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70 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 13, 2017 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. F.1 <br /> SUBJECT: Introduction to Possible Joint Planning Area Amendments <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: (919) <br /> 1. Map of Possible Amendments Craig Benedict, Planning Director, 245-2592 <br /> 2. Map of Possible Amendments — Zoomed in Perdita Holtz, Planner III, 245-2578 <br /> Highway 54 West Area <br /> 3. Map of Existing WASMPBA "Primary Service <br /> Area" Overlaid on Possible Joint Planning <br /> Amendments <br /> 4. Existing Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan <br /> PURPOSE: To receive an introduction to possible amendments to the Orange County— Chapel <br /> Hill — Carrboro Joint Planning Land Use Plan and to provide feedback to staff. <br /> BACKGROUND: Planning staffs of the three local government jurisdictions that are party to the <br /> "Joint Planning Agreement," as it is commonly called, have been discussing possible <br /> amendments to the Land Use Plan to better align with various local government goals and <br /> policies, including the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement <br /> (WASMPBA) (WASMPBA is also the subject of a separate agenda item). <br /> The map in Attachment 1 depicts the possible amendments to the Land Use Plan (the current <br /> version of which is included in Attachment 4). A summary of possible amendments is as <br /> follows: <br /> • Chapel Hill Area: <br /> o Change the Millhouse Road Park (78.2 acres) parcels, three smaller parcels (6.3 <br /> acres) owned by the Town of Chapel Hill and located between Millhouse Road and <br /> the Millhouse Road Park parcels, and 2.2 acres of road right-of-way from Rural <br /> Buffer to Chapel Hill ETJ (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction). <br /> • This modification would allow the planned park to eventually be served by <br /> public water and sewer systems, if WASMPBA is also amended. Service by <br /> public water and sewer is an important component of increasing the capacity of <br /> the park and its expected active recreation (possible soccer center) <br /> component, since a park served only by well and septic systems would have a <br /> more limited capacity. <br /> o Change the northern portion of the parcel on which the Town of Chapel Hill's <br /> Operations Facility is located from Rural Buffer to ETJ (32.2 acres). <br />