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PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE LAND USE ELEMENT AND MAP OF THE ORANGE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REFERENCE: CP -4 -91 SECTION SECTION SECTION SECTION SECTION ORIGIN OF AMENDMEW 3.3 3.4 3.10 3.12 4.1 r: 1-4 LAND USE PLAN CATEGORIES LOCATIONAL CRITERIA ENO TOWNSHIP CHAPEL HILL TOWNSHIP, NORTH OF THE JOINT PLANNING AREA OVERVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES Staff Planning Board X BOCC Public EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: October 10, 1991 Purpose of Amendment.: To incorporate the recommendations of the New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan into the Land Use Element and Map of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. Impacts/ issues: In 1989, the governing boards of Orange County, Chapel Hill, Durham, and Durham County recognized the value of an open space corridor linking the Eno River State Park, lands along New Hope Creek, and U.S. Corps of Engineers' land at Jordan Lake. The four jurisdictions contracted with Coulter Associates, Landscape Architects & Land Planners, to prepare a master plan for the corridor. Prepared with the assistance of a multi - jurisdictional Advisory Committee, the New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan was presented to elected officials of the four jurisdictions on April 30, 1991. The Plan includes recommendations for acquiring critical environmental areas such as stream beds, floodplains, steep slopes, and larger tracts of historic, educational or recreational value. Acquisition could be through donation, purchase in fee simple or purchase of development rights. On May 28, 1991, the Master Plan was presented at public hearing. In August, the County Commission- ers directed the Planning Staff to propose appropriate amendments to the Comprehensive Plan and the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. The proposed amendment to the Land Use Element of