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WHEREAS, Orange County has a role in helping locate schools on appropriate sites having desirable <br />characteristics such as compatibility with County land use planning and having readily <br />available water and sewer utility services; and <br />1. County elected officials and staff have worked with the County's school boards to identify <br />desirable characteristics of school sites and have developed a collaborative process far <br />identifying and evaluating school sites; and <br />2. the Orange County School Board has identified the Efland community as the area where a <br />new middle school would best meet the needs of the school population in the district; and <br />3. the Orange County School Board staff has worked with County Planning and Land <br />RecordslGlS Departments to narrow the site search for Orange County Middle School #3 to <br />an area outside of Efland but within the Orange County Service Area of the Water and Sewer <br />Management Planning and Boundary Agreement and Map; and <br />4. the Orange County School Board has identified a potential school site within the I- <br />85lBuckhorn Road Economic Development District (hereafter "the EDD") and adjacent to the <br />core elements of a proposed wastewater collection system intended to serve the EDD; and <br />5. the BOCC has approved the Orange County School Board's request for funds to secure <br />options on property for a potential Efland middle school site in the EDD and the Board of <br />Education has in fact acquired these options; and <br />6. the projected Fall 2006 opening for a new Orange County Schools middle school puts time <br />constraints on school site acquisition, school design, school construction activities and <br />whatever utility construction is required to ensure that water and wastewater utilities are <br />available to the site; and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County has long been involved in the processes of dealing with public health and <br />economic development issues in the Efland-Cheeks community; and <br />the County recognizes that there are failing septic tanklpublic health issues affecting the <br />citizens residing in the community along Buckhorn Road {hereafter "the Buckhorn Road <br />community"); and <br />the County has agreed to help address the water supply and failing septic tanklpublic health <br />issues in the Buckhorn Road community; and <br />3. the County, having recognized the need to diversify its tax base and enhance employment <br />opportunities for its citizens, has created three economic development zones or districts, <br />including the EDD, zoned them for appropriate non-residential uses, and created <br />development standards for each; and <br />4. the Buckhorn EDD contains approximately 900 acres along the north and south sides of <br />Interstate 85!40 east of the Buckhorn Road interchange; and <br />5. the zoning and land use aspects of the EDD are consistent with the availability of water <br />distribution and wastewater collection utilities; and <br />