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d) Phase II of County Unified Development Ordinance Process The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) is scheduled to consider adoption of "Phase I" of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) at its meeting on April 5, 2011. Phase I has primarily consisted of consolidating existing County land development ordinances into one unified ordinance. Replacing the existing Planned Development zoning districts with conditional districts was also part of the work undertaken. Throughout the Phase I process, which began in August 2009, County staff has been noting suggestions made concerning County regulations that were not authorized as part of the Phase I work. The list of suggestions received to date will be analyzed and priorities will be designated. The County's consultant, Clarion Associates, is currently preparing an "Implementation Bridge" report that is scheduled to be presented at the April 5 BOCC meeting and which will include some recommendations to the County on future UDO amendments (i.e., Phase II). After Phase I of the UDO is adopted and the BOCC has received the consultant's report, the BOCC will decide how to proceed with future amendments to the UDO and will prioritize topics. Since the list is lengthy, all topics cannot be addressed at once due to the volume of suggestions. As per the Joint Planning Area (JPA) Agreement, Orange County staff will continue to keep the staffs of the Town of Chapel Hill and Town of Carrboro notified of any amendments that pertain to or that could affect the respective Joint Development Review Areas in the Rural Buffer so that the Towns may make recommendations as set forth in the JPA Agreement. Staff will provide any other information at the meeting, and the governing boards can discuss issues related to this item as necessary. No Attachments e) Improvements to Interstate Highway System through Orange County At a joint meeting on February 24, 2011, the Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Town of Hillsborough Board of Commissioners discussed the need for the I-85 improvements with respect to economic development occurring in their designated Economic Development Districts. The improvements at interchanges programmed with TIP Project I-0305A (see attached map) are vital to economic development in the central area of the County. The Draft 2011-2020 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) includes improvements to both I-85 and I-40 in Orange County as shown in the attached map. TIP Project I-3306A TIP Project I-3306A will add additional lanes to I-40 from I-85 to the Durham County Line. The Draft STIP programs construction to begin on this project in FY 2019. The Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization released its draft Metropolitan TIP (MTIP) in February and anticipates adopting a final MTIP in May or June. The Draft MTIP proposes constructing I-3306 A in two phases: