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14 1 Commissioner Dorosin said he thought the urban services boundary on the map meant 2 that anything inside the boundary has access to public water and sewer. He does not 3 understand how this discussion about septic and lot size relates to the map being presented. 4 Tom Altieri said the area will not develop with water and sewer all at one time. He said 5 there would be some development to occur on private well and septic for an interim time period. 6 Commissioner Gordon said it would be a tremendous effort to figure out carrying 7 capacity. She said there were efforts to determine the average capacity when the rural buffer 8 area was created. She supports a plan that maintains a certain density requirement for a 9 certain area. 10 She said she could not find an explanation of the ETJ swap; she asked if this is 11 included. 12 Tom Altieri said this information is not specifically identified; however the information is 13 included on page 14. He pointed out the areas that are hatched, on the western part of town. 14 Commissioner Gordon said this does not specify the land use. 15 Tom Altieri said this is not included. He said the land uses outside of the urban services 16 area are not identified and will be done after the swaps are completed. 17 Commissioner McKee said his earlier point is that this strikethrough does not have a 18 practical effect. He said land cost is a major component of the costs for housing in Orange 19 County. He said until the County can figure a way to reduce the land costs in Orange County, it 20 will be difficult to provide affordable housing. 21 He said he would respectfully disagree that the infrastructure cost is less for cluster 22 development. He said shortened roads can decrease the infrastructure cost a little, but most of 23 the cost per lot remains the same. 24 Chair Jacobs said clustering is the only place in the ordinance where a bonus can be 25 given to a developer for affordable units. 26 27 A motion was made by Commissioner Pelissier, seconded by Commissioner Price to: 28 29 1. Receive the Planning Board's recommendation of approval; 30 2. Close the public hearing; 31 3. Consider approving and authorizing the Chair to sign the Resolution (Attachment 5) 32 ratifying the Town of Hillsborough/Orange County Central Orange Coordinated Area 33 (COCA) Land Use Plan, Areas Within Urban Services Boundary (detailed in Attachment 34 1, pp. 10-13); and 35 4. Authorize staff to proceed with the development of a schedule and process, including 36 notification and outreach methods, to execute the ETJ swaps identified in the Inter-local 37 Agreement. 38 39 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 40 41 42 e. North Carolina Community Transportation Program Administrative and Capital 43 Grant Applications for FY 2015 44 The Board conducted an annual public hearing on the North Carolina Community 45 Transportation Program (CTP) grant application by Orange Public Transportation (OPT) for FY 46 2015 and considered approving the grant application that includes adopting a resolution 47 authorizing the applicant to enter into an agreement with the North Carolina Department of 48 Transportation (NCDOT), and authorizing the County Attorney to review and complete the 49 necessary certifications and assurances, and authorizing the Chair to sign.