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10 <br /> Municipality <br /> Funding • . <br /> through FY 21-22 <br /> Carrboro 1 $41,991 <br /> Chapel Hill $118,475 <br /> Hillsborough $15,449 <br /> Mebane $4,085 <br /> N. Buckhorn Area Study <br /> Total Budgeted Article 46 Funding Amount: $15,000 (City of Mebane Coordinated <br /> Planning Project— Phase 2) <br /> The Buckhorn Area Study is a technical study of future land use and potential utility services to <br /> identify properties that could be zoned for nonresidential purposes and best support economic <br /> development,while balancing the cost of utility service extensions.This report uses GIS mapping to <br /> determine parcels most suitable for development within the study area.This process allows for a <br /> technical review of multiple development factors including: developable acres, preservation areas, mean <br /> slope, watershed, sewer infrastructure, water infrastructure, interstate access, interstate visibility, <br /> roadway access, and access to existing rail. <br /> O. Economic Development Department Funding <br /> Total Budgeted Article 46 Funding Amount: $614,832 (Operations and Overhead) <br /> P. Economic Development Districts <br /> Total Budgeted Article 46 Funding Amount: $7,619,757 (Debt Service on Utility <br /> Infrastructure and related engineering costs in all EDDs) <br /> 1. Buckhorn Economic Development District <br /> CIP-Funded Utility Lines Funded by Article 46: <br /> Orange County has invested $5.5 million in Article 46-funded infrastructure cost since 2014 to <br /> construct 2 multi-year phased Buckhorn-Mebane CIP utility projects.The County also had a 10-year <br /> Utility Service Agreement with Mebane, at a total cost of$500,000 to guarantee 250,000 gallons per day <br /> of sewer capacity.This was also Article 46 funded. Completed work included sewer lines, gravity lift <br /> stations,force mains, and a large water main loop to engineer a primary"utility"backbone" system. <br /> This system helped to accommodate redirecting the Efland public sewer flow to Mebane,which <br /> stabilized rates, and reduced Orange County costs. <br /> These 2 completed CIP projects serve approximately 1,000 acres of Orange County's 1,724-acre <br /> Buckhorn Economic Development District and Commercial Industrial Transition Activity node (CITAN) <br /> areas in the Efland to Mebane area. <br />