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15 <br /> 1 Commissioner Marcoplos referred to the property owner to the south of the "red hatch," <br /> 2 and said he/she may one day discover some development occurring closer to their land than <br /> 3 they ever anticipated. <br /> 4 Craig Benedict said water and sewer could extend to the ridgeline, and to the south is <br /> 5 part of the rural buffer and would not have development. He said if the County pursued <br /> 6 economic development in this area, there is a 150-foot wide buffer on the fringe of economic <br /> 7 development zones. He said throughout the County and Chapel Hill and Carrboro, there is a <br /> 8 sharp drop off from urban areas to the rural buffer. He said development is focused, and in this <br /> 9 case, there is a drop off at the ridgeline. <br /> 10 Trish McGuire, Carrboro Planning Director, continued the PowerPoint presentation: <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Amendments in Carrboro's Planning Jurisdiction (map) <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Existing OWASA Service in Smith Level Road Area (map) <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Carrboro Zoning in Vicinity- change to a primary service area (map) <br /> 17 <br /> 18 Adoption Consideration Dates <br /> 19 • Orange County May 2 <br /> 20 • Carrboro May 16 <br /> 21 • Hillsborough June 12 <br /> 22 • Chapel Hill June 12 <br /> 23 • OWASA May 25 or June 8 <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Proposed WASMPBA Amendments <br /> 26 • Recommendation: <br /> 27 o Adopt the Resolution amending the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, <br /> 28 and Boundary Agreement <br /> 29 • (Amended Resolution Package) <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Commissioner Jacobs said he asked the Clerk to contact previous County <br /> 32 Commissioner Alice Gordon, as she was part of the creation of the WASMPBA. He said that <br /> 33 Commissioner Gordon could not remember why this area fell through the cracks years ago. <br /> 34 Perdita Holtz reviewed the recommendations. <br /> 35 Commissioner Jacobs asked if the BOCC is agreeing to set a public hearing, or to <br /> 36 change the designation. <br /> 37 Perdita Holtz said there is no public hearing for the WASMPBA, only for land use and <br /> 38 zoning. <br /> 39 Commissioner Jacobs said the previous discussion about notifying the public about the <br /> 40 change does not actually exist in the real world, because the Board is being asked to make the <br /> 41 change this evening. <br /> 42 Perdita Holtz said if the Board makes the changes, there will be changes made to the <br /> 43 joint land use plan and the County future land use map later this year. She said a public <br /> 44 hearing would come into effect. <br /> 45 Commissioner Jacobs said those residents who have difficulties will already be fighting <br /> 46 against the fact that the government has changed it, and will be arguing to change it back, <br /> 47 versus a proposal and a discussion. <br /> 48 Perdita Holtz said all that would be changed this evening is making the land's primary <br /> 49 service area, but the zoning and land use regulations that are currently in effect would stay in <br /> 50 effect. <br />