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The Town of Chapel I-Iill now has I I CNG vehicles and two electric vehicles, and <br />is using biodiesel in many of its diesel vehicles. The Town has plans to convert <br />their vehicle fleet almost exclusively to alternative fuels, Chapel Hil] has an <br />existing CNG fueling station and has in the past expressed interest in a future joint <br />arrangement with Orange County and other public agencies in joint use <br />arrangements. The new Town Operations Center on Millhouse Road is planned to <br />contain fast-fill CNG, biodiesel and ethanol (E85) fueling stations, as well as <br />electric changing pads. <br />Orange County Staff is currently assessing the replacement vehicle schedule for <br />candidates for' alternative-fuel vehicles if fueling arrangements can be made, The <br />County is continuing to target low-emission vehicles for all purposes, where <br />practical. <br />Staff would also like to further engage the NCDOT and the Town of Hillsborough <br />regarding a CNG fueling station in Hillsborough. <br />4. Land Use -Transportation -Air Quality <br />The foundation of the updated Comprehensive Plan Land Use Element is "sustainability", <br />the preservation of our air', water, and human resources for the future by not <br />overburdening the natural and human-made limitations of our environment. The largest <br />contributor to an unsustainable pattern of growth is "sprawl". Awell-planned land use <br />program can control negative effects associated with sprawl. Sprawl results in: <br />1. more traffic; <br />2, more accidents; <br />3. more pollution (water & air); <br />4, higher taxes; <br />5. less efficient public services provision; and <br />6. lower quality of life <br />Through the update to the county's Comprehensive Plan Land Use Element, the County <br />Commissioners will be considering, among other items, growth management tools <br />designed to reduce the negative impacts associated with sprawl. The existing residential <br />development pattern, guided by existing zoning, does not create any locational guidance <br />to promote development closer to urban areas and primary transportation routes.. <br />Therefore, a relatively high-density sprawl pattern is created which results in longer <br />commute times, high Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT), and air pollution. <br />Zoning amendments to channel higher concentrations of housing and population closer to <br />major transportation routes, employment centers, and urban services will greatly reduce <br />all of the negative impacts of sprawl, including air pollution, According to estimates <br />completed by the Orange County Planning and Inspections Department, limiting density <br />in the rural areas of the county could reduce future VMT by as much as 58% at build-out. <br />The reduction of traffic tluough an anti-sprawl land use program is a proactive solution to <br />reduce vehicular contributions to air pollution. Secondarily, energy efficient, lower <br />pollution vehicles will further reduce pollution. <br />
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