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17 <br /> <br />Town Council and the Carrboro Board of Aldermen to codify the preferences/input from all <br />three entities. With adoption by all three governing boards, the resulting resolution would <br />supersede the 2002 Resolution that outlined the County and Towns’ intentions for developing <br />the Greene Tract. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Greene Tract is a 164 acre parcel of which 104 acres is jointly owned by Orange County, <br />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 <br />Chair requested an examination of the entire Greene Tract, including the Headwaters <br />Preserve, in an effort to preserve the most environmentally sensitive areas and to develop the <br />most appropriate areas of the entire 164 acre Tract. As a result, staff amended the proposed <br />conceptual plan, reconfiguring the Headwaters Preserve and the jointly owned areas. This <br />reconfiguration maintains the same total acreage for each of the areas but aligns them <br />differently. The reconfigured tracts were drafted with environmental staff from the Town of <br />Chapel Hill, the Town of Carrboro, and Orange County in order to create new parcels which <br />endeavored to protect environmental features and habitats located on site. The proposed <br />reconfigured Headwaters Preserve area alternatives are also contained in Attachment 3. <br /> <br />Attachment 4 includes land use and density outcomes for the different alternatives. <br />Attachment 5 includes potential affordable housing outputs based on different affordable <br />housing proportions. <br /> <br />Greene Tract Conceptual Plans <br />Information on Factors Considered During Creation Process <br />The staff-created conceptual plans for the Greene Tract are a result of several months of <br />iterations and input from a variety of staff from the three jurisdictions. While planning staffs <br />were the lead on creating the conceptual plans, input was also sought and incorporated from <br />environmental and stormwater staffs. <br /> <br />The following information addresses some anticipated questions regarding why the conceptual <br />plans are presented as they are. <br /> <br />Environmental Features <br />Although the Greene Tract lies entirely within the planning jurisdiction of the Town of <br />Chapel Hill, 104 acres of the Greene Tract are co-owned by Orange County and the Towns of <br />Chapel Hill and Carrboro while 60 acres are owned solely by Orange County.