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2 <br /> Hillsborough Area EDD CIP Project Area <br /> n — — <br /> ftp <br /> M <br /> z <br /> n <br /> a <br /> a <br /> PROPos�❑ <br /> RTLP PROJECT <br /> ray <br /> • <br /> Streams Future Land Use _City Limits <br /> -Water Bodies 10 Year Transition ETJ <br /> e� Water Supply Watersheds 20 Year Transition Activity Nodes i +•Mfeet <br /> ORANGE A p <br /> Q OCICHICA Joint Planning Area Rural Residential Economic Development Transition C� a 1.200 <br /> Rural Buffer Orange County Planning end Inspections <br /> sa s++srzoz3 <br /> The County completed the design, permitting, and easement acquisition activities for the <br /> Hillsborough Area EDD Phase 1 Water and Sewer Extensions project in late 2018, which would <br /> have extended Town of Hillsborough public water and sewer service under Interstate 40 and south <br /> of Interstate 40 to the eastern and western boundaries of the Hillsborough EDD. The County <br /> would have served as the project owner and manager. The primary purpose of the County's <br /> original project was to provide "backbone infrastructure" to service the Hillsborough EDD and <br /> facilitate development within the EDD. Public utility installation within the County's Economic <br /> Development Districts is a primary use of the Article 46 One-Quarter-Cent Sales and Use Tax. <br /> Revenues from the additional Article 46 tax, approved by voters on November 8, 2011, are split <br /> equally between Education and Economic Development. The funding allocation originally <br /> evidenced by a Resolution approved by the Board of County Commissioners on June 21, 2011 <br /> was renewed for an additional 10-year period on September 6, 2022. <br /> The County received construction bids for the Hillsborough Area EDD Phase 1 Water and Sewer <br /> Extensions project in early 2019, and the lowest qualified bid was $4,527,383, or approximately <br /> $1.9 million over the budgeted amount. The County paused the original project as staff evaluated <br /> alternatives to decrease the construction cost. All regulatory permits for the Hillsborough Area <br /> EDD Phase 1 Water and Sewer Extensions subsequently expired in 2021/2022. <br /> At its October 20, 2020 Business meeting, the Board of County Commissioners approved a <br /> Master Plan Development Conditional Zoning District (MPD-CZ) for the proposed "Research <br />