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HILLSBOROUGH BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA
BOCC/Hillsborough Board of Commissioners Joint Meeting
February 23, 2017
Meeting—7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Richard Whitted Meeting Facility
300 West Tryon Street
Hillsborough,NC
(7:00) Welcome and Opening Remarks (Mayor Tom Stevens and Chair Mark
Dorosin)
"Engaged Conversations"
1. Residential Growth/Affordable Housing
a) Overview of approved/pending Hillsborough residential
growth**
b) Affordable housing in conjunction with approved or pending
residential growth**
c) Potential Orange County Bond/Additional Affordable Housing
Opportunities
(e.g., Orange County owned parcels*, Housing Choice
Vouchers, land banking, Habitat for Humanity, safe housing
and minimum standards)
d) Infrastructure/Utility Issues and Limits;
(e.g. water/sewer capacity*, service boundary agreement,
annexation of existing neighborhoods*)
2. Economic Development
a) Downtown Improvements and Redevelopment
(update of downtown improvements**, downtown
redevelopment opportunities*, former Colonial Inn update*
b) Economic Development District(EDD) Development and
Infrastructure*
(update on sewer extension**; commercial development
recruitment*)
c) Other Economic Development Updates
(US 70/Cornelius Corridor, West Hillsborough, 85/NC 10
area**)
d) Tourism and Arts (in coordination with Orange County Visitors
Bureau/Hillsborough Visitors Center/Tourism Board/Arts
Commission/etc.)
3. Transit/Transportation
a) Managing transportation/traffic impacts of new growth
(Transportation Improvement Plan Churton Street/Orange
Grove Road update**; Rail Station update**; circulator route
update**; Go Triangle bus routes*; interstate improvements and
`by-pass' strategies*, Mayo-Eno Mountain project*; other
traffic mitigation projects*)
b) Ped/Bike issues and strategies (Hillsborough connectivity
plan**; sidewalks across jurisdictions*; bikeshare program;
Mountains to Sea Trail connections*)
4. Intergovernmental Relations & Collaboration
a) Other opportunities/issues between Orange County and
Hillsborough
(Fiber Cable Infrastructure*)
b) Engagement with other towns
c) Engagement with Orange County Schools
* staff asked to be ready to provide/present basic background information if requested in
the course of the discussion
** staff asked to prepare a brief(e.g.one paragraph)written summary/update on topic in
advance of meeting to accompany agenda, with links to additional information if
warranted.
Orange County Board of Commissioners' regular meetings and work sessions are
available via live streaming video at orangecountync.gov/occlerks/granicus.asp and
Orange County Gov-TV on channels 1301 or 97.6 (Time Warner Cable).