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Mrs. Alice M. Gordon, Chair <br />Orange County Commissioners <br />P. O. Box 8181 <br />200 South Cameron Street <br />mew L MUM <br />J�dd� s(enp„ <br />r� caud. <br />C7M�/a�Pa/or <br />PMir or.� W cW <br />WON% <br />FaftNammD"aw <br />a..PAY <br />Awfa*w! P"Dkeftw <br />p U �9U <br />,�,i �e <br />2 6,'S% <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 DISTRIBUTED <br />Dear Mrs. Gordon: <br />Reference is to your letter of April 19, 1999 regarding the desirability of joint planning /- 6:eop 6!1e04,, <br />discussions, and possible written agreement, between the City of Mebane and Orange <br />County. You refer directly to the Hebron community incorporation request that has <br />apparently initiated your letter and suggestions. We have had an opportunity to read <br />Senate Bill DRSA591- LB125(3.23) sponsored by Senator Kinnard that would restrict <br />the City of Mebane from any annexation action in Cheeks Township of Orange County <br />for a period of five years (until June 30, 2004), and ties the act directlyr to "a joint <br />plarming agreement with Orange County ..: , to be evidenced by adoption of ordinances <br />covering such an agreement. As has been expressed to you, John Link and' Senator <br />Kinnard, the City of Mebane would not react favorably to such legislation: we Seel such <br />action would be virtually an insult to the City and certainly would not encourage a <br />quickened improvement in our working/conversational relationship. <br />A quick final word about the proposed legislation and then I will speak to the possibility <br />of a joint planning activity. Since the action of the Mebane City Council to annex two <br />areas of Orange County through satellite annexation seems to have been the catalyst for <br />this legislation, we would propose that Mebane will not enter into any additional satellite <br />annexations affecting Orange County without the written consent of the Orange County <br />Commissioners. I believe the Council will approve this action; this would be much better <br />for our future relationship than some type of legislative action "aimed at" the City of <br />Mebane. Let's not destroy the relationship that has already begun to improve through <br />the several discussions we have enjoyed over the past months. <br />About joint planning: the City of Mebane would welcome any opportunity to begin <br />discussions about some agreements with Orange County ... as soon as we can arrange <br />mutually satisfactory dates. Would you like to begin those discussions prior to budget <br />planning? Probably not. I suspect both bodies will be involved with budgeting from very <br />soon well into June. However, perhaps we can set an initial meeting to get our thoughts <br />in order prior to our budget studies, and then continue them after our budgets are <br />completed and in place. I would invite you to have John Link and Robert Wilson work <br />out that date. <br />�t Aham <br />C*",: <br />Moo 3NO � <br />AdW <br />106 E. Washington Street <br />comw 1WHads.A�PMr= <br />Mebane, N.C. Z730Z <br />r. a a.1 <br />(919) 563.5901 <br />so aqw _ <br />Vm"U <br />cnsRna�. <br />April 20, 1 <br />Mrs. Alice M. Gordon, Chair <br />Orange County Commissioners <br />P. O. Box 8181 <br />200 South Cameron Street <br />mew L MUM <br />J�dd� s(enp„ <br />r� caud. <br />C7M�/a�Pa/or <br />PMir or.� W cW <br />WON% <br />FaftNammD"aw <br />a..PAY <br />Awfa*w! P"Dkeftw <br />p U �9U <br />,�,i �e <br />2 6,'S% <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 DISTRIBUTED <br />Dear Mrs. Gordon: <br />Reference is to your letter of April 19, 1999 regarding the desirability of joint planning /- 6:eop 6!1e04,, <br />discussions, and possible written agreement, between the City of Mebane and Orange <br />County. You refer directly to the Hebron community incorporation request that has <br />apparently initiated your letter and suggestions. We have had an opportunity to read <br />Senate Bill DRSA591- LB125(3.23) sponsored by Senator Kinnard that would restrict <br />the City of Mebane from any annexation action in Cheeks Township of Orange County <br />for a period of five years (until June 30, 2004), and ties the act directlyr to "a joint <br />plarming agreement with Orange County ..: , to be evidenced by adoption of ordinances <br />covering such an agreement. As has been expressed to you, John Link and' Senator <br />Kinnard, the City of Mebane would not react favorably to such legislation: we Seel such <br />action would be virtually an insult to the City and certainly would not encourage a <br />quickened improvement in our working/conversational relationship. <br />A quick final word about the proposed legislation and then I will speak to the possibility <br />of a joint planning activity. Since the action of the Mebane City Council to annex two <br />areas of Orange County through satellite annexation seems to have been the catalyst for <br />this legislation, we would propose that Mebane will not enter into any additional satellite <br />annexations affecting Orange County without the written consent of the Orange County <br />Commissioners. I believe the Council will approve this action; this would be much better <br />for our future relationship than some type of legislative action "aimed at" the City of <br />Mebane. Let's not destroy the relationship that has already begun to improve through <br />the several discussions we have enjoyed over the past months. <br />About joint planning: the City of Mebane would welcome any opportunity to begin <br />discussions about some agreements with Orange County ... as soon as we can arrange <br />mutually satisfactory dates. Would you like to begin those discussions prior to budget <br />planning? Probably not. I suspect both bodies will be involved with budgeting from very <br />soon well into June. However, perhaps we can set an initial meeting to get our thoughts <br />in order prior to our budget studies, and then continue them after our budgets are <br />completed and in place. I would invite you to have John Link and Robert Wilson work <br />out that date. <br />