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5EP -10 -1591 15 ;00 FROM ALICE 5ORDON TO BLYTHE - LINK P.01 MEMORANDUM To: Participants in the Cooperative Planning W6rk Session From: Alice Gordon i Subject: Cooperative Planning Agreement Date: September 10, 1991 I Since 1 will not be able to attend the wark session this evening, let me share with you my thoughts on the Cooperative Planning Agreement. A. Agreement Text In my opinion the agreement is in fairly go¢d shape, so there is just one point I would like to make concerning the text. I believe that the Open Space Area in the Hillst orough CPZ should be clearly distinguished from the Rural Buffer l rea in the Chapel Hill - Carrboro JPA, so that the two are obviously distinct land use types. Therefore, I believe all reference td "rural' in the Open Space Area should be deleted and we should instead refer to areas that are "not expected to become urban" or are "not projected to require urban services." We should also emphasize that the purpose of this area is to permanently] preserve open space. In Article I, Section 1. 2 -- D, "Open Space Area (page 2) the last two sentences could thus be worded something !like this (changes underlined): The Open Space Area is further def fined as land which, although adjacent to an urban or transition area, is a ats or-permanently pre erve o en tD41ce. and generally contain low density residents 1 uses. This area may be served by public water and sewet, but soley for the purpose of servicing large d�tietopmentsl or a comb, nation of 2alall develo ment h e ss ni ica t Mtr-manently preservcd opgn space. B. Rum Character „Strategies . I think the agreement can be signed without specifying Rural Character Strategies, if we agree that op' n space should be permanently preserved. We may wish to work o:,t a set of strategies for preserving open space using an uhderlying density of one acre (as opposed to two acres), but that will take time. TOTAL P.01