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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 12, 2006 <br />Action Agenda. <br />Item No. q ~ C <br />SUBJECT: Hillsborough-Orange County Strategic Growth Plan: Phase One <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Draft Minutes -Nov. 20, 2006 QPH <br />2. 12-01-06 Memo from Roger Waldon re: <br />"Post-Hearing Revisions to SGP" <br />3. Notes from Dec. 6, 2006 PB Meeting <br />4. Revised Town of Hillsborough/Orange <br />County Strategic Growth Plan - (Under <br />Separate Cover) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director <br />245-2592 <br />PURPOSE:; To consider a decision on Phase One recommendations contained in the jointly <br />prepared Hillsborough and Orange County Strategic Growth Plan. <br />BACKGROUND: Phase One includes the `Small Area Plan Report.' Small area plans set the: <br />• General purpose of the planning study area; <br />• Examine the present conditions of planning issues such as land use patterns, utility and <br />roadway infrastructure, etc. and trend future conditions; <br />• Plan for the future within the sustainability constraints of resources (natural, fiscal, and <br />public service) which are then programmed for location and intensity; <br />• Jurisdictional planning review guidelines to promote an efficient and coordinated orderly <br />pattern of growth - in this case, a cooperative planning agreement between the Town of <br />Hillsborough and Orange County; and <br />• Implementation strategy, but not the actual regulatory land use and zoning changes or <br />interlocal agreements which are the next formal. stage (i.e., Phase Two). <br />Overall, Phase One is the master concept plan for urban and surrounding rural areas and <br />associated planning jurisdiction processes.. <br />Growth pressures within the Town of Hillsborough, as well as in adjacent areas of Orange <br />County jurisdiction where the Town provides water and sewer services, prompted the Town and <br />County to enter into a joint planning process to develop a `Small Area Plan' (SAP). There are <br />limitations to water resources, so the efficient and locational allocation of these and other <br />resources are paramount. A Town of Hillsborough and Orange County Steering Committee <br />has worked for the past year with the assistance of planning consultants (Clarion) to prepare the <br />