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APR -11 -95 TUE 12;56 PSI ORANGEOOUNTYPLANNING FAX NO, 9196443002 P. 2 STONEY CREED SMALL AREA FLAN NEWSLETTER This is the second newsletter for the Stoney Creek Basin Small Area plan. Newsletters will follow each meeting of the Stoney Creek Basin Planning Group and will be distributed by gaup members from the Stoney Creek neiglhborhoods. B11r,kgroi nd On December 5, 1994, the Orange County Board of Commissioners adopted the following charge: "To prepare 4 &wd use plan, inc&ding recommendations for implementation, for the Stoney Creek Basin Planning Area southeast of the town of Hillsborough. " A Planning Group of neighborhood representatives plus elected and appointed officials was appointed. There are currently 21 members and six alternates. The first meeting was on March 16. Preparation of the Stoney Creek Basin SmdI Area Plan calls for the development of four alternative plans. The Status Quo, Open Space, and Neotraditional alternatives will be developed by graduate planning students from UNC. The fourth plan (Rural Character) will be developed by Orange County planning staff. The second phase of the planning process will involve a critical review of the alternative plans. Desirable features of the various alternatives will be retained and eventually incorporated into a recommended plan. Where warp Meeting two of the Planning Group was held on the evening of April b at New Hope Elementary School. Attendance was very good with 18 Planning Group members and two alternates present. verla, Insko, group facilitator, called the meeting to order and announced that the purpose was to hear presentations from the students on the tree plan alternatives. She said there would be time for questions, but no group recommendations would be r uired. The status clue►, or conventional development alternative is characterized by single- family homes on large lots accessed by curvilinear streets, many of which end in cul -de -sacs' These low - density, residential areas are separated completely from ether types of non - residential land uses. Most existing development in the Money Greek basin fellows conventional lines with single family residences occurring on lots ranging from less than one to over 10 acres. Water supply and sewage disposal is handled by on -site wells and septic tanks.