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12 The Council received the report at the end of September 1999. The Council held two Public Hearings and conducted three work sessions at which it discussed the draft materials and heazd public comment. The Council also discussed a revised timeline for consideration of-the draft -_- plans at its January 14, 2000 Planning Session. At that time, the Council set target goals of adopting the Downtown Small Area Plan by April 1, 2000, and adopting the full Comprehensive Plan (which includes a new Land Use Plan) by May 1, 2000. At the end of the Council's February 7, 2000 work session the Council directed the staff and consultant to make adjustments to the draft plan in response to the public comments and Council statements. The Council asked that this revised plan come to the Council at its March 27, 2000 meeting for possible adoption. On Mazch 27 the Council decided to hold three additional public information meetings at locations azound Chapel Hill on the draft Plan in response to a citizen petition. The Town Council subsequently adopted the Comprehensive Plan on May 8, 2000. On April 11, 2001, a joint public hearing was held to receive public comment on the proposed amendments. A resolution approving the amendments was forwarded to the governing bodies of Orange County, the Town of Carrboro, and the Town of Chapel Hill. for approval. Recent Actions - On May 7, 2001,. the Chapel Hill Town Council adopted Resolution 2001-OS-07/R-16b (see Attachment 1), amending the Joint Planning Land Use Plan and Map, according to the map attached to the resolution. The resolution would designate the Greene Tract as Housing/Open Space and leave the Neville Tract as Open Space as shown on the 1986 Land Use Plan. This resolution was adopted prior to the convening of the inter jurisdictional Greene Tract Work Group (see below, "Greene Tract Process'. The Carrboro Boazd of Aldermen took action on the amendments in June, 2001, but the Orange _ County Board of Commissioners have not acted on the resolution to amend the Joint .Planning Land Use Plan and. Map. ,All three jurisdictions aze participating in a joint Work Group concerning the disposition of the Greene Tract, as noted below. Greene Tract Process In 1984, the three governments of Orange County, Carrboro, and Chapel Hill acquired the 169'. acre Greene Tract. In 200p, 60 acres of this property was deeded to Orange County under -the provisions of the 1999 interlocal "Agreement for Solid Waste Management." This Agreement also gave the County and Towns two yeazs .following the effective date of the agreement to determine the ultimate use or disposition of the remaining 109 acres of the Greene Tract. The end date of the bazgaining period as defined in the Agreement is April 17, 2002. In 2001, the three governments adopted a process to determine the ultimate use or disposition of the remaining 109 acres. A joint work group of two elected officials from each jurisdiction was has met since October, 2001. The Work Group held a public forum on a proposal to consider three basic uses of affordable housing, open space, and recreation on November 15, 2001. In