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14 697 Paul Guthrie asked a couple of questions: Has there been a formal analysis on the capacity with potential increases 698 for water and sewer? And to what level? 699 700 Michael Harvey said that he will let the applicant answer that question. 701 702 Paul Guthrie asked - Who is going to pay for the expansion of the facilities if Hillsborough takes on the responsibility? 703 Will the water supply be from Hillsborough? 704 705 Michael Harvey said that was not a question he could answer. 706 707 Paul Guthrie asked about a transmission line about a block-and-a-half from the site. Have there been discussions 708 with the power company about this line? 709 710 Michael Harvey replied that no, there have not because no site plan has been submitted yet. While Staff knows there 711 is service availability, it is currently unclear which use will be reviewed for approval first. It is incumbent upon the 712 developer to make improvements on utilities for the good of the project, just like any developer in Orange County 713 when it comes to utility upgrades. As site plans come-in, the Town of Hillsborough will decide if they can handle 714 capacity, and if they cannot, the use cannot be approved. 715 716 Paul Guthrie asked if the developer will pay for additional costs associated with this. 717 718 Michael Harvey responded that if a developer wants utility upgrades for a project, they will have to pay for it. He 719 cannot comment for the Town of Hillsborough. 720 721 Paul Guthrie noted that there has been an interesting dialogue going on with Hillsborough on this project, as he read 722 in the materials provided. 723 724 Michael Harvey agreed and said that most of that dialogue is on District 3. Ms. Hauth’s letter voicing concern over the 725 Town serving a residential project this far south, outside the Town’s corporate limits, is included in the materials given 726 to the Board. These are the issues to discuss further. 727 728 Paul Guthrie said that Hillsborough will have to weigh capacity of water needs/use based on what gets built on the 729 site. 730 731 Michael Harvey replied that applicants have to provide information for site plan review to figure out these very issues. 732 733 Craig Benedict said that in regards to water capacity for District 1, the agreement that the County has with 734 Hillsborough does have a certain allocation – 108,000 gallons/day. This is part of the agreement in that area. Any 735 uses that come forward will have to spread-out over the 148 acres or so to accommodate the capacity. For other 736 issues outside of District 1, District 2, and possibly District 3, there will have to be an independent agreement 737 between Hillsborough and the developer to negotiate water and sewer consumption. The County is involved with the 738 District 1 agreement because the County is involved with getting the sewer system under the interstate and 739 beginning the loop of a water system to support that project and more. 740 741 Michael Harvey said that Staff’s recommendation is for the Board to receive this application, to deliberate, and 742 consider the following recommendation: Table action on District 3 with a recommendation to the elected officials that 743 this area (District 3) come back to the Planning Board for continued review and discussion for your April 2018 744 meeting. If there is action that would enable District 3 to be acted upon by the County, the Board would have 745 sufficient time to do so. Staff wants to avoid the unnecessary re-advertisements if the Planning Board can review this 746 at a later time after the elected officials make a recommendation. 747 748 Tony Blake asked if NIMs for District 3 are done. 749 750 18