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.i <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 20, 2001 <br />Action Age a <br />Item No. a <br />_ SUBJECT: Advertisement for Joint Planning Public Hearing -April 11, 2001 ,__. <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />-Proposed Legal Notice Craig Benedict, Ext. 2592 <br />-Summary Tables Gene Bell, Ext. 2589 <br />-Maps TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To provide a brief update on Joint Planning Area activities and to consider the <br />legal notice for items to be presented at the Joint Planning Area public hearing scheduled for <br />April 11, 2001. <br />BACKGROUND: A Joint Planning Area public hearing involving Orange County and the Towns <br />of Chapel Hill and Can'boro has been scheduled for April 11, 2001. <br />The Board of County Commissioners reviews proposals to be considered at public hearing for <br />consis#ency with general County policy and presentation format. The following items are <br />proposed for consideration at the April 11, 2001 public hearing. <br />A. Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan Amendments <br />Purpose: To receive public comment on proposed amendments to the Joint Planning Area <br />Land Use Plan, pursuant to the Joint Planning Agreement. The area in question is part of <br />Chapel Hill's Transition Area, northwest of existing Town Limits. Chapel Hill adopted a new <br />Comprehensive Plan and new Land Use Plan in May, 2000. This hearing focuses on the <br />portions of that new Land Use Plan that are outside Town Limits. <br />Attached maps illustrate the changes to land use designations in the Chapel Hill Transition Area <br />that have been adopted by the Chapel Hill Town Council, and which the Town Council requests <br />be incorporated into the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. Changes include: <br />1. Changing the designation of the Greene Tract from "Landfill Pending Further Study" to <br />"Housing/Open Space." <br />2. Changing the designation of land south of Eubanks Road from "Open Space" to "Low <br />Residential" <br />