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83 transportation access, the large efficiently sewerable area below the Morgan Creek-New Hope divide, and existing growth patterns. (0C) Not applicable. The development does not seem to be spillover in nature. 4) The Southern Triangle area will develop only after all the suitable land south of and between the Duke Forest tracts has been developed. (OC) Not applicable. The property is not in Southern Triangle. 5) Duke Forest tracts will not be developed over the period 1980-2000. (OC) Not applicable. Duke Forest tracts are not involved and the property does not border Duke Forest tracts in Orange County. AGENCY COMMENTS The only comments received were from the Durham City- County Planning Department. Keith Luck, Principal Planner for that agency, states that both Rural Buffer and Ten Year Transition are compatible with the Durham Plan, and that the proposed amendment and its accompanying land use is acceptable. These comments are attached. RECOMMENDATION This proposed amendment is very different from most amendments in that it 1) will not change the existing land use on site because of the nature of the land; and 2) requires special consideration because it involves not only the planning efforts of the three jurisdictions that comprise the Joint Planning process, but adds a fourth entity - that of the City and County of Durham. For this reason, it is difficult to evaluate this proposal with a literal interpretation of the Joint Planning rules and regulations. On the one hand, it is clear that the Joint Planning Land Use Plan and text does not recommend that the Rural Buffer concept be altered in any way that would compromise the goals of this designation. On the other, this literal interpretation does not recognize the fact that the plan may be altered without damaging the concept. In this case, the proposal is that a 1.45-acre section of a tract, which contains a platted and developed Durham subdivision on its remainder, be given a designation 10