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Keep Businesses Healthy <br />Assure Continuity in Public Services <br />Maps -Water and Sewer Management Planning and Boundary Agreement, Planning Area, <br />Regional Context <br />Water Constraints <br />- 3 MGD Now, Can Increase to 4.5 MGD <br />- Current Demand, 1.9 MGD <br />- Demand Will Reach 3.0 MGD in 2009 <br />- With Expanded Capacity, Can Accommodate Additional Development Equivalent to 1,900 <br />Dwellings and 1.65 Million Square Feet Non-Residential <br />Transportation Constraints <br />- Limited Opportunity for New Roads <br />- Churton Street Over-Capacity <br />- Destinations are South and East <br />- Any Additional Residential Development North of Downtown Makes Problem Worse <br />Map -Developable Land <br />Alternative Scenarios <br />- Status Quo <br />- Planning Emphasis <br />- Market Realities <br />- Unconstrained Growth <br />Public Comment <br />There were informal opportunities for public comment at Hillsborough Hag Day and a Last Friday <br />event. The two formal public hearings are tonight and next week. <br />Main Conclusions <br />- Focus Residential Growth to the South <br />- Pull in Utility ServicelAnnexation Areas <br />- Take Advantage of Interstate Access <br />- Consider Growth Drivers to the South <br />- Encourage Mixed-Use Development <br />- Coordinate with Existing SE Rural Buffer <br />Map - Ghapel Hill/Carrboro Rural Buffer <br />Roger Waldon said that one of the key things to make this happen is to rethink the <br />interlacal agreements -how Hillsborough and Orange County are sharing interests in jurisdiction <br />in these areas. <br />Craig Benedict took aver the presentation at this point. He pointed out a map of the new <br />annexation boundary {shown in purple). Hillsborough is considering either abandoning or <br />exchanging some of the extraterritorial jurisdiction, which is in the Eno River Critical Area far new <br />extraterritorial jurisdiction in various sections within its existing limits. The orange area is a <br />Hillsborough transition area. He pointed out other parts of the map that would be part of the <br />interlocal agreement. <br />