Agenda - 12-04-2017 - 8-a - Minutes

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8 1 Commissioner Marcoplos said he noticed that schools are an allowable land use, and 2 clarified that a school can be sited there, but there is no land designated for a school in this 3 area. 4 Michael Harvey said yes, there is no designated area. He said the Applicant did request 5 that a school be an allowed use, but noted that staff's recommendation is that any school 6 developed in this project only be allowed subject to the review and approval of a class A Special 7 Use Permit (SUP) by the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), which is consistent with the 8 current standards of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). 9 Commissioner Marcoplos asked if there is currently a need for a school on this land. 10 Michael Harvey said that is his understanding. 11 Commissioner Marcoplos said asked if it is likely that the district could fill up with other 12 commercial projects, and there would be no room for schools. 13 Michael Harvey said yes. 14 Commissioner Price referred to the water and sewer agreement with the Town of 15 Hillsborough, and asked if the Town would be providing water and sewer at its discretion, 16 regardless of the wishes of the BOCC. She asked if the Town has control. 17 Michael Harvey said Craig Benedict, Planning Director, may be better able to answer 18 that question. He referred to page 96 of the abstract packet, and said the first recommended 19 condition is that approval of the project does not constitute the guarantee that utility services 20 shall be provided and/or extended by the Town of Hillsborough. He reminded the BOCC that 21 the County is involved in extending a sewer line under the interstate that could possibly serve 22 District I, but with no guarantee to service District II. He said it is regularly repeated that any an 23 all utility hook-ups have to be approved by the Town of Hillsborough for a project that is 24 developed as a part of this overall project. He said it is conceivable the Town could say there is 25 no capacity, and could not sign off on a particular site plan being approved allowing for 26 connection to the system, and thus the County could not approve the site plan based on the 27 conditions associated with this project. 28 Craig Benedict said Michael Harvey is correct, with one clarification. He said there are 29 two districts. He said District I is the SW corner, and the interlocal agreement with Hillsborough 30 is just focused on this quadrant. He said anything that is within 108,000 gallons per day usage, 31 consistent with the joint land use plan, would be consistent with Hillsborough signing a 32 developer's agreement for that quadrant. He said the same assurances do not exist in the SE 33 quadrant, the retail area. He said this area is not part of the interlocal agreement, and the 34 developer would have to independently get a utility extension agreement. He said this is the 35 area where Hillsborough does have more authority. 36 Commissioner Price asked if the Development Advisory Committee could be defined. 37 Michael Harvey said this is an in-house staff committee that reviews site plans. 38 Commissioner Price asked if the tax benefits of this project, to Orange County, could be 39 identified. 40 Michael Harvey said the applicant would be better to answer that question, and it is 41 included in the application. 42 Commissioner Jacobs referred to the school site, and said any information pertaining to 43 this topic should be communicated to the Orange County Schools (OCS) system, and ask OCS 44 to respond in writing regarding the need for schools. He said it is important to envelope OCS 45 into this development process. 46 Michael Harvey said it is denoted in the abstract that staff has concerns about a school 47 in this project, but the Applicant has the ability to petition this as part of his application. 48 Commissioner Burroughs asked if the Applicant was proposing a school in a specific 49 District. 50 Michael Harvey said District I. 51 Commissioner Burroughs agreed with Commissioner Jacobs to engage the OCS to 52 comment on this issue, but noted there is the SAPFO process in place. 53 Commissioner Rich referred to the water situation, and asked if District II has an 54 interlocal agreement.