HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 01-16-1991ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
P.O. Box 8181
HILLSBOROUGH N.C.
Moses Carey, Jr. 27278
Alice hl. Cordon 732 -8181
Stephen H. Halkiotis 968 -4501
Verla 1. Insko 688 -7331
Don Willhoit 227 -2031
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETINGS 644 -3004 (Fax)
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
HXLLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA
The following Special Meetings will be held as listed below:
JANUARY 10 1991 - for the purpose of meeting with the Orange
County Legislative Delegation to discuss upcoming legislative
issues. The supper meeting will be held beginning at 6 :00 p.m. at
the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill (Old Lobby located in the
restaurant).
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following issues:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
The meet'
11 - for the purpose of receiving reports on the
Solid Waste Management
Affordable Housing .(Fee Waiver Policy)
Public Safety /Emergency Response
Aging Service Facilitation Planning
ing well be held beginning at 7 :30 p.m. in the District
Courtroom located'in the old Post Office in Chapel Hill.
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following issues:
(1)
(.2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
991 w for the purpose of receiving reports on the
Cooperative Planning between EDC and Planning
Board tpj F il�zo�9a
Transportation Planning and Land Use including
Mass /Fixed Rail Transportation
Planning Board and Staff two year plan
Improving Public Access and Service
Long Range Capital Planning
The meeting will be held beginning at 5:00 p.m. in the Courtroom
of the Old Courthouse in Hillsborough.
JANUARY 31 1991 - for the purpose of holding a public hearing
on proposed legislation. The meeting will be held beginning at
7:30 p.m. in Superior Courtroom located in the New Courthouse in
Hillsborough.
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Nlose Carey, Jr., Cha' V
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Orange County Commiss e s
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RESOLUTION OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES BY WHICH TO ADDRESS
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS
OF MUTUAL INTEREST
WHEREAS the Planning Board was created for the purpose of developing
and recommending to the Board of Commissioners a Comprehensive Plan for
Orange County, including policies, ordinances, administrative
procedures, and other means for carrying out said plan in a
coordinated and efficient manner; and
WHEREAS a goal of the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan is the
promotion of economic development which emphasizes local employment
needs yet preserves community character and protects the natural
environment; and
WHEREAS the Economic Development Commission was created for the nurnose
of increasing economic development. through clear, effective strategies
and policies which stimulate balanced development at appropriate rates
in suitable locations; and
WHEREAS the parties to this_a=reement pledge their best faith efforts
to deal responsibly with issues of mutual interes4, and acknowledge and
respect each other's responsibilities and obligations in this regard;
and
WHEREAS the parties" to- this_acreement pledge, consistent with legal
limitations, to work cooioeratively to balance economic,
environmental, and comumu:ni ty cor.sideratians in developing plans,
policies, regulations, and /or other similar documents tha- are in the
best interests of the citizens c; Orange Cou-:t y:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by --he JrGngo Co u itv F Ian r'nG _ Board
and the Orange Comity Economic'Deveiopment Cormriss?on the-- they agree
to work cooperatively in addressing the following mat-_ers of
mutual interest:
h. Identifying and applying appropriate locational criteria, land use
categories, and zoning designatiozs to promo -e business, including
but not limited to the following:
1. Economic development district;
2. Mixed -use development di and
3. gloat "ng land use plan /zoning dis-:�ric-:� designations.
B.
in conjunction with F above, develop performance standards and
roject size thresholds w^_�Ch measure the _'=3a= of land
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development, and which may include but are not limited to the
following:
1. Local economy
a. Public fiscal balance -- Net change in government fiscal
flow (revenues less expenditures).
b. Employment - Number and proportion of new jobs taken by
county residents, and change in number and percent of
employed, unemployed, and underemployed.
C. wealth - Change in real property values on development
site and adjoining parcels.
_...2. Natural environment
a. Air cuality - Change in level of air pollutants relative
to standards and number of neoiDle at risk or bothered by
air pollution.
b. Water cuality - Change in water pollutant
concentrations relative to standards for each body
of water.
c. Noise -- Change in noise and•vibration levels relative to
standards and nu=er of people bothered by excessive
noise and vibration.
d. Wildlife and vegetation - Number and types of endangered
o_ r ar a species, natural areas, and /or wildlife
corridors that will be threatened or losm.
e. Agriculture and forest land - Chance in acreac_e in
ac:---, cultural and foxes t use, and in ava .lability' of
nra.me, state, and !o dally important rarmlana.
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3. Aesthetics and cu!tura-' values
a. Fttractiven -ess - Disturbance of vhvsical conditions
currently considered attractive ;F removal /improvement of
unattractive conditions.
b. View opportunities - Number of households (or
businesses) v:ith designated scenic views that are
blocked, degraded, or improved.
C. Landmarks - Rarity or importance of cultural, historic,
and archaeological landmarks to be lost or made
inaccessible.
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4. Public /private services and infrastructure
a. Water supply - Change in frequency, duration, and
severity of water shortage incidents, and in water
treatment levels relative to standards and number of
households or businesses capable of being served by
facility.
b. Sewage disposal -- Change in sewage treatment levels
relative to standards and number of households or
businesses capable of being served by facility.
C. storm drainage - Change in percent of land with
impermeable cover relative to standards.
d. Medical care - Change in number of citizens beyond _x.
minutes travel time from emergency health care and in
potential bed need versus bed supply of area hospitals.
e. Crime control - Change in rate of crimes, police
patrols, and physical conditions (lighting, sightlines,
etc.) likely to affect feelings of security.
f Fire protection - Change in fire incidence, fire spread,
property loss, and rescue hazards.
Recreation -- Change in number and-percent of households
(or affected employees or shoppers) -with access to
various types of recreation facilities within x minutes
travel, by type of facility and mode of travel
h. Education - Change 4n school crowdedness indicators;
e.g., student - teacher ratios, optimum class size.
Transportation - Change in "level of service" for
selected roads and intersections, and in number and
severity of L__ -f is hazards created, and number of
people potential y affected.
j. Shopping - Change in number and percent of households
within x minutes travel time to shopping, by type spore
and mode of travel.
k. Housing - Chance in number and percent of housing units
relative to need, by type of housing (price,
owner /rental, number of bedrooms, etc.) .
B. Other - social impacts
a. Displaced persons - Number of residents, or workers,
displaced by development.
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C. Establishing a cooperative planning process whereby both boards
are provided with opportunities to review /comment on plans,
policies, regulations, and /or other similar documents which affect
comprehensive land use planning or economic development
activities.
D. Identifying ways and means of streamlining development approval
processes, including but not limited to the following:
1. Unified development ordinance to integrate scattered and
uncoordinated land use regulations;
2. Single map for use regulation instead of a land use plan map
and a zoning map;
3. Removal of barriers to concurrent consideration of
development applications;
4. Incentives for faster development application
review /approval; e.g., administrative in nature with lower
fees;
5. Comprehensive design /development applications; e.g., unified
development review process; and
- 6. increased frequencv of public hearings.
E. Establishing procedures Or conducting pre -- development conferences
with prospective business clienL-s desiring Ito locate or expand in
the county.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oranoe County Planning Board and the
Orange County Economic Development Commission hereby direct their
respective staffs to wo-' cooperatively in addressing the matte=s
described above.
BE IT.FURTEtR RESOLVED that she Orange County Planning -Board and the
Orange County Economic Development Coimm ission hereby acree to use their
best efforts to complete all work on the above mentioned maters in
accordance with the following schedule:
1. Items C and E above will be completed and presented to the Board
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2. Items A, B, and D above v:ill be completed and presented for review
and comment at the May, 199- public hearing.
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This the �J day of 1990.
Betty idenex-, Chair
Orange` County Planning Board
Guido De�Sa-ere, Chair
Orana,County Economic Development Commission
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