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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 1 <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: January 23, 1990 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item #_ X-A <br /> SUBJECT: RESOLUTION - TJCOG REGIONAL LAND USE GUIDELINES <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes x No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> * - 9/14/89 JPA hearing minutes David Stancil, Extension 566 <br /> * - 11/20/89 Planning Board <br /> minutes <br /> * -- Resolution of Participation <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider adoption of a resolution pledging Orange <br /> County's participation in the Triangle J Council of <br /> Governments Regional Land Use Guidelines . These <br /> guidelines were presented at the September 14 JPA <br /> Public Hearing. <br /> BACKGROUND: In 1988, the six-county Triangle J Council of <br /> Governments embarked on a "World Class Region" <br /> program, consisting of eight teams charged with <br /> developing comprehensive regional proposals. <br /> After a year of study, the Regional Land Use team has <br /> authored a report entitled Land Use Guidelines. The <br /> TJCOG has approved the report and commended it to the <br /> member governments for consideration. <br /> The Land Use Guidelines report calls for regional <br /> cooperation in assembling policy documents, analyzing <br /> the implications of the land use guidelines, <br /> generating a common classification of land uses <br /> throughout the region, and participating in a regional <br /> database. <br /> At the September 14, 1989 Joint Planning Public <br /> Hearing, Ray Green, Planning Director for the TJCOG, <br /> presented the report to Orange County and the Towns of <br /> Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Each of the member governing <br />