br /> August 11 to present background data and <br /> distribute a questionnaire, a meeting on <br /> October 6 to discuss alternative plans, and a <br /> final meeting on October 27 to present the <br /> Draft Plan. <br /> With one major exception, the Draft Plan does <br /> not differ substantially from the 1981 Plan. <br /> The major change is the designation of <br /> additional water supply watersheds in the <br /> Township, in particular, the Back Creek and <br /> Little River drainage basins. This increases <br /> from 28.5% to 88%, the amount of township land <br /> area designated water supply watershed. <br /> Township activity nodes and the designation of <br /> the entire township as Agricultural Residential <br /> are unchanged from 1981 . <br /> The Draft Plan was presented to the Planning <br /> Board on November 16, 1987 as an informational <br /> item. Several concerns were expressed by Board <br /> members, Among these were: <br /> ( 1 ) The statement on page 3. 6-1 that the <br /> "Completion of I- 40 from Chapel Hill to <br /> Hillsborough is unlikely to cause any <br /> significant change in the commuting <br />