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Attachment 1 <br />.ri Hillsborough -Orange County <br />r <br />~~ ~ °~ Interlocal Agreement Initiative <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Craig Benedict, Orange County Planning Director <br />Margaret Hauth, Hillsborough Planning Director <br />FROM: Roger Waldon, Clarion Associates <br />SUBJECT Status Report and Transmittal of Draft Products <br />DATE: February 19, ?1QD~9 <br />This memorandum offers an update on the status of work of the Hillsborough-Orange <br />Interlocal Agreement Steering Committee, and transmits draft products for consideration. <br />Summary of Initiative <br />Hillsborough and Orange County set this process in motion early in 2008, following <br />completion of a jointly prepared Strategic Growth Plan for areas surrounding Hillsborough. <br />These initiatives are the latest in a series of successful collaborations between Hillsborough <br />and Orange County on growth management issues. <br />On May 5, 2008, a Steering Committee that had been jointly appointed by the two boards <br />met for the first time to begin preparation of a draft Interlocal Agreement. The Hillsborough <br />Town Board and the Board of County Commissioners reconvened this Steering Committee <br />with an interest in conducting more outreach and making the process of developing this <br />agreement transparent. The purpose of the agreement would be to establish a formal <br />framework for collaborative planning, and to put in place mechanisms for sharing decision- <br />making responsibilities in the growth areas surrounding Hillsborough's Town Limits. The <br />product of the committee's work was to be a draft agreement and a map showing areas of <br />jurisdiction, for consideration by our two boards. A key objective was to allow affected <br />property owners to understand and be comfortable with this process, and to have full <br />information about what is under consideration. <br />Town <br />of <br />ells gh <br />~`'``s ~ ~~'•. <br />~r~~ CA~s~a! <br />5 <br />