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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 20, 2018 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-a <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Greene Tract Conceptual Plans <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager and Planning and Inspections <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Conceptual Plan Overview <br />2. Environmental and Cultural Features Map <br />3. Land Use Conceptual Plans <br />4. Land Use and Density Outcomes <br />5. Affordable Housing Potential <br />Travis Myren, Deputy County Manager, <br />919-245-2308 <br />Craig Benedict, Director, 919-245-2575 <br />Ashley Moncado, Planner II, 919-245-2589 <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To consider development and preservation alternatives for the Greene Tract and <br />authorize staff to communicate the Board’s preferences to the Towns of Chapel Hill and <br />Carrboro. These preferences include decisions on: <br /> <br />1. Reconfiguration of the Headwaters Preserve area; <br />2. Size of the development and preservation areas within the Greene Tract; <br />3. Density of the development area; <br />4. Land uses and affordable housing preferences in the development area such as <br />a. Single use (residential) versus mixed use development (residential and <br />commercial) <br />b. Affordable housing versus mixed income/market rate housing <br />c. Goals for the number or proportion of affordable units <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: The Greene Tract is a 164 acre parcel of which 104 acres is jointly owned by <br />Orange County, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro. The remaining sixty (60) acres is owned by Orange <br />County and has been designated as the Headwaters Preserve. <br /> <br />Last year, the owners of the jointly owned portion of the Greene Tract agreed to have the <br />Mayors and BOCC Chair consider different preservation and development options for the <br />property. This discussion resulted in three alternatives that illustrate high, medium, and low <br />development intensities. All of the alternatives include an elementary school site, a site for a <br />future park, the preservation of significant environmental and cultural areas, and a preliminary <br />road network and infrastructure design. The three alternatives also consider the project area’s <br />current environmental conditions, elements of the 2002 Joint Governments’ Resolution, the <br />Rogers Road Task Force report, the Mapping Our Community’s Future report, and previous <br />land use discussions. These three alternatives are contained in Attachment 3. <br /> <br />In addition to the high, medium, and low development intensity scenarios, the Mayors and Chair <br />requested an examination of the entire Greene Tract, including the Headwaters Preserve, in an <br />effort to preserve the most environmentally sensitive areas and to develop the most appropriate <br />areas of the entire 164 acre Tract. As a result, staff amended the proposed conceptual plan, <br />reconfiguring the Headwaters Preserve and the jointly owned areas. This reconfiguration <br />1