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5 Mayor Hemminger said she felt Orange County may be interested in the Carraway Village project, since the County vehicles use Eubanks Road quite often. Commissioner Rich said the Board of County Commissioners is not in the road business and incentives around this issue will need to be created by the Town. Dwight Bassett referred to the Carraway project, and said a certain amount of commercial development has to be built before being eligible for incentives. He said this would be a priority before the roads. Commissioner Pelissier said whatever the County does, it needs to be consistent with all the towns. Commissioner Jacobs said that is why he agreed with Commissioner Dorosin. He said the County should have a well-articulated plan, which reflects the same values wherever the County has partnerships. Commissioner Dorosin asked if there is an update on Carolina North. Dwight Bassett said there is very limited activity due to funding issues. Mayor Hemminger said UNC Launch is expanding, and the spin-offs are the ones that are looking to find space off campus and who the Town has been working with. Commissioner Jacobs said Carolina North was a priority of previous chancellors. Chair McKee said the managers will work with staff to bring back drafts to each board to better define and direct this process. b) County Economic Development Districts and County Economic Development Activities Steve Brantley presented a summary of the PowerPoint presentation, which highlighted Orange County Economic Development's various activities, including: • Highlighting successful areas of mutual economic development cooperation between Orange County and the Town of Chapel Hill. • Promotion & financial support directed at the growth and retention of local entrepreneurial start-ups, small businesses, agricultural ventures and the arts throughout Orange County. • Examples of local use of the 1/4 cent sales tax proceeds for economic development (Article 46 funds) • Examples of overall business prospect recruitment activity & trends. • Recent local manufacturing assistance, and update on Orange County's Hillsborough Economic Development District & Buckhorn Economic Development District. 2. Affordable Housing — Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force Travis Myren reviewed the following background: On March 22, 2016, Commissioner Bernadette Pelissier petitioned the Board of Commissioners to create a multijurisdictional work group composed of elected officials to guide Countywide, collaborative efforts on affordable housing. The Board of Commissioners discussed this topic during its work session on the Affordable Housing Strategic Plan as a way to coordinate programs and leverage resources. During that discussion, Board members asked staff to evaluate whether the existing HOME Committee could be used as the multijurisdictional entity by simply expanding its scope as an alternative to creating a new committee.