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DIf 103 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS COMPREHENSIVE OPEN SPACE PLAN Purpose of Work Orange County desires to enter into a Contract with a qualified firm for the purpose of undertaking activities comparable to those set forth in the Scope of Work described herein . The purpose of the Request For Proposals is to invite qualified persons or firms to submit to the County written proposals concerning the completion of the desired work . Orange County is a unit of local government providing human and social services to approximately 99, 344 citizens . The major urbanized area is the Chapel Hill - Carrboro area located in the southeastern portion of the county . The county seat, Hillsborough , is located centrally, and the Town of Mebane, to the west of Hillsborough , extends across the Alamance County line into Orange County . The City of Durham, to the east, has expanded to the point that its city limits coincide with the Orange County line . As part of the Research Triangle area of North Carolina, Orange County is anticipating continued growth . Expected to contribute to and accelerate this growth is the scheduled completion of 1 -40, linking the northern and rural portions of Orange County with the expanding communities of Raleigh and Durham, and the Research Triangle Park to the east. In anticipation of this growth , Orange County adopted its first Land Use Plan in September, 1981 . Prior to that time, studies were completed which addressed critical issues within the County - watershed protection and agricultural preservation . More recently, a Master Recreation and Parks Plan has been completed and is scheduled for public hearing in November . Furthermore, a Natural Areas Inventory is being prepared under the auspices of the Triangle Land Conservancy . In addition to those plans and studies completed or underway, a Joint Planning Area ( JPA) Land Use. Plan has been prepared jointly by Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. The Plan designates the projected pattern of urban growth in the southeast portion of the County for the next twenty years . Associated with the JPA Land Use Plan has been the designation of a Rural Buffer zoning district with a two-acre minimum lot size requirement. The purpose of the Rural Buffer is to define the boundary of urban growth as well as protect the rural character of the area surrounding the two communities. The Orange County Planning Department is preparing a pilot study involving the New Hope Creek drainage basin, part of the Rural Buffer, which seeks to identify rural design standards transferable to other portions of the County.