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8 <br /> 1 acres) owned by the Town of Chapel Hill and located between Millhouse Road and <br /> 2 the Millhouse Road Park parcels, and 2.2 acres of road right-of-way from Rural <br /> 3 Buffer to Chapel Hill ETJ (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction). <br /> 4 • This modification would allow the planned park to eventually be served by <br /> 5 public water and sewer systems, if WASMPBA is also amended. Service by <br /> 6 public water and sewer is an important component of increasing the capacity <br /> 7 of the park and its expected active recreation (possible soccer center) <br /> 8 component, since a park served only by well and septic systems would have <br /> 9 a more limited capacity. <br /> 10 o Change the northern portion of the parcel on which the Town of Chapel Hill's <br /> 11 Operations Facility is located from Rural Buffer to ETJ (32.2 acres). <br /> 12 Change 66 acres of Chapel Hill Transition Area to ETJ. This area is located <br /> 13 immediately south of Interstate 40 in the vicinity of Sunrise Road. <br /> 14 o Change 207.8 acres from Chapel Hill Transition Area to Rural Buffer. This area is <br /> 15 located in the southwest corner of the county between Highway 15-501 and Old <br /> 16 Lystra Road. Staff's understanding is that this area was formerly part of Chapel <br /> 17 Hill's Urban Service area before the WASMPBA"primary service area" boundary <br /> 18 was established in 2001, thereby removing this area from urban utility access. <br /> 19 <br /> 20 • Carrboro Area: <br /> 21 o Change 2.9 acres on Highway 54 West from Rural Buffer to Carrboro ETJ. This <br /> 22 proposal involves six parcels and was discussed at the October 13, 2016 joint <br /> 23 BOCC/Town of Carrboro meeting. The portions of the parcels located immediately <br /> 24 adjacent to the highway are currently within Carrboro's ETJ while the northern <br /> 25 portion of the parcels is designated as Rural Buffer. This change would designate <br /> 26 all of the smaller parcels (five parcels) as ETJ while moving the ETJ line of a "flag <br /> 27 lot" slightly further north. Because of the relatively small size on the overall map, a <br /> 28 "zoomed in" map is provided in Attachment 2. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 The map in Attachment 3 shows the "primary service area" of WASMPBA overlaid on the <br /> 31 geographic area. The Millhouse Park Road/Town Operations Center area would have to be <br /> 32 designated as "primary service area" on the WASMPBA map in order to be served by public <br /> 33 water and sewer. The 66 acres in northern Chapel Hill proposed to be designated as ETJ is <br /> 34 currently within the "primary service area"for water and sewer services. The 207.8 acre area <br /> 35 south of Chapel Hill's ETJ currently designated as "Transition Area" is outside of the "primary <br /> 36 service area" and is proposed to be designated "Rural Buffer." The parcels on Highway 54West <br /> 37 are outside of the "primary service area" and are not proposed for change in this regard. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 The following table summarizes the possible amendments in terms of acreage: <br /> 40 Transition Area to Rural Buffer 207.8 acres <br /> 41 Rural Buffer to ETJ 121.8 acres <br /> 42 Transition Area to ETJ 66 acres <br /> 43 <br /> 44 Amendments to the Joint Planning Land Use Plan would require approval of all three signatory <br /> 45 local governments (Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro) subsequent to a <br /> 46 joint public hearing (which includes mailed notifications to affected and nearby property owners). <br /> 47 JPA public hearings can be held in the spring and fall of each year, generally the March and <br /> 48 October joint meeting dates, which must be "converted" to joint public hearing dates on the <br /> 49 governmental calendars. <br /> 50 <br />