Minutes 10-06-2020 Virtual Business Meeting

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13 a. Proposed Amendments to the Town of Hillsborough/Orange County Central Orange Coordinated Area (COCA) Land Use Plan and to the Orange County Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map (FLUM) The Board considered voting to approve a resolution on a County-initiated request amending the Town of Hillsborough/Orange County Central Orange Coordinated Area (COCA) Land Use Plan, and the Orange County Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map (FLUM). Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning Supervisor, said the order of the planning items this evening is typical, especially when considering changes to land use plans and zoning in the same geographies, in whole or part. He said this maintains consistency. He said the two rezoning items do include such a statement of consistency. He said this practice was reversed at September meetings, to allow the public the opportunity to speak. He said the public hearing on RTLP was spread across two meetings to accommodate public comment. He said the land use amendments this evening are not for RTLP, but rather an extension of a process started in 2017. He said the Planning Board, staff, and County Manager recommend approval of RTLP, but approving the land use plans does not guarantee the approval of RTLP. He said if the BOCC chooses not to approve the land use plans, it should do so because it no longer supports the existing plan, rather than being opposed to RTLP. He reviewed the following information: BACKGROUND: Orange County and the Town of Hillsborough have been discussing potential expansion of the Hillsborough Economic Development area for several years as the County continued work towards investing in a sewer"trunk line", south of Interstate 40 and west of Old Highway 86, in accordance with its Capital Improvement Plan developed in 2012. With an eye towards maximizing the use of the sewer line, there is interest in designating additional lands that could be served via a "gravity sewer line" for non-residential purposes. In addition, Orange County evaluates the amount of land available for economic development, and due to lands being developed as the UNC Hospital and Durham Technical Community College over the last few years, the limited supply in this area was considered for expansion. At its June 6, 2017 meeting, the BOCC approved amendments to the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement (WASMPBA) to expand the Hillsborough Primary Service Area. All parties have since approved the WASMPBA amendment, with the Town of Hillsborough Board as the last party to approve it in October 2017. Because of language included in the approval resolutions, the WASMPBA amendment is to become effective when the joint land use plan is amended to reflect the expanded Urban Service Area and assigned a future land use classification. Some of these background details, including notice to the Board when the land use plan amendments would be forthcoming, were included as an Information Item on the Board's June 16, 2020 agenda. The link to that Information Item is: http://server3.co.orange.nc.us:8088MebLink/0/doc/62679/Pagel.aspx In accordance with the provisions of Section 2.3 Comprehensive Plan Amendments of the Unified Development Ordinance, the Planning Director has initiated amendments to the Central Orange Coordinated Area (COCA) Land Use Plan and to the Orange County Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map (FLUM) in the vicinity of the southern portion of the Hillsborough Area Economic Development District. The amendments related to COCA affect 17 parcels (in whole or part) encompassing 84 acres. The amendments related to the FLUM affect 20 parcels (in whole or part) encompassing 89 acres. The COCA proposed land use category is Suburban Office and the FLUM proposed category is Economic Development. These related amendments