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0~l1. <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL <br />CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN <br />JOINT PLANNING AREA PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 29, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. C.1. <br />SUBJECT Proposal to Amend the Joint Planning Agreement <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) YES <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Joint Staff Memorandum & Ordinance <br />Maps <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director, ext 2592 <br />Gene Bell, Planner III, 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 receive public comment on a proposed amendment to Exhibit A of the Joint <br />Planning Agreement.. <br />BACKGROl1ND: Exhibit A of the Joint Planning Agreement (Joint Planning Area Land Use Map) <br />depicts the areas described in the agreement, notably the Rural Buffer and Chapel Hill and <br />Carrboro Transition Areas, Amendments by the Town of Chapel Hill to its Comprehensive Plan in <br />May 2000, and more recently, inclusion of the Water and Sewer Management, Planning and <br />Boundary Agreement into the Joint Planning Agreement have resulted in a retraction of the area <br />originally proposed to receive public water and sewer service. The area in question is known as <br />the Chapel Hill Southern Transition Area. It is bounded to the south by Chatham County, US <br />15/501 to the west, the Chapel Hill Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) to the north, and Old Lystra <br />Road to the east. <br />Orange County-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Joint Planning is premised on two types of areas adjacent to <br />the existing incorporated areas and ETJs: Transition Areas and Rural Buffer, <br />Section 1.2,H of the Joint Planning Agreement defines Transition Area as being: <br />That portion of the ./Dint Planning Area designated on the Joint Planning Area Land Use <br />Map as such. This area is further defined as being in transition from rural to urban or <br />already urban in density, Urban services (public utilities and other town services) are now <br />provided to this area or are projected to be provided to this area. <br />G:\Comprchensive Planning Div\GENE@004 Public HcaringsWiar?9 IPA\Amdt to JP Agrcemrnt\Amdt to JP Agrtnt Abstdoc <br />