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Approved 11/01/2017 23 Kevin Nicholson said that in regards the economic development zoning in the ‘80s, he would not know anything 1161 about such a plan formed when he was a kid. Will economic development zoning continue down Davis Rd or 1162 continue towards Carrboro? 1163 1164 Craig Benedict said that even though economic development plans have been around for 30 years, and they have 1165 only gotten this far. The long range planning in Orange County focused on interchanges, like at Mt. Willing Rd., 1166 Buckhorn Rd., and there will be plans for the US 70 I-85 interchange in the Eno Township. There are about 3,000 1167 acres of land zoned for economic development and Staff does not see an expansion. He also noted the Water and 1168 Sewer Boundary Agreement (WASMPBA) between Hillsborough, OWASA, Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Orange 1169 County. This boundary starts around Davis Rd. and flows north towards the Hillsborough sewer system. From the 1170 south of the Davis Rd. ridge, it flows towards Jordan Lake. The department has a compact development pattern that 1171 keeps it development clustered as close to cities and towns as possible and will not be running down Old 86 or new 1172 86. 1173 1174 Kevin Nicholson said that he knows that the Board is going to do what they are going to do. If he had the kind of 1175 money that developers had, he would buy all that land and keep it the way it was. He thanked Board members for 1176 their time. 1177 1178 Lydia Wegman thanked Mr. Nicholson for coming to the meeting. 1179 1180 John Lemaine introduced himself as a taxpaper who lives in a community off of David Rd. which is outside of the 1181 1,000 ft. boundary. He said that he would be most considered if there was a District 3 at this point. He thanked Mr. 1182 Harvey for his explanations but said that he was still unclear. Is the plan to change District 3 from rural to economic 1183 development of some sort? He said that this is different than the established zoning of District 1 and 2. He said that a 1184 change in zoning for District 3 would establish a change to the community and he is concerned about this. He said 1185 that he did not quite follow the process of when District 3 would come-up again. Could he get some clarification 1186 please? 1187 1188 Michael Harvey said that District 3 was explained in the application, it would have single family and multifamily 1189 housing with nursing and continuing care facilities; it would be an age-restricted development. It is intended to be 1190 high-intensity senior living community. District 3 is not being reviewed tonight. If the Planning Board recommends the 1191 approval of this project tonight, it will not include District 3. District 3 is currently zoned Rural Residential, a 1192 residentially-zoned parcel of property, and this proposal calls for a higher intensity residential land use than is 1193 currently permitted. Staff has recommended that all discussion on District 3 be tabled and that sounded like the 1194 Planning Board wanted the BOCC to refer this part of the plan back to the Planning Board at a future date, if the 1195 externalities keeping them from reviewing it tonight are modified, allowing District 3 to move forward. However, 1196 District 3 may have to be modified or abandoned, and the developer will need to decide what action he will take. 1197 Staff’s recommendation to the Board is that they table and wait for further input from elected officials. As mentioned, 1198 there will be meetings with the Town and County elected officials regarding how the southern portion of this area will 1199 be developed. He recognized that Margaret Hauth, Planning Director, was present and should correct him if he is 1200 wrong, but he said that the Town was interested in purposeful extension of economic development and opportunities 1201 that can be served by the Town. At this juncture, District 3 is a non-issue and the only recommendation for it is for all 1202 talk of it to be delayed until everyone can make an informed decision about it. 1203 1204 Tony Blake said that there is potentially a capacity issue for water and sewer that still needs to be discussed. 1205 1206 Michael Harvey agreed with this statement and said that a reason that the conditions read the way they read is to 1207 anticipate the eventuality of the capacity issue. A process will have to be established regarding how a developer with 1208 a site plan can work with the Town. 1209 1210 Tony Blake said that regardless of the proposal, the set of uses would not be permitted in District 3. 1211 1212