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12 1 the Hillsborough area and Central Orange County. She reviewed the following timeline and 2 information from the handouts: 3 4 In 2006, the town and county jointly crafted the Strategic Growth Plan with these 6 goals: 5 • Preserve and enhance the Hillsborough core area 6 • Preserve significant cultural and natural resources 7 • Coordinate growth with water/sewer availability 8 • Grow in a fiscally-responsible way 9 • Keep existing businesses healthy 10 • Assure continuity in public service provision 11 12 In 2009, the town and county jointly adopted an Inter local Agreement to implement the plan. The 13 term "development" in this agreement is not undefined and is not assumed to match the definition 14 in the Courtesy Review Agreement. 15 16 In 2010, the Water & Sewer Boundary Agreement was amended to reflect the Urban Services 17 Boundary agreed to in the Strategic Growth Plan and Inter local Agreement. The USB represents 18 the area that the town is planning to serve with utilities at some point in the future. 19 20 In 2013, the Town of Hillsborough prepared and adopted a Future Land Use Plan (FLUP) that 21 envisioned future uses throughout the Urban Services Boundary. This plan is a component of the 22 town's comprehensive plan. To be consistent with a state law effective in 2006 (NCGS 160A.383), 23 the town adopts a statement of consistency with each zoning map amendment and ordinance 24 amendment. This helps insure the implementation of the town's FLUP on a case by case basis. 25 Amendments that are not consistent with the town's FLUP must have an accompanying request to 26 amend the FLUP or risk denial. Also in 2013, Orange County adopted the town's FLUP, but did 27 not formally incorporate it into the County's comprehensive plan. Orange County intends to 28 integrate the town's FLUP into its comprehensive plan following the implementation of the 29 Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) amendments. 30 31 What's Next: 32 We are in the middle of the process of swapping ETJ areas — adding about 600 acres to the 33 town's area and releasing about 400 acres back to Orange County. A public information meeting 34 was well attended on January 9, primarily by residents scheduled to be added to the ETJ. They 35 understandably raised concerns about adding a new layer of regulation without a clear path of 36 representation. Most of the properties to be added to the ETJ are already developed. 37 38 The Remaining Steps: 39 1) Following the ETJ swap, the county plans to integrate the Inter local Agreement and the 40 town's FLUP into the County comprehensive plan. 41 This requires a robust out-reach and public notification process. Affected properties 42 plus those within 500 feet of affected properties must receive written notification of 43 any public hearing by certified mail ($6 per letter). 44 2) Implement the two types of urbanizing areas as defined by the Inter local Agreement. 45 • This involves transitioning another 1,000 acres to the town's zoning jurisdiction 46 through the Hillsborough Urbanizing designation. The notification requirements are 47 similar and about one half of the affected owners are already developed areas. 48 • If the town follows its FLUP and essentially "pre-zones" the undeveloped areas 49 during the transition, it removes an important negotiating aspect of the development 50 review process from the town's toolkit.