Agenda - 11-14-2017 - D.1 - Zoning Atlas Amendment: Conditional Zoning —Master Plan Development

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77 District 1 agreement because the County is involved with getting the sewer system under the interstate and beginning the loop of a water system to support that project and more. Michael Harvey said that Staff's recommendation is for the Board to receive this application, to deliberate, and consider the following recommendation: Table action on District 3 with a recommendation to the elected officials that this area (District 3) come back to the Planning Board for continued review and discussion for your April 2018 meeting. If there is action that would enable District 3 to be acted upon by the County, the Board would have sufficient time to do so. Staff wants to avoid the unnecessary re-advertisements if the Planning Board can review this at a later time after the elected officials make a recommendation. Tony Blake asked if NIMs for District 3 are done. Michael Harvey replied that the NIMs for the entire project are done. He continued with the recommendation. Staff recommends that the Board approve the Statement of Consistency in Attachment 6 with the provision that any references to property in District 3 be eliminated; approve the ordinance, Attachment 7, which has already been modified to eliminate references to District 3. Mr. Harvey said that he will fix some errors in Attachment 7 at the appropriate time, once he gets more direction from the Board. He turned the presentation over to the applicant. Someone from the audience asked when the public would be able to make comments. Lydia Wegman replied that the applicant will make his presentation and then the public will be invited to speak. Jim Parker introduced himself and said that he is representing Old NC 86 Partners as the developer and applicant. He also introduced the engineer for the project, Ariel Gamboa from Summit Engineering and Ed Sergainey, Traffic Engineer. Mr. Parker said that Michael Harvey and Craig Benedict did such an extensive presentation that he would not show the same maps again, but would focus on the history of the project as he and his partners see it, and then take questions, listen to the public and try to respond. He said that he has lived and worked in Hillsborough for over 30 years, and in that time, has worked on various development. He and his partners are very familiar with the County and the Town from working and living in the area for many, many years. The County has had its Economic Development Districts (EDDs)for a long time and they are meant to provide economic benefit for the County and the Town. He said that they saw the Hillsborough EDD as a gem. The subject area has one of the best interchanges in the County and it is close to Hillsborough. He said that he believes the development will provide a transportation market, a transient market. This does not mean that the development is not of quality or second rate in relation to this market; but it is positioned well to provide economic development and benefit the tax base. For the last 2.5 years, Mr. Parker and his partners have been assembling properties in the southeast quadrant (showed a map). He said that they set the template for the development for the site plans that would occur in this area. The land uses presented mirror what the County has already identified as viable for the subject properties. He said that they are bringing an assembled mass that will spur development. It is very difficult for development to occur on a 1 acre property, but the properties collectively together give the uses a palette through which the development can occur. Mr. Parker thanked the Board for its consideration of this project and hopes that they will vote favorably for it. He said that they are here to answer questions. Lydia Wegman thanked him for the time he put into evolving project and for involving the Planning Department, Michael Harvey in particular. She recognized Paul Guthrie to ask a question. Paul Guthrie said as a follow-up to his previous question, has asked Mr. Parker if he had any conversations with the Town of Hillsborough about who is going to pay for the expansion of water services and treatment facilities if necessary. Jim Parker replied that in regards to utilities within the site, within the public right-of-way, other than the sewer and water infrastructure discussed by Mr. Harvey and Mr. Benedict, the developer would pay for it. He said that there is capacity, but they have not yet identified what may be needed to improve the capacity for the development. At this point, they do not know exactly the volume, based on the buildings. Development will be done on a piece-by-piece