Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 2, 2017 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-a <br /> SUBJECT: Interlocal Agreement with Town of Hillsborough Related to the Construction and <br /> Operation of Water and Sewer Facilities in the Hillsborough Area Economic <br /> Development Zone <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Interlocal Agreement Craig N. Benedict, Planning & <br /> a. Hillsborough Area Economic Inspections Director, 919-245-2592 <br /> Development District Utility Service John Roberts, Staff Attorney, 919-245- <br /> Boundary 2318 <br /> b. Hillsborough Area WASMPBA Travis Myren, Deputy County Manager, <br /> Designations Map 919-245-2308 <br /> PURPOSE: To review and approve an interlocal agreement with the Town of Hillsborough that <br /> sets forth conditions of utility installation and operation with associated land use consistency <br /> with prior cooperative planning efforts. <br /> BACKGROUND: Orange County and the Town of Hillsborough have been coordinating <br /> planning efforts around the common interest land fringes of the Town of Hillsborough since <br /> 2002. These efforts led to more formalized 2007 acceptance of an area `Strategic Growth Plan' <br /> and the pursuit of an interlocal agreement that proposed additional implementation steps by <br /> both local governments. This included joint land use plans and water and sewer boundary <br /> analysis and amendment. <br /> The majority of the implementation actions have been completed and the September 12, 2016 <br /> Quarterly Public Hearing noted some further refinement of the earlier principals of the growth <br /> plan — specifically, to reinforce the preservation of the economic development of areas near the <br /> intersection of 1-40 and Old NC 86 for primarily non-residential land use activities. Interchange <br /> areas are limited and valuable for office, light industrial and retail development. Accordingly <br /> Orange County had designated this area, primarily outside the Town of Hillsborough ETJ areas <br /> but noted on the County land use plan since the 1980's, as economic development. <br /> (Waterstone was once one of these areas). <br /> Being so noted, Orange County sought to bolster the area's potential by facilitating utility <br /> extension and accordingly adding this to the Article 46 Capital Investment Plan (CIP) projects <br /> list. A prerequisite to utility extension is a utility agreement (such as prior agreements with the <br /> City of Mebane (2002) and City of Durham (2010) to set forth conditions where Orange County <br />