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9 <br />d.2 Other <br />d.3 Small Area Plan Workgroup <br />C.3 FISCAL IMPACT <br />Expenditures for this project have been paid using Departmental funds <br />budgeted for the specific activity. Expenditures include: <br />• Legal Ad: $287 (This item's portion of legal ad expense) <br />• Signs: $256 <br />• Notification letters and postcards (postage and supplies): $37 <br />Existing Planning staff included in the Departmental staffing budget <br />accomplished the work required to process this amendment. <br />D. AMENDMENT IMPLICATIONS <br />This amendment will provide consistency between the County's Land Use Plan and Water and <br />Sewer Management Planning and Boundary Agreement, as well as provide appropriate land use <br />classifications in areas that were removed from the Critical Area when. its boundary was <br />adjusted in June 2010. <br />Analysis <br />As required under Section 2.3.9 of the Orange County Unified Development Ordinance, the <br />Planning Director is required to: 'cause an analysis to be made of the application and, based upon <br />that analysis, prepare a recommendation for consideration by the Planning Board and the Board of <br />County Commissioners'. In analyzing this proposal, the following information is offered: <br />1. Staff has been authorized by the Board of County Commissioners to pursue small area plan <br />implementation with a focus on economic development priorities. This proposed Land Use <br />Element Map amendment conforms to the intent of the adopted Efland-Mebane Small Area <br />Plan which recommends evaluation of the Upper Eno Watershed Critical Area and <br />amendments to the- Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement <br />(WASMPBA). <br />2. This amendment is consistent with land use and housing objectives of the Comprehensive <br />Plan. <br />3. The request for the amendment has been deemed complete in accordance with the <br />requirements of Section 2.3.8 of the Unified Development Ordinance. <br />4. The properties subject to this amendment are currently located within the Agricultural <br />Residential land use category as denoted on the Land Use Element Map of the <br />Comprehensive Plan and proposed for 10-Year Transition classification. <br />Page 3 of 4 <br />