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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 1, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. $'~( <br />SUBJECT: Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan Amendments to Correspond with the Town <br />of Chapel Hill's Comprehensive Plan <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) NO <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />• Resolution of Adoption <br />• Map of Amendment Area <br />• Materials from 4-29-02 Assembly of <br />Governments Meeting <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director, ext 2592 <br />Gene Bell. ext 2589 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider adoption of amendments to the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan <br />resulting from the Chapel Hill Comprehensive Plan adopted by the Town in May 2000. <br />BACKGROUND: At the Joint Planning Area Public Hearing on April 11, 2001, a series of <br />amendments in Chapel Hill's Northwest Transition Area were presented. The purpose of the <br />amendments was to promote consistency with the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan and <br />Chapel Hill's new Comprehensive Plan adopted on May 8, 2000. The amendments were: <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 />3. Changing the designation of land north of Eubanks Road, between the existing landfill and <br />Millhouse Road, from "Mixed Use, Office Emphasis" to "Open Space." <br />4. Changing the designation of parcels between Millhouse Road and Interstate 40 from "Mixed <br />Use, Office Emphasis" to "Rural Residential." <br />5. Changing the designation of the parcel northwest of the Greene Tract and southeast of the <br />existing landfill (parcel known as the "Neville Tract") from "Open Space" to "Landfill <br />Activities." <br />Chapel Hill and Carrboro subsequently approved the changes. The designations that each <br />Town used to describe the Greene and Neville tracts were slightly different, although there was <br />no substantive difference. <br />Orange County delayed voting on the amendments, stating an interest in waiting until the multi- <br />jurisdictional Greene Tract Work Group concluded its discussions. Now that the work group <br />