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S,'-r :- Si . . .. .._ 7 . ,.. . . Memo Board of County Commissioners April 13, 1981 .. Page 2 _. . .. expenditures. The existence of urban services to mediUm-and high-density residential and urban uses as appropriate development intensity levels consistent with the broad growth management goals advocated for orange County. e:rrear .. . . , .,.,• ,. In areas which do not yet have urban services, but. which are determined to be appropriate • for urban-type development, careful consideration must be given to the location and timing of utilities extensions. Recognition of the role utilities play in the develop ment process must be associated with deliberation on the financial responsibility and ,-' capability for services extensions. The joint planning process could serve as the -: mechanism for coordination of relevant development plans and activities of the town and county and provide for contiguous and efficient development. The questions of whet • and where services/atiIftfes extensions-shouId'occUr-and-at-whoserfinancial'expense.ae central questions in-the management of growth pressures-during a.period of fiscal auster! iT .1 . . Attention should be given to not only the location,timing and costs of utilities exteees.it but also to the relationship between planning 'requirements and engineering requiremee :e. Coordination of these two concerns requires the determination of the appropriate puhcee. utility installation standards which would complement rather than predetermine the nl development of Hillsborough. Such factors as the size and, type of pipes used contril. ..e; significantly to achieving the desired level of development by both facilitating ex-- ei where appropriate and providing disincentives wheA inappropriate. A Joint Plannin . work would provide the arena for direct participation by the town, county in the, planning of the infrastructure network before it is transferred to the engineers feereel system design. C. ROAD STANDARDS li In addition to utilities installation standards other standards,partiCularly roads s,-. a e should be addressed to assure that development occurs at an appropriate level of urbee r intensity. The county has recently considered policy concerns regarding a period freA 1 to 1976 when roads could dedicated public but not be maintained or owned by anyone. "ihe non-maintained roads constitute a real problem in light of desired urban development standards. The question of appropriate standards and maintenance responsibility for eoz, 0 particularly those in the transition areas, could and should be addressed by means of jz if4 planning arrangements between Hillsborough and the county. _, r., As road improvements such as paving constitute additional and significant capital ,a expenditures, consideration of the financing and prioritizing of such capital imerovemer is essential. It is not always possible to determine in advance the funds necessary to tAj . cover these costs both known -and unanticipated. A "pay as you go" system of special as: 1.1.1 ments where the financial burden is shared with those properties directly benefitted wq he a useful and equitable approach to the problem of financing local improvements while 1 shifting capital facility costs away from limited public budgets particularly given ferlf .., I,r funding cutoffs. The use of this tool, however, must be preceded by decisions regardiec whether such activities are essential, desireable, acceptable or deferable; whethe: e -1 .:, activities complement growth management and planning decisions; whether such activ: I:. be under taken in light of alternative financial capacity choices. Those decisions , ■A, 1 r I appropriately be made through a joint planning process with input from both county ad town on the desired urban standards for Hillsborough's transition areas. VA D. CaeIERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY LEVELS l!' Along with residential growth levels and intensities a suitable and desireabl. level (.1Z !t •- • I