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14 <br /> Slide#8 <br /> Should all parties agree to amend the <br /> agreement, then next steps would <br /> include: <br /> Next <br /> • Listening to residents and stakeholders <br /> Steps Visioning for possible future land uses <br /> • Amending the Future Land Use Map <br /> • Amending the Town's Ordinance <br /> • Considering options for rezoning aligned <br /> with vision and goals <br /> Commissioner McKee asked if approving this amendment would change the planning, <br /> permitting, community input, or other requirements for future development in the area. <br /> Judy Johnson said no. <br /> Commissioner Richards asked if a proposed development would have to go through <br /> Chapel Hill's same multi-step planning process if this amendment is approved. <br /> Judy Johnson said yes. <br /> Vice-Chair Greene said the Town Council could rezone the area in advance, but more <br /> likely is they would have a project presented and then the developer would ask for an upzoning, <br /> and the Council would be able to negotiate concessions or benefits from that. <br /> Judy Johnson said that is exactly how it has occurred. <br /> Commissioner Fowler asked if the WASMPBA amendment is approved before rezoning, <br /> what types of development can be built. <br /> Judy Johnson said Chapel Hill increased housing opportunities in this area up to a duplex. <br /> She said anything else would require rezoning through Town Council authorization. <br /> Commissioner Fowler asked when environmental impacts and traffic analyses would take <br /> place in this process. <br /> Judy Johnson said those analyses would take place in a very detailed way during a <br /> development review project. She also said a high-level review would be done as part of the <br /> visioning stage. <br /> Chair Bedford said at some point in the process, OWASA must figure out where to put <br /> lines based on topography, etc. <br /> Judy Johnson said that is correct. <br /> Chair Bedford asked how that process would occur. <br /> Vishnu Gangadharan, OWASA Director of Engineering and Planning, said he isn't sure <br /> at this point what is most likely and would have to be tuned into future conversations by Chapel <br /> Hill about rezoning. He said OWASA's interest is the best long-term layout for the entire area. <br /> Chair Bedford asked if there enough water in OWASA's jurisdiction for this amendment <br /> plus future development in other areas. <br /> Vishnu Gangadharan said in general, there is plenty of water. <br /> Chair Bedford asked what "Complete Communities" is. <br /> Judy Johnson said the Complete Communities strategy is an adopted component of <br /> Chapel Hill's Comprehensive Plan. She said the point is to try to direct where growth should occur, <br /> for example, along transit lines. She said another component is looking at the presence of <br />