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( . <br />3. The Town has approved plans and allocated funding for a new aquatic center on <br />Homestead Road that will have both indoor and outdoor public swimming <br />facilities. <br />4. Orange County has built the Southern Human Services Center off Homestead <br />Road housing a multitude of social services. <br />5. The new "Senior Center" is under construction on Homestead Road providing <br />services to our senior population. <br />6. The University of North Carolina has announced plans to develop the 600 acre <br />Horace Williams tract into a mix of educational, research, commercial and housing <br />opportunities. A task force has been formed to facilitate its planning. The Horace <br />Williams site will be within a half mile of the "Homestead Twins" community. <br />7. The Town of Carrboro is planning their next fire station on Homestead Road less <br />than one mile from the proposed "Homestead. Twins" site. <br />8. A dense Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND) has been approved on <br />Homestead Road and is now under construction. <br />9. Homestead Road has been identified by Town leaders in Carrboro as a possible <br />area for a commercial development zone in an effort to increase their municipal <br />tax base. <br />All of these changes have taken place in the immediate vicinity of the proposed zoning map <br />amendment since the underlying zoning was set. It is clear that significant changes have <br />occurred and will continue to occur to meet the needs of the community. <br />B) Approving the zoning atlas amendment for the property on which "Homestead Twins" is <br />to be located will further the purpose of the comprehensive plan. <br />1. As outlined previously, the area of Chapel Hill surrounding the proposed <br />"Homestead Twins" has received a new park, a social and community services <br />center, is soon to have a senior center and a new fire station and will in the near <br />future be the home of the University of North Carolina's next public private <br />campus. The proposed "Homestead Twins" community will place homes within <br />walking distance or a short commute to all of these existing services. This will <br />further the goals of the comprehensive plan by reducing automotive traffic, <br />encouraging walking and biking and directing the development of housing to areas <br />where the infrastructure already exists. The most efficient use of the abundant <br />facilities on and around Homestead Road will be best served by allowing <br />communities like "Homestead Twins" to be built close to the facilities. In this <br />way, the zoning map amendment proposed will further the purposes of the <br />Comprehensive Plan. <br />Rol <br />