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F <br />PROPOSED AMENDMENT <br />TO THE <br />JOINT PLANNING AREA LAND USE PLAN AND MAP <br />REFERENCE: JPA -2 -91 <br />Section V. Joint Planning Operating Principles <br />(Land Use Classification System) <br />Section VI. Future Land Use - Joint Planning Area <br />ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: Staff Planning Board <br />X BOCC Public <br />EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: October 10, 1991 <br />Pur ose of Amendment; To incorporate the recommendations of the <br />New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan <br />into the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan <br />and Map. <br />Imyacts/Issues: In 1989, the governing boards of Orange County, <br />Chapel Hill, Durham, and Durham County recognized <br />the value of an open space corridor linking the <br />Eno River State Park, lands along New Hope Creek, <br />and U.S. Corps of Engineers' land at Lake Jordan. <br />The four jurisdictions contracted with Coulter <br />Associates, Landscape Architects & Land Planners, <br />to prepare a master plan for the corridor. <br />Prepared with the assistance of a multi - <br />jurisdictional Advisory Committee, the New Hope <br />Corridor Open Space Master Plan was presented to <br />elected officials of the four jurisdictions on <br />April 30, 1991. <br />The Plan includes recommendations for acquiring <br />critical environmental areas such as stream beds, <br />floodplains, steep slopes, and larger tracts of <br />historic, educational or recreational value. <br />Acquisition could be through donation, purchase <br />in fee simple or purchase of development rights. <br />On May 28, 1991, the Master Plan was presented at <br />public hearing. In August, the County Commission- <br />ers directed the Planning Staff to propose <br />appropriate amendments to the Comprehensive Plan <br />and the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. <br />The proposed amendment to the Joint Planning Area <br />Land Use Plan will add language to two sections <br />to describe the New Hope Creek Corridor Open <br />Space Areas as an additional category of land use <br />classification in the Transition and Rural Buffer <br />