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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 26, 2007 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~ - V <br />SUBJECT: US 70/ Cornelius Street Corridor Strategic Plan <br />DEPARTMENT: Economic Development PUBIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Resolution Endorsing Plan <br />2. DRAFT Public Hearing Minutes <br />3. "US70/ Cornelius Street Corridor <br />Strategic Plan" (separate enclosure) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Economic Development, 245-2324 <br />Margaret Hauth, Planning Director, <br />Town of Hillsborough, 732-1270 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approval of the Draft US 70/ Cornelius Street Corridor Strategic Plan <br />presented at the May 21, 2007 Quarterly Public Hearing. <br />BACKGROUND: The US 70/Cornelius Street Task Force was formed in May 2006 by a <br />coalition of Orange County economic development leaders, Orange County and Hillsborough <br />Town Board Commissioners, and business owners and residents' representatives of those on <br />and adjacent to the US 70/Cornelius Street Corridor. Collecting input from corridor <br />stakeholders, utilizing data from the 2000 Census, referencing concepts from existing planning <br />documents, and evaluation information provided by transportation, crime prevention, code <br />enforcement, demographic ring analysis, economic development, as well as land use and <br />design experts and professionals, the Task Force identified specific needs and concerns to <br />address. <br />Based on the information gathered and input received at the public open forum and from <br />community citizens attending Task Force meetings, the Task Force developed potential <br />solutions and recommendations to form the basis of both the plan document and the <br />implementation plan outlined in it. These solutions and recommendations include improvements <br />in the following areas: transportation, crime and code enforcement, economic development, <br />development and redevelopment potential, landscaping and signage, and compatibility with <br />other planning documents. The Task. Force developed an implementation plan that outlines <br />specific tasks and a timeframe for those tasks to accomplish the recommendations of the plan. <br />The corridor is in Hillsborough's planning jurisdiction, but implementation of plan <br />recommendations will require the cooperation of the Town and Orange County. Additionally, the <br />corridor is part of the larger area being addressed in the jointly funded Hillsborough-Orange <br />County Strategic Growth Plan. <br />