Agenda - 04-06-2021; 8-a - Minutes

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10 1 to different needs and priorities of property owners. He said there is no intent to grow, and 2 Mebane is responding to a development request. 3 Chris Rollins, Mebane City Manager, said there is some land in the back that would link 4 to the City limits. He said the Buckhorn area is one of the hottest markets in the 1-40/1-85 5 corridor right now, and he would not be surprised to see site plans submitted in the next 3-6 6 months. He said there is a rumor that Area B is already under contract for a housing 7 development. He said the properties annexed in non-contiguous spots are due to requests by 8 property owners. 9 Commissioner Dorosin said the utilities already run through the high priority areas, which 10 makes sense why they are the focus. 11 Craig Benedict said the Comprehensive plan was completed in 2008, and is updated 12 every 5-8 years. He said staff is waiting on 2020 census results, which will be used to create a 13 new comprehensive plan by looking at trends, population and growth. He said this new plan will 14 require a lot of public input, and took 2 years last time it was updated. He said staff will go 15 around the County explaining the trends to residents. He said the process will likely start early 16 2022. 17 Everette Greene asked if there has been any engagement, thus far, with residents on 18 the comprehensive plan. He said the area will be developed by the time the plan is updated. 19 Chair Price said there has not been a lot of public engagement on new development 20 plans. She said there has not been an open meeting in Orange County. 21 Jesse Day said there were mailings in the area for the November public involvement 22 meeting with the City of Mebane and the meeting with Mebane, PTRC, and County Planning 23 Department. 24 Commissioner Greene referred to an area on the map at the corner of Bowman Road, 25 which is a housing development. She clarified that this was an annexed after a developer 26 requested it to be so. 27 Staff indicated yes. 28 Commissioner Greene asked if Mebane could create a plan, where it would refuse to 29 annex areas not covered by infrastructure, if the land is not in the future growth plan for 30 Mebane. 31 Chris Rollins said the land area, to which Commissioner Greene referred, is in the future 32 growth plan for Mebane, and was there before the housing developer requested annexation. 33 Commissioner Greene said she is hearing concerns from residents south of Bowman 34 Road that more annexations could happen in areas that are not in the future growth plan. She 35 asked if Mebane has a response to requests for development in area B. 36 Chris Rollins said the request just came in today, and the city would have to evaluate it. 37 Commissioner Greene asked if this area is in Mebane's future plan for growth 38 Jesse Day showed a map of the area in question. 39 Cy Stober said Area B is not addressed in the comprehensive plan, with the exception of 40 the two Medline South properties, which were the stimulus for this entire study. 41 Commissioner Greene asked if there is a limit to Mebane's annexation plans: a line 42 beyond which Mebane will not annex. 43 Tim Bradley said there is not a rule for this, and if there had been, Medline would not 44 have been possible. He said requests are considered on an individual basis. 45 Commissioner Greene said Medline is right near the highway, and is already completed. 46 She said area B does not have water and sewer, and is not in the EDD. She asked if those 47 facts would make a difference to Mebane. 48 Chris Rollins said the proposal in question does have access to water and sewer, along 49 west 10 road. He said the City has been considering including area B in its long-range plan. 50 He said residents in C, D, and E expressed great concern, and the City removed those from 51 consideration. He said there are many developers interested in area B.