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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 3, 2018 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-f <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Planning Document Amendment Outline Form – Efland-Buckhorn-Mebane Area <br />Access Management Plan Update <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Planning Document Amendment <br />Outline Form – Efland-Buckhorn- <br />Mebane Access Management Plan <br />Update <br /> <br /> <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: (919) <br />Nishith Trivedi, Transportation Planner, <br />245-2582 <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director, 245- <br />2575 <br />Tom Altieri, Planner III, 245-2579 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To initiate an update to the Efland-Buckhorn-Mebane Access Management Plan (E- <br />B-M AMP). <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: In order to better promote economic development opportunities and help <br />preserve planned sewer and road capacities for all land uses within the E-B-M AMP planning <br />area, the Planning Director is suggesting consideration of updates to the current Access <br />Management Plan. This update will utilize a 2017 Transportation Report for the Efland- <br />Buckhorn-Mebane Study Area to renew and replace the original 2011 Efland-Buckhorn-Mebane <br />Economic Development District Access Management Plan. In a few cases, it will also <br />incorporate other road and intersection improvements recommended by planning staff. This <br />process does not include any Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) amendments. <br /> <br />The original Efland-Buckhorn-Mebane Access Management Plan was adopted on November <br />15, 2011 and implemented a recommendation of the Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan (2006). It <br />also served as a tool for implementing the 2030 Comprehensive Plan (2008) principles, goals <br />and objectives. <br /> <br />The original plan consisted of multiple access management strategies and was completed with <br />limited on-site analysis. However, this plan was instrumental in gaining North Carolina <br />Department of Transportation (NCDOT) acceptance and participation in roadwork improvements <br />necessary to serve the Morinaga America Foods factory, which opened in 2016. Developments <br />like this along with increased residential growth in Hillsborough and commercial expansion in <br />Mebane, especially growth’s impact on traffic, demonstrate the plan’s importance. <br /> <br />1