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Brian Lowen said that it is his hope that this will remain a significant piece of retail property, and therefore remain on the tax rolls. Mayor Stevens said that the Town really wants the County services to stay in this area. 6. Planning & Transportation Issues a) County Comprehensive Plan Update Comprehensive Planning Supervisor Tom Altieri said that the County is updating its Comprehensive Plan. The plan was originally completed in 1981 and it has been amended several times since then, but this the first complete update. The County Commissioners have adopted a process which the staff will follow to update the plan, a timetable, and overarching guiding principles to guide the development of the plan. The plan will be completed in two phases. Phase I was completed in the fall of last year and involved development of goals for the entire plan and the first element of the plan —the County Profile Element or Data Element. Phase I I is underway and includes the completion of the text for the remaining seven elements of the plan as well as the objectives to address each of the goals identified during Phase I. The County has contracted with Roger Waldon of Clarion and Associates, and they are partnering with staff and advisory boards to prepare the draft plan. The consultant is preparing the first draft plan and will be presenting it to the advisory boards. The second draft will be the public hearing draft, which is scheduled for May 19th During April there will be a series of meetings to begin receiving public input on the draft plan. He made reference to the informational brochure that was in the packet. Commissioner Gordon asked if the advisory boards would receive a copy of the draft before the meetings in which they are presented and Tom Altieri said that the consultants' first meeting is March 5th. This is a meeting between the Planning Board and the Orange Unified Transportation Board. At that meeting, the consultant will deliver copies of the draft plan, but they will not be available in advance of that meeting. Immediately following that meeting, staff will work to distribute copies to the remaining advisory boards. Commissioner Gordon said that it is problematic that the boards would not get it any sooner. Tom Altieri said that the advisory boards would have until mid-April to complete their review of the plan and get comments back to the consultants. b) Hillsborough Area-Orange County Strategic Growth Plan Phase II — Interlocal Agreement Committee (IAC) Craig Benedict said that Phase I was completed last year by Clarion and Associates. Phase I has an urban service area and a future annexation area. There is an area outside of the urban area that is under Orange County control and is part of the big picture. The big picture is that this area could have up to 20,000 units at the existing density. Phase I concluded with a resolution that Orange County and Hillsborough should get back together and develop an interlocal agreement, which would define the boundaries of future annexation lines, water and sewer service area, any ETJ areas, uses, etc. Phase II would include an Interlocal Agreement Committee, and these members would be appointed within the next month. The outcome of the committee is completion of what was mentioned in the resolution. The plan is for this to be completed in about four or five months. There is an existing land use plan that surrounds Hillsborough now. Based on initial discussions in Phase I, there will probably be some changes. Commissioner Gordon asked about the satellite annexation with low density and if it would stay like that. Eric Peterson said that Hillsborough would not de-annex it.