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-GR <br />ANGEOGGUI NTY <br />'GIVINUSIGNEM, <br />H-Hill III L_zGMZG,LWxH Y M7 WNMDA'RDF_GF0MMl%MSI0NERS <br />OIll' RIANREOMIJ, NTRYFRLAANNIINM��. D <br />FrP-LMLII([G.,4,iE-ARil-N]G,,4kGE-NDAIIT'E ARSTRAGT <br />rNeefin, gTwate: ".May. 21,.2007 <br />i.on,,3A:,gerfda <br />1111te. MWX-.o. G.*1 <br />tfflJELW--: US '70/ Cornelius Street, Corridor Strategic Plan <br />H VA I; <br />X( T=Ffl, : IVIENTi S): <br />I. "Draft US 70 /Cornelius Street Corridor <br />Strategic Plan" (separate -document) <br />I pr -M R. mm, muff , rim <br />IIIINEOR,IWATION( MiNTWOT: <br />".Margaret Hauth, Town Planning Dir <br />Dianne Reid, OC EDC Dir <br />- Craig Benedict, • Plann-ing Dir <br />FTRUIRUIP-1 I : To. present findings and recommendations contained in the DraftEIIS,770/ <br />XT receive citizen comment, .and request :direction from <br />the Board of County Commissioners and Hillsborough Town Board of Commissioners. <br />i W ND: The US Street Task Force.:was formed --irf.May. 20% by a <br />coalition of Orange county economic development leaders, Orange County and Hillsborough <br />Town Board Commissioners, and: business owners and, re;idents' 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. professiona*ls, 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 <br />improvements in the following areas: transportation, crime and code enforcement, economic <br />development, development and redevelopment.. potential, landscaping and signage, and <br />compatibility:with other: planning:documents. The Task, Force:developed an -implementation <br />..plan that outlines specific tasks and a timeframe for those tasks to accomplish the <br />..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, <br />the corridor is- part of the larger area: being addressed in the jointly funded Hillsborough-Orange <br />