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STONEY CREEK SMALL AREA PLAN NEWSLETTER This is the ninth newsletter for the Stoney Creek Basin Small Area Plan. Newsletters follow each meeting of the Stoney Creek Basin Planning Group and are distributed by group members from the Stoney Creek neighborhoods. Background On December 5, 1994, the Orange County Board of Commissioners adopted the following charge: "To prepare a land use plan, including 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 formed. There are currently 22 members and seven alternates; they first met on March 16, 1995. Research for the Stoney Creek Basin Small Area Plan involved developing a set of alternative plans. The Status Quo, Open Space, and Neo- Traditional alternatives were developed by graduate planning students from UNC and a Rural Character alternative was developed by Orange County staff. A Flexible Development alternative may be prepared by County staff at a future date. The alternatives will be reviewed by the Planning Group and desirable features of each incorporated into a recommended plan. Where We Are Meeting nine of the Planning Group was held on October 19 at the Orange County Emergency Management Facility (911 Center) with 14 Planning Group members and two alternates present. The purpose of the meeting was to receive reports from the Vision and Value Subcommittees appointed at the September 14 meeting and to charge the Preliminary Design Subcommittee with its task. The Vision Subcommittee had been given the task of condensing a lengthy list of goal statements and attributes into a manageable package. Areas identified as important by the subcommittee included protection of: the rural landscape, significant cultural and historical features, important natural areas and resources, the area's visual resources, the character of existing neighborhoods,