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11 HOLTKAMP LETTER Preliminary Summary of Talkpoints concerning Hebron Incorporation Goals: Our Hebron community would like to incorporate as a rural town in order to assure rural preservation. With the legal standing to ensure a unified plan for the community, as provided by incorporation, our community will be able to engage in a meaningful, long term effort to ensure rural preservation while encouraging a responsible partnership between agriculture and economic development. In the absence of the legal standing provided by incorporation, our community and the area of Orange County in which our community exists will be unable to withstand piecemeal, high density development, nor will our citizens or representatives even have a voice in the development of the azea. According to North Carolina law, there aze no substantive appeal rights of any voluntazy non contiguous satellite annexation by municipalities. Services: If the community of Hebron is incorporated it would like to continue to use the existing sheriff, fire and zoning and planning services presently in place. This will not result in any loss of property tax revenue to Orange County. In the event that the Town of Hebron seeks to increase the need for these services, it will need to levy taxes and pay the county according for the increase use of those services. Sales Tax Apportionment: If the Town of Hebron is incorporated, the town may receive a small percentage of the county sales tax based on population. The population of the Town of Hebron would be approximately 300. Joint Planning Agreement: If the Town of Hebron were incorporated, the town would agree to preserve its commitment to Orange County's goals of rural preservation by entering into a Joint Planning Agreement, which would among other things provide that the Town of Hebron would not annex any area beyond its corporate limits. The Joint Planning Agreement could also provide for the unity of goals between Hebron and Orange County and form the foundation for the growth of those goals. For example, with respect to the. goal of rural preservation, the Town of Hebron could become a specific pilot project for innovative programs supportive of rural preservation.