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5 <br /> 1 o $558,230.95 Granted <br /> 2 o 191 New Jobs <br /> 3 • Agriculture Grant Program (From FY15-16 — Present) <br /> 4 o 53 Grants Made <br /> 5 o $402,249.98 Granted <br /> 6 o 114 New Jobs <br /> 7 • Loan Fund (From 2009) <br /> 8 o 22 Loans Made <br /> 9 o $974,848 Loaned <br /> 10 • Commercial Businesses Connected to Sewer <br /> 11 o Morinaga <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Commissioner McKee asked if some of this money was used to connect businesses in <br /> 14 Carrboro to the sewer. <br /> 15 Steve Brantley, Economic Development Director, said yes; $27,000. <br /> 16 Commissioner Price asked if the average grant amount is known, and the number of <br /> 17 applicants. <br /> 18 Travis Myren said staff will get that information to the Board. <br /> 19 Mike Ortosky, Agriculture Economic Developer, said ag grants average about $8000, <br /> 20 and have about 20-30% more applicants. <br /> 21 Travis Myren resumed the presentation: <br /> 22 <br /> 23 Article 46 Performance Measures (chart: page 9) <br /> 24 Incentives Return on Investment <br /> 25 <br /> 26 Article 46 Sales Tax Projections (graph: page 10) <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Chair Dorosin noted the blue line on page 10, and asked if this referred to the Buckhorn <br /> 29 and Hillsborough EDDs only. <br /> 30 Travis Myren said it also refers to the Eno EDD. <br /> 31 Chair Dorosin asked if water and sewer are planned for the Eno EDD. <br /> 32 Travis Myren said yes, a $1.4 million project, but not all of those expenditures have been <br /> 33 made yet. He resumed the presentation: <br /> 34 <br /> 35 Economic Development and Land Use <br /> 36 Land Use Framework <br /> 37 • Annexation and Zoning <br /> 38 o Town/City Annexation Extinguishes County Zoning <br /> 39 o Interlocal Agreements Provide Joint Understanding/Boundaries of <br /> 40 Development <br /> 41 • Joint Land Use Agreement <br /> 42 o Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro <br /> 43 o Establishes Urban Growth Boundaries, Transition Areas, Rural Buffer <br /> 44 • Water and Sewer Management Planning and Boundary Agreement-map <br /> 45 o Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough <br /> 46 o Establishes Boundaries for Utility Extensions <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Appendix A: Water and Sewer Management Planning and Boundary Agreement (map: <br /> 49 page 12 <br /> 50 <br />