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6.3 JOINT STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN — SCOPE OF WORK <br />POSSIBILITIES FOR CONSULTANT <br />1. Identify areas within the Town of Hillsborough Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) <br />and along its fringe within Orange County's planning jurisdiction that can be <br />serviced with public water and sewer: <br />• With currently available water supplies and with West Fork Eno Reservoir at full <br />capacity. <br />• For sewer, areas that can be served by gravity flow with a minimal number of lift <br />stations. <br />• Analyze their relationship to find common service coverage areas. <br />2. Study the relationship between areas that can be serviced with public water and <br />sewer (identified through item 1 above) and the location of Orange County Land <br />Use Element Transition Areas, and provide recommendations for Transition Areas <br />as appropriate: <br />• Develop figures on amount and type of development (residential and non- <br />residential) that can be supported by water and sewer. <br />• Provide a water and sewer extension trend analysis to see if a change in <br />development patterns is desirable. Cost estimates for various styles of <br />development (i.e., traditional neighborhood development and "smart growth ") <br />should be provided. <br />• Review funding options, traditional as well as innovative. <br />3. Recommendations, if any, for changes (text and /or map) to: <br />• Water and Sewer Management Planning and Boundary Agreement <br />• Upper Eno Capacity Use Agreement <br />• County Land Use Element Urban Transition Area plan <br />4. Evaluate the: <br />• Transportation impacts of various land use scenarios. <br />• Land use impacts of various transportation scenarios. <br />• Consistency of transportation projects that cross jurisdictional lines. <br />5. Demarcate a boundary between urban and rural developments with <br />recommendations for maintaining desired character in both areas. <br />6. Estimate the demand for other public services for both jurisdictions (based on <br />population projections) in the Transition Areas including but not limited to <br />recreation and parks, transportation system, aging, schools, public safety (town <br />police and fire), transit, and economic development; and recommendations for any <br />required actions. This permits evaluation of comprehensive impacts. <br />Orange County/Town of Hillsborough <br />Urban Transition Area Task Force Report Page 15 <br />