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49 <br /> Roll call ensued <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> PUBLIC COMMENT: <br /> NONE <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Price to <br /> continue the public hearing on September 22, 2020. <br /> Roll call ensued. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> c. Proposed Amendments to the Town of Hillsborough/Orange County Central <br /> Orange Coordinated Area (COCA) Land Use Plan and to the Orange County <br /> Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map (FLUM) <br /> The Board held a public hearing, receive the Planning Board recommendation and public <br /> comment, close the public hearing, and schedule action for a specific future date on a County <br /> initiated request to amend the: <br /> • Town of Hillsborough/Orange County Central Orange Coordinated Area (COCA) Land <br /> Use Plan, and <br /> • Orange County Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map (FLUM). The amendments <br /> to these long-range plans work together to expand the southern boundary of the <br /> Hillsborough Economic Development area. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Orange County and the Town of Hillsborough have been discussing potential expansion of the <br /> Hillsborough Economic Development area for several years as the County continued work <br /> towards investing in a sewer "trunk line", south of Interstate 40 and west of Old Highway 86, in <br /> accordance with its Capital Improvement Plan developed in 2012. With an eye towards <br /> maximizing the use of the sewer line, there is interest in designating additional lands that could <br /> be served via a "gravity sewer line" for non-residential purposes. In addition, Orange County <br /> evaluates the amount of land available for economic development, and due to lands being <br /> developed as the UNC Hospital and Durham Technical Community College over the last few <br /> years, the limited supply in this area was considered for expansion. <br /> At its June 6, 2017 meeting, the BOCC approved amendments to the Water and Sewer <br /> Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement (WASMPBA) to expand the Hillsborough <br /> Primary Service Area. All parties have since approved the WASMPBA amendment, with the <br /> Town of Hillsborough Board as the last party to approve it in October 2017. Because of <br /> language included in the approval resolutions, the WASMPBA amendment is to become <br /> effective when the joint land use plan is amended to reflect the expanded Urban Service Area <br /> and assigned a future land use classification. Some of these background details, including <br /> notice to the Board when the land use plan amendments would be forthcoming, were included <br /> as an Information Item on the Board's June 16, 2020 agenda. The link to that Information Item <br /> is: http://server3.co.orange.nc.us:8088/WebLink/0/doc/62679/Pagel.aspx <br />