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26 <br />5 <br />1 Q. �GJCC�TY. PU��IC HEAR NP <br />2 NEM,. F{DP9 LORRrDUR .,QPE.M. SPACE__ MAS I:E:.1K PLA <br />3 <br />4 C. 1.b JPA -2 -91 Proposed Amendments to the Joint Planning Area Land Use <br />5 Plan and Map <br />6 D.1.b CP -4 -91 Proposed Amendments to the Orange County comprehensive plan <br />7 (Land Use Element) and Map <br />s This presentation was made by Planner Emily Cameron, in summary, <br />9 these items were presented in order to receive citizen comments on proposed <br />10 amendments to the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan and Mao and the Orange County <br />11 Comprehensive Plan (Land, Use Element) and Map to incorporate recommendations from <br />12 the New Hope Creek Corridor Open Space Master Plan. In 1989, the governing hoards <br />13 of orange County, Chapel Hill, Durham, and Durham County recognized the value <br />14 of an open space corridor linking the Eno River State Park. lands along New Hope <br />15 Creek, and U.S. Corps of Engineers' .land at Lake Jordan. The four jurisdictions <br />16 contracted with Coulter Associates, Landscape Architects 5 Land Planners. to <br />17 prepare a master plan for the corridor. Produced with the assistance of a multi - <br />1s jurisdictional advisory committee, the New Hope Creek Corridor Open Space Master <br />19 Plan was-presented to the elected officials of the four jurisdictions in April, <br />20 1991. The plan includes recommendations for acquiring critical environmental <br />,21 areas such as stream beds, floodplains, steep slopes, and 'larder tracts with <br />22 historic, educational or recreational value. Acquisition could ire through <br />23 donation, purchase in fee simple, or purchase of development rights. Some of <br />24 the wildlife corridors should remain in private ownership. <br />25 <br />26 The orange County portion of the Corridor includes: <br />27 1. Wildlife Corridors, including the 100 -year floodplain; <br />28 a. New Hope Creek Wildlife Corridor - beginning at the point the <br />29 creek crosses Mt. Sinai Road (SR 1718) extending through Duke <br />30 Forest to Erwin Road (SR 1737): also includes a portion of the <br />31 floodplain along Old field Creek between the Existing Natural <br />32 Area and New Hope.Creek: <br />33 b. Piney Mountain Creek Vi ldl ife Corridor -- extending through the <br />34 Couch Tract of DUke. Forest south along Piney Mountain Greek <br />35 across Mt. Sinai Road to New Hope.Creek; <br />36 G. Rhodes Creek Wildlife Corridor - beginning south of Cornwallis <br />37 Road extending northeast to Eno River State Park; <br />38 2. Wildlife Protection Area, including the 100 -year floodplain between <br />39 Erwin Road and the Durham County line; <br />40 3. Unpaved nature trails: and <br />41 a. Within Duke Forest on existing roads and trails <br />42 b. Across Cornwallis Road (SR. 1716) connecting the Couch Tract <br />43 and the Durham Division of Duke forest; and <br />44 C. Along Sunrise Road crossing I -40 to the Korstian Division <br />45 access point of Whitfield Road; <br />46 4. Bike /pedestrian trails. <br />47 a. In conjunction with a Scenic Road Designation along NC 751 <br />48 and any future extension; and <br />49 b. Following Old NC 10 to Mt, Hermon Church Road, across US <br />60 Highway 70 to Pleasant Green Road to reach Eno River State <br />51 Park. <br />62 Mr. Waldon,.Planning Director for the Town of Chapel Hill, announced the <br />