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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 8, 2022 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 2 <br /> SUBJECT: Efland Area Water and Sewer Presentation with Status Report on Interstate <br /> Properties in the Efland Area and Possibilities for Development/Economic <br /> Development <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections (Engineering Division) <br /> Economic Development <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> PowerPoint Presentation Craig Benedict, Planning & Inspections <br /> - Future Land Use — Buckhorn EDD Director, 919-245-2585 <br /> & Hillsborough EDD Steve Brantley, Economic Development <br /> - Orange County/City of Director, 919-245-2326 <br /> Mebane/Orange County Utility Amanda Garner, Assistant Director, <br /> Area Service Agreement Map Economic Development, 919-245- <br /> - Water and Sewer Utility Facilities 2330 <br /> - Watersheds — Buckhorn EDD & Christopher Sandt, Staff Engineer, 919- <br /> Hillsborough EDD Map 245-2583 <br /> - Summary of New & Expanding Patrick Mallett, Erosion Control <br /> Industrial Activity in the Buckhorn Stormwater Supervisor, 919-245- <br /> Economic Development District 2577 <br /> - Hillsborough EDD & Buckhorn <br /> EDD - Large Sites Map <br /> PURPOSE: To receive information on the existing land use pattern and supporting public <br /> infrastructure agreements, plans and capacities in the Efland/Buckhorn/Mebane interstate <br /> corridor; and to receive an update on the status of economic development activity for this area. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Efland Area Infrastructure and Agreements <br /> Orange County has had a land use map for this general area since 1981 since the importance of <br /> the interstate proximity was acknowledged (both 1-85 and eventually 1-40 extension through <br /> Orange County). A 2,000 acre area was originally designated as Commercial Industrial Transition <br /> Activity Node (CITAN), but most was later changed to Economic Development (ED) land use in <br /> 1994. Along with land use, zoning was changed upfront (AKA pre-zoning) at that time coupled <br /> with development standards. <br /> In the early 2000's, Orange County and the City of Mebane formed an agreement to implement <br /> utility construction and maintenance. Concurrently, an Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan was <br />