Agenda - 10-17-2017 - 8-a - Minutes

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5 1 Craig Benedict, Planning Director, said this has been a project involving many County 2 departments and the Town of Hillsborough. He said this item was in front of the Board of 3 County Commissioners (BOCC) on May 2nd when the BOCC approved it, and it subsequently 4 went to the Town, who wanted more specific language to be consistent with the joint plan. He 5 said the addition of the changes included that this has to do with non-residential development; 6 there is a capacity of 108,000 gallons; and the agreement lasts for five years. 7 Craig Benedict said there was previous consideration of expanding the water and sewer 8 boundary agreement. He said the County approved this expansion, contingent upon 9 Hillsborough's approval. He said Hillsborough has not yet approved this item, and so this does 10 not affect or include a larger area. He said this can be amended at a later date if needed. 11 Craig Benedict said this does not mandate annexation into the Town, but a resident who 12 wanted water and sewer agreement would sign a voluntary annexation agreement to be acted 13 upon by Hillsborough at such time in the future. 14 Commissioner Rich asked if the residential annexation could be clarified. 15 Craig Benedict said there would have to be a voluntary annexation agreement, which is 16 a signed document that does not cause the process to begin, but Hillsborough would have it in 17 hand, and could act upon it at a later date. 18 Commissioner Rich asked if there are other examples of where this has happened. 19 Craig Benedict said this would also occur in the Eno Economic Development District 20 (EDD), and Mebane annexation zones. 21 22 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Rich for the 23 Board to: 24 1. Receive the interlocal agreement between Orange County and the Town of Hillsborough 25 as detailed in this abstract and contained in Attachment 1; and 26 2. Authorize the Chair to sign the interlocal agreement with County Manager approval for 27 outlined aspects of the agreement pending County Attorney review. 28 29 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 30 31 b. Expansion of the Role of the HOME Program Review Committee and Renaming 32 the Committee as the "Orange County Local Government Affordable Housing 33 Collaborative" 34 The Board reviewed and considered an expanded scope of the HOME Program Review 35 Committee. The expanded scope would allow for broader discussions about, as well as seek 36 collaborative solutions to affordable housing issues in the County. In addition, the expansion 37 serves as a response to community input shared during discussions on the 2016 Affordable 38 Housing Bond as it relates to intergovernmental collaboration. 39 40 BACKGROUND: 41 The Orange County HOME Program Consortium was formed in 1992 to receive federal HOME 42 Program funds. Partners in the Consortium include the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and 43 Hillsborough, as well as Orange County. In 2000, several elected officials from the participating 44 jurisdictions expressed an interest in having more involvement in the evaluation of funding 45 applications and development of the annual HOME Program Plan. Thus the Orange County 46 HOME Program Review Committee was approved by all participating jurisdictions in the 47 Consortium. Initially the Committee met on a quarterly basis. In recent years, the Committee 48 has met during the budget period to evaluate funding applications. 49