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5 <br /> community, such as the ongoing Bellevue Apartment project in West <br /> Hillsborough, the purchase option by a confidential business for the 89,000 <br /> square foot warehouse on Eno Street, and the now public news of a Sheetz <br /> convenience store & gas station that has submitted a building permit with the <br /> County. <br /> • Increased interaction is occurring among economic development partners with <br /> the Town, County, and Chamber to meet and increase collaboration. <br /> Examples include a new quarterly Business Roundtable Meeting conducted <br /> by the Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber in which the first presentation is <br /> `Resources Available for Opening a Business in Hillsborough & Orange <br /> County' on February 23rd. The Chamber is also holding steering committee <br /> meetings as part of the Business Roundtable program in which economic <br /> development partners can collaborate on various topics. Additionally, the <br /> County Economic Development Department hosted a regional County-wide <br /> Economic Development Roundtable discussion on February 16th. <br /> Staff will provide any other information at the meeting, and the Boards can discuss <br /> issues related to this item as necessary. <br /> No Attachments <br /> b) 1-40/Old 86 Economic Development District Area Plans and Timing of <br /> Possible Utilities Expansion <br /> Hillsborough welcomes discussion on this topic. The Town's Future Land Use <br /> Plan envisions the undeveloped property near the interchange to be developed <br /> with public utilities and predominately non-residential (see Attachment 1-b — <br /> Hillsborough Future Land Use Plan Map). <br /> Orange County (OC) has included in its current year Capital Investment Plan (CIP) <br /> water and sewer utility improvements in the northwest and southwest quadrant of <br /> Old NC 86 and 1-40. This area includes over 200 acres and is designated <br /> suburban office and mixed use on the OC/Town of Hillsborough (TOH) joint land <br /> use plan and economic development land use on the County plan. This area is <br /> not within TOH Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ). Since Article 46 economic <br /> development monies are being used, future projects should be non-residential and <br /> tax-base/job building. OC and TOH engineering staff have discussed conceptual <br /> alignments and capacity needs. <br /> As a prerequisite to this project, OC and TOH would enter into a utility service <br /> agreement that sets forth the conditions and responsibilities of the jurisdictions. <br /> OC has similar agreements with Mebane and Durham. <br /> The project scope will be to bring a 12" gravity sewer under the interstate from the <br /> northwest to southwest quadrant with a `trunk' line that could provide service to <br /> the majority of the southern interchange area. Joint party review design would <br /> start this spring with construction possibly later in the year depending on interstate <br /> crossing permits and easement acquisition. Management and <br />