Agenda - 09-15-20; 5-c - Proposed Amendments to the Town of Hillsborough - OC Central Orange Coordinated Area (COCA) Land Use Plan and to the OC Comp Plan Future Land Use Map (FLUM)

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Tom Altieri: That is correct. There are just a few parcels that are addressed in the COCA Land Use Plan on the 56 north side of the amendment area that are also covered in the County’s Future Land Use map so there’s a little 57 overlap there. That’s why when we’re looking at amendments to the COCA Land Use Plan the acreage amount is 58 different from the County’s Land Use Plan. I can point those out if you’d like to see the differences, I know you have 59 the maps in your packets but there is just a few parcels and a few acres difference between the two amendments 60 and that’s right along the northern boundary of the amendment area. 61 62 Melissa Poole: Will you flip back – I think it was 17, one of the maps where it had the star. (Map was shown) This is 63 currently Rural Residential and the star is where the RTLP is planned to go. 64 65 Tom Altieri: Correct. 66 67 Melissa Poole: So, I guess my questions is that it seems like we are doing this backwards, for me if this is Rural 68 Residential then why is RTLP planned to go there but we are only now talking about rezoning? It seems like we are 69 doing this backwards. Am I misunderstanding? 70 71 Tom Altieri: What we are doing is responding to the Town’s expansion of its Urban Services area and we are 72 reflecting that on the Joint Land Use Plan with Hillsborough and when that’s done, we need to apply a Future Land 73 Use category to the map and that is the addition of the Suburban Office Complex. We also need to add a County 74 Land Use classification which is Economic Development District. The County is not proposing rezoning so this 12 75 acres would stay R1. However, there is another item on your agenda tonight where the developer is initiating a 76 process to also amend the zoning, not just for the 12 acres where the star is, but for a couple of the parcels to the 77 north as well. I hope that answers your question. These are really separate amendments. We have a County 78 initiated amendment to implement the expansion of the Town’s Urban Services Area that is different and separate 79 from the developer’s proposal and the rezoning required for RTLP. It’s just a matter of the two amendments share 12 80 acres. Does that help? 81 82 Melissa Poole: Yes, thank you. 83 84 David Blankfard: Ok, we will take comments from the public. Please say your name and if you received a letter from 85 the County about this amendment. Thank you. 86 87 Franklin Garland: My name is Franklin Garland and I live off of Ode Turner Road. It seems like this was tried 88 already and I have a lot to say. Some people have ceded their time to me because I have spent the last two weeks 89 actually doing research. Nobody on the south side of the I-40 wants this, ok, the residents. There’s approximately 90 2000 residents that get involved in this. I know that you’re looking at just one particular piece of land out there but 91 what does the public, what do the people of Orange County have to say about this? I am looking at the Code of 92 Ethics, I’m looking at the Mission Statements, it says here “serve the residents of Orange County” “our residents 93 come first”. Now the residents don’t want this, ok. I know that, I personally put out 2000 flyers last week and it’s 94 unanimous out there that nobody wants it. So how can you force this on us, ok. Even though we don’t want it. That’s 95 another question for the Planning and Inspections Board out here. I have many, many questions that go along here 96 and I’m going to read a statement later on that maybe clarifies a whole lot but right now, my main question is what 97 give you the right to just force this on us? Anybody? Want to care to answer? Who’s win? 98 99 David Blankfard: Your elected officials, they are the ones that started this with the Town... (interrupted) 100 101 Franklin Garland: So our elected officials… 102 103 David Blankfard: Hold on, let me finish, your elected officials are the ones that started this land use planning, years 104 and years ago so I don’t know what to tell you. 105 106 Franklin Garland: in 1991, this was planned as an EDD, actually all this area out here was rural, and it was 107 designated possibly as an Economic Development Area because I-40 wasn’t in place then. Once I-40 went in place, 108 I believe in 1984, actually you said 1981. It actually was designated as is and this is 39 years ago. This whole area 109 has grown to be residential now. It’s no longer open space and rural and like I said it’s a whole lot of people out 110 there. If our elected officials are choosing to do this, why are they going in there with perceived ideas, and already 111 8