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Agenda - 03-22-2018 Joint Meeting - Orange County Board of Commissioners and Chapel Hill Town Council
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21 <br /> <br />f) Greene Tract <br /> <br />Craig Benedict, Orange County Planning Director, provided the following update: <br /> <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 <br />Orange County and has been designated as the Headwaters Preserve. <br /> <br />In late 2016, the owners of the jointly owned portion of the Greene Tract agreed to have the <br />Town Mayors and Board 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 5f-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 5f-3. <br />Attachment 5f-4 includes land use and density outcomes for the different alternatives. <br />Attachment 5f-5 includes potential affordable housing outputs based on different affordable <br />housing proportions. <br /> <br />The Board of Orange County Commissioners had a preliminary discussion about planning for <br />the Greene Tract on February 20. Based on this discussion, the Board of Commissioners <br />asked staff to communicate the following preferences with the other owners of the property: <br />• Modify the headwaters preserve configuration, with the goal of creating, or protecting, <br />the natural north-south corridor, with the exact boundaries to be determined; <br />• Begin with the highest developable areas; <br />• Seek input from the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro with the goal of communicating <br />the Town’s preferences by May 1; <br />• Set up the walking tour as soon as possible; and <br />• Host a community meeting, presenting that, which has been learned, between the <br />walking tour and May 1. <br /> <br />The Board of Commissioners expressed interest in continuing the dialogue with Town elected <br />officials on a timeline that could allow for final directions to staff prior to the summer break. A <br />guided walking tour of the property is scheduled for March 23 with two tours, one beginning at <br />9:00 and the other beginning at 2:00. <br />
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