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11 <br />locations, "watershed protection service areas" and offering limited public wastewater <br />treatment services. ~ The objective of extending sewer pipes in these areas would be to <br />con-ect water quality problems in existing development and not to support new <br />development. ~ _ <br />Alternatives <br />A. Do Not Amend the UGA Boundary. This alternative would not assertively implement <br />'the UGA changes called for in the 2020 Plan. It would allow extension of public utilities <br />and suburban development into certain small portions of Durham. County targeted for <br />watershed protection. This alternative would.leave in place the UGA adopted in 1986. <br />B.. Selectively Amend the~UGA. This alternative~would involve adopting only a portion of <br />the UGA amendments identified in the 2020 Plan and by City staff. <br />C. Significantly Enlarge the~UGAr This alternative would involve ~a policy approach <br />significantly different from what the 2020 Plan proposed. This policy approach would <br />more actively encourage suburban development by including more land at the edge of the <br />UGA into which public utility services could be extended. <br />D. Significantly Reduce the UGA. This alternative would involve more aggressively <br />limiting suburban development in certain locations in order to encourage new development <br />o?~Y in regional transit corridors. <br />Financial Impact <br />Amending the UGA boundary has no short term financial impact. Over the long term, ari overly <br />large UGA allows early extension of public services that would likely result in some <br />inefficiencies in providing those services. L~ewise, a small UGA may artificially constrain the <br />natural growth of the City's tax base and limit choices for suburban neighborhoods. <br />EOEA Implications <br />There are no. EOEA implications associated with amending UGA boundary. <br />Recommendation <br />The Planning Staffrecommends that the City Council set a public hearing for September 20, <br />1999 to hear citizen comments about the~proposed Urban Growth Area amendments. The Staff <br />also recommends that the City Council: <br />1. Amend the UGA to incorporate the Russell Road Area UGA expansion, the Hamlin Road <br />Area UGA contraction, the Southeast Durham UGA contraction (Option 3}and the minor <br />UGA changes, all as described above; and <br />2. Direct the Administration to initiate active discussions with Orange. Countyregarding <br />appropriate areas in Orange County for Durham City to provide sewer, water and other <br />urban services and for which Durham's UGA would be expanded. <br />7 <br />," <br />