HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 08-22-2005-55. Orange Count~yfTown of Hillsborough Urban Transition Area Task
Force Report
The Town of Hillsborough and Orange County allocated monies in this
year's budget to address findings of the above-referenced report, The
monies would be used for a consultant to jointly and comprehensively
consider planning issues and public service impacts in the urbanizing
growth fringe around Hillsborough.
The Town of Hillsborough is in the process of developing their
complementary scope of services for the consultant, which goes beyond
the common work products outlined in 6.3 of the report (Attachment 1,)
We are also in discussions to determine the order and timing of the work
products.
We expect to advertise for a request for qualifications (RFO) within the
next month, and begin work in the fall.
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Attachment 1
6.3 JOINT STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN -SCOPE OF WORK
POSSIBILITIES FOR CONSULTANT
Identify areas within the Town of Hillsborough Extraterritorial .Jurisdiction (ETJ)
and along its fringe within Orange County's planning jurisdiction that can be
serviced with public water and sewer:
• With currently available water supplies and with West Fork Eno Reservoir at
full capacity.
• For sewer, areas that can be served by gravity flow with a minimal number of
lift stations.
• Analyze their relationship to find common service coverage areas,
2. Study the relationship between areas that can be serviced with public water and
sewer (identified through item 1 above) and the location of Orange County Land
Use Element Transition Areas, and provide recommendations for Transition Areas
as appropriate:
• Develop figures on amount and type of development (residential and non-
residential) that can be supported by water and sewer,
• Provide a water and sewer extension trend analysis to see if a change in
development patterns is desirable.. Cost estimates for various styles of
development (i.e., traditional neighborhood development and "smart growth")
should be provided..
• Review funding options, traditional as well as innovative,
3. Recommendations, if any, for changes (text and/or map) to:
• Water and Sewer Management Planning and Boundary Agreement
• Upper Eno Capacity Use Agreement
• County Land Use Element Urban Transition Area plan
4. Evaluate the:
• Transportation impacts of various land use scenarios.
• Land use impacts of various transportation scenarios.
• Consistency of transportation projects that crass jurisdictional lines.
5. Demarcate a boundary between urban and rural developments with
recommendations for maintaining desired character in bath areas.
6. Estimate the demand for other public services for both jurisdictions (based on
population projections) in the Transition Areas including but not limited to
recreation and parks, transportation system, aging, schools, public safety (town
police and fire), transit, and economic development; and recommendations for any
required actions. This permits evaluation of comprehensive impacts.
Recommend a range of processes for the identification of natural and cultural
resources and strategies to protect them.
Orange County/Town ofHillsborouglz
Urban Transition Area Task Force Repot°t