Agenda Attachments for June 23, 2022 Board Retreat

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24 Orange County Planning& Inspections Department Report on Development Potential in the Economic Development Districts 1) Utility Infrastructure Capacity Generated: The Orange County Planning and Inspections Department originally forecasted assumptions about land use regarding utility demand for the Buckhorn Economic Development zone and Commercial Industrial Transition Activity node regions (CITAN). The County's projections in this regard were based on State of North Carolina guidelines to estimate general utility demand for industrial, warehouse and distribution. Consistent with Orange County's UDO and the City of Mebane's short and long-term utility capacity, low water use businesses are sought, and a potential consumption level of 880 gallons per day, per acre, has been estimated. Commercial office and retail users can require four times this standard, and engineering design parameters can accommodate some limited presence of these types of uses. Orange County's UDO also notes that even with industrial or manufacturing users,there is a limit on "process water" availability, which is water used in the operation beyond the expected potable water needs of employees. Since June 2011, he County's Utility Service Agreement with the City of Mebane has provided for a "reserved" cap of 250,000 gallons per day. That Agreement, which had an annual $50,000 fee, was paid by the County from Article 46.The Agreement expires on 6/30/22. However,the City of Mebane reports it remains committed to supporting Orange County's economic development recruitment efforts in the Buckhorn Economic Development District, and will supply water and sewer with no annual reservation fee to the County. Design capacity, if necessary, can accommodate up to approximately 1 million gallons per day. An example of how capacity expansion is built in includes a large volume sewer lift station structure, but with downsized pumps until upgrades are necessary.