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-1 DRAFT 7 -10 -90 PB Minutes 2 Bell continued that this amendment introduces more specificity in terms of road classifications and defining the system of collector and subcollector roads for incorporation into the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan. The TAS recommended approval of the amendment on June 6 and the Planning Staff concurred with that recommendation. Best asked if the tables with the Comparison of Classifications would be included in the Land Use Plan and Bell indicated it would be included. Best continued that this would indicate changes as they occurred in the Hillsborough and DCHC Thoroughfare Plan and keep the County Thoroughfare Plan aware of these changes. Bell agreed that was the intent. MOTION: Cantrell moved approval of the amendment. Seconded by Boland. VOTE: Unanimous. (2) Orange County Thoroughfare Plan 10 Presentation by Gene Bell. This item is to consider the proposed Orange County Thoroughfare Plan. The existing Hillsborough Thoroughfare Plan and applicable portions of the proposed thoroughfare plans for the Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro Urban Area and Alamance County Urban Area have been merged with a County - specific road classification system for the rural areas of the County. A plan was developed and adopted by the Town of Hillsborough and State Board of Transportation. In that a substantial portion of the area encompassed by the plan was in County planning jurisdiction, the County was asked to adopt the plan too. The County declined to adopt the plan, citing a desire to see a coordinated plan for the entire County. At that time, the Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro (DCHC) Thoroughfare Plan was in the formative stages and NCDOT had been requested to provide assistance to Orange County in developing a plan for the rural areas of the County. In the spring of 1988 the Draft DCHC Plan went through the first round of public hearings. A 11