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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: September 21, 2004 Action Agen~da~ Item No. SUBJECT: Efland/Mebane Small Area Plan Task Force DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners ATTACHMENT(S): 1. Land Use Element Map With Proposed Small Area Plan Boundary PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Baker, ext, 2130 Craig Benedict, ext. 2592 Tom Altieri, ext. 2579 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 245-2130 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider approving formation of the Efland/Mebane Small Area Plan Task Force and authorize the Clerk's office to advertise for volunteers. BACKGROUND: At the June 2, 2004 Board of Commissioners Meeting, as part of discussions on the expansion of sewer and/or water utilities to the Buckhorn Economic Development District (EDD), the need for the completion of a comprehensive small area plan far the Efland area was identified. This Item requests the formation of a task force to work with Planning and Inspections Department Staff to develop a draft small area plan for the Efland/Mebane area. The following provides the general scope for the proposed Efland/Mebane Small Area Plan Task Force and includes a proposal for: the mission, issues/questions for discussion, geographic extent, timeframe, and composition. MISSION The general mission of the Task Force is to evaluate the existing Land Use Element of the County's Comprehensive Plan, as it pertains to the Efland/Mebane area, and offer local perspective on whether the existing Land Use Element Map (See Attachment 1) categories of: 10-Year Transition, Residential (Gold); 20-Year Transition, Residential (Orange); Economic Development District (Lavender); Commercial/Industrial Activity Node (Purple); Resource Protection Areas (Green); and roadways are adequate in size, density, intensity, scale, or location to address changes that are occurring in the area.