Agenda - 06-06-2017-12-5 - Information Item – Update on Chatham Orange Joint Planning Task Force

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INFORMATION ITEM 1 PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director Current Planning 131 W. Margaret Lane (919) 245-2575 Suite 201 (919) 644-3002 (FAX) ORAN�� w„ VU a P. O. Box 8181 www.orangecountync.gov yi 1' AR( I N M Hillsborough, NC 27278 k�1��10y1117rifil a r nm � lr�0)U��IIIV � � „ ll1A � �� yl �� ° f✓ �' r ////1; A alb M d//a,,, ,rr MEMORANDUM TO: Board of County Commissioners Bonnie B. Hammersley, County Manager FROM: Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Planning Director DATE: June 6, 2017 SUBJECT: Information Item — Update on Chatham/Orange Joint Planning Task Force Please accept the following memorandum regarding the Chatham/Orange Joint Planning Task Force. Background In 2009, Chatham and Orange Counties developed a task force to discuss topics of mutual interest including transportation, water resources, comprehensive planning, environmental corridors, and population and employment projections. These quarterly meetings also included other interested parties (via appointments by representative boards) such as the towns and OWASA. The task force was "sunsetted” in 2010, however, because of recently renewed interest, Chatham and Orange County staffs have met over the last few months to discuss the format and reconvening of a new task force. The suggested parameters of the meetings are tentatively as follows: • Quarterly meetings: The Task Force's Chair would rotate by host including staff support and summary minutes as necessary. • Composition (besides Orange and Chatham Counties): Towns of Pittsboro, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and OWASA appointment (each as necessary for topics of mutual interest) • Topics of Discussion: • Comprehensive planning including land use and demographics; • Traffic and transportation including corridor planning; • Public transit including rural systems; • Water resources and regulations including Jordan Lake; • Economic development; • Broadband;