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~ (^ ~ ~: ~ G~kapel Watch Village - ZAA Statement of Justecation May 20, 2003 Page 2 of S • The widening of.Airport Road in the late-1990s, from two lanes to four lanes between Homestead Road and Weaver Dairy Road, and from two lanes to six lanes between Weaver Dairy Road and Interstate 40; • In 1998, the Chapel Hill North Shopping Center opened, supplementing the existing retail uses in the Timlierlyne Shopping Center, and providing greater local shopping opportunities to residents in northern Chapel Hill and surrounding areas; • The ~ construction of the previously ~ approved Northwoods V subdivision, .and the approval and: construction of several large adjoining single-family neighborhoods (the Parkside and Parkside II subdivisions); and the associated construction of Weaver Dairy Road Extension; ~ . • ~ The approval' and start of construction on the Vineyard Square Townhomes development, which will provide additional home ownership opportunities in the northern area, while also constructing the final portion of Weaver. Dairy Road Extension, completing a new arterial street between Homestead Road and Airport Road in 2004; • The approval of the adjoining Larkspur subdivision with a northern stub-out and the associated expectation thaf a second pointof acxess would be~provided from Eubanks Road through this subject site, in order to improve connectivity: in this area without adversely affecting the character of existing neighborhoods.(such as Northwood); • The present construction of a lazge flex-space development on Eubanks Road, between the existing UPS facility and Hillhouse Road; • Orange County's acquisition of land that can be used for a future school(s) site at the intersection of Eubanks Road and Old• NC Highway 86; and • The conshudion of an OWASA pump station on this subject si#e in 2002, to pmvide sewer service to this site and other sites located in this .drainage basin. • ~ The identification of a major employment center in the form of fhe Town's future Public Works facility, on nearby Hillhouse Road. Collectively, these events mark a series 'of changes that together have brought the subject site from -the fringes of the Town's jurisdiction, without the availability of wafer and sewer service, to being located in the center of a future growth area that now has a full range of urban services. In addition to these events, the Town's Comprehensive Plan and accompanying Land Use Plan also reflect that: } ~