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15 1 would benefit by having certain components available for inspection when most accessible for 2 verification. 3 4 These inspections are intended to facilitate better construction projects by fostering a mutually 5 beneficial partnership between the building community and Inspections Division. The additional 6 inspections allow builders to choose the needed inspections individually, in combinations and 7 when they are most efficient to a project, which could help manage project costs. The Orange 8 County Inspections Division would have a greater variety of inspections for Building Safety 9 Officials to verify the multitude of elements and also offer more options to record the result each 10 inspection. Staff has been in contact with the Home Builders Association, which understands 11 the logic of the proposal, which is similar to the County's historic inspections suite of service. 12 13 Commissioner Marcoplos said this is a really good policy, and the flexibility that Orange 14 County provides is second to none, and this institutionalizes it. He thanked staff for the work it 15 has done. 16 Commissioner Price asked if the inspections will be the same, just completed at 17 different times. 18 Michael Rettie said yes, this will allow the builder and the County to spread the 19 inspections out in a more uniform, sequential manner. He said it also provides flexibility in 20 offering partial approvals, or non-critical items to another phase. 21 22 A motion as made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs for the 23 Board to approve and authorize the Chair to sign the attached Resolution, with associated 24 exhibits, provided at Attachment 1. 25 26 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 27 28 Added item: 29 d. Regarding Land Use Plan Amendments— Process to Expand Hillsborough 30 Economic Development Area (EDD) 31 32 Tom Altieri, Transportation Planning, gave a brief intro: 33 34 TO: Board of County Commissioners 35 FROM: Craig Benedict, Orange County Planning Director 36 Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning Supervisor 37 DATE: August 15, 2018 38 SUBJECT: Land Use Plan Amendments — Process to Expand Hillsborough 39 Economic Development Area (EDD) 40 41 In September 2017, the BOCC approved an Amendment Outline Form authorizing staff to 42 proceed in processing amendments to expand the Hillsborough area EDD through a Joint Land 43 Use Plan amendment, which requires approvals by the Town of Hillsborough and Orange 44 County, and a companion County Comprehensive Plan amendment. These amendments were 45 triggered by the County's request to expand the Hillsborough Primary Service Area, as provided 46 by the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement (WASMPBA). 47 However, the amendments to expand the EDD were postponed to allow for additional 48 coordination between the Town and County to gain a better and mutual understanding of the 49 desired future land uses for the area. Later, the amendments were further postponed to learn