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_ 0 ATTACHMENT ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT Craig N. Benedict AICPI Director • Comprehensive Planning _.. g12).17-rv7 305F Revere e Road • (919) 245-2575 . voirt:%–..r..3,1 P 0 Box 8181 (919 ) 644-3002 (FAX) : Hillsborough, . .orR n -ik c..-4.0- North Carolina, 27278 tiIr •ti .. ..., I . .,., .. ., . '1• .'. . --• - :.._ ; - ti. a MEMORAN D U M . TO: wig Benedict, Planning Director FROM: Tina Moon, Land Use/Presenefion Planner . I Gene Bell, Planning Systems Coordinator DATE: September 12, 2002 SUBJECT: Wirt more Subdivision Development Review Process Sure rr i The Town of Carrboro has racer an applicaton fora Village Mixed-Use u bdi sion along Homestead Road, The proposal consists of four tracts tota I i ng approximately 66 acres Planning Staff from the Town of Carrboro has discussed the Winmore project, repeatedly, at their weekly Development R.evievit meetings since late May. Comments at these meetings have . focused on revising the plan to comply with the Town's Land Use Ordnance (WO), and • creating a good overall design for a residential project. Orange County staff including Gene Boils Tina Moon, and Fen Ivins, has attended these meetings from time-to-lime and have exchanged information with Carrboro staff throughout the process. Since the project is in Carrborots planning jurscIicton (Transition Area 1), subject to Carrborors land use regulations, County staff has l irn ited their rem a rl to issues within the Courts _ purview. ken Ivins, the Erosion Control Supervisor provided sub to ntl&I comments regarding storTwater management at the June 19th meeting and offered to work with the applicant directly to address his concerns. Planning staff focused on matters pertaining to the]oirt pla nn Cng public hearing process. such as application requirements and submittal deadlines. Discussion on July 'd explored the possibility that the applicant would expand the project to L • include an adjacent tract owned by the University of North Carolina4 Planning staff from both ]urlsdlcLJon5 explained t at only those tract included in the plans submitted to the County by the July 24th deadline would be considered for rezoning through the joint planning F public hearing process. One design Issue discussed at length was the treatment of Hogan Park D e—whether to construct the corridor as a road or a pedestrian boardwalk. Planning staff from both jurisdictions commented on the social implications of one option over the other, Paving the corridor as a public road makes the open space seem accessible to all residents; installing the