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Attachment 5 386 <br /> From: Chris Cole <br /> To: Perdita Holtz <br /> Cc: Barry Jacobs; Bernadette Pelissier; Earl McKee; Mark Dorosin; Mia Burroughs; Penny Rich; Renee Price;Travis <br /> Myren;Craig Benedict <br /> Subject: Re: Rezoning Near Old 86 and I-40 <br /> Date: Thursday,August 18,2016 12:08:41 PM <br /> Thanks, Perdita. I appreciate your comments and the commissioners'focus on economic development. <br /> Again, I would point out that if there are people with an interest in the properties, and the county has <br /> already demonstrated a significant willingness to rezone those properties,why not let the developer(s) <br /> request the rezoning for their specific uses? <br /> Please keep in mind that Orange County voters/taxpayers purchased the land surrounding these <br /> properties knowing that it is an EDD, but subject to zoning that allows office space, not manufacturing. I <br /> would think that a significant change like this would merit a great deal more transparency as to the use of <br /> the property. <br /> Chris <br /> From: Perdita Holtz <pholtz @orangecountync.gov> <br /> To: Chris Cole <christopherscottcole @yahoo.com> <br /> Cc: Barry Jacobs <bjacobs2 @orangecountync.gov>; Bernadette Pelissier <br /> <bpelissier @orangecountync.gov>; Earl McKee <emckee @orangecountync.gov>; <br /> Mark Dorosin <mdorosin @orangecountync.gov>; Mia Burroughs <br /> <mburroughs @orangecountync.gov>; Penny Rich <prich @orangecountync.gov>; <br /> Renee Price <rprice @orangecountync.gov>; Travis Myren <br /> <tmyren @orangecountync.gov>; Craig Benedict <cbenedict @orangecountync.gov> <br /> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 9:31 AM <br /> Subject: RE: Rezoning Near Old 86 and 1-40 <br /> Dear Mr. Cole, <br /> Thank you for submitting your comments about the proposed Hillsborough Economic <br /> Development District (EDD) rezoning via e-mail; they, and this response, will be included in <br /> the quarterly public hearing materials. <br /> As was explained at the Planning Board meeting, the impetus for the various amendments <br /> land use and zoning pertaining to the Hillsborough EDD are to create better consistency <br /> with the plans currently underway by the County to extend water and sewer infrastructure <br /> to areas south of the Interstate. The next public step in that work will be an Interlocal <br /> Agreement between the County and Town of Hillsborough outlining how, when, where, and <br /> under what conditions such services will be extended. The Interlocal Agreement is <br /> expected to be on a Board of County Commissioners meeting agenda in October. Many <br /> aspects of the proposed UDO text amendment are important to have in place prior to <br /> finalization of the Interlocal Agreement, including limiting residential uses to a relatively <br /> small amount of multi-family, allowing for a project to have a mix of uses, and allowing for <br /> the types of targeted uses the County is attempting to attract (high-tech research and <br /> development, assembly/manufacturing, and distribution). <br /> The County's Economic Development staff works on marketing available land in the <br /> County's three EDDs. I explained a bit of the site selection process companies typically go <br /> through at the Planning Board meeting and mentioned that Orange County is sometimes at <br />