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20 <br />October 12, 2009 Regular Meeting <br />Approved: November 9, 2009 <br />Page 16 of 39 <br />some process that had joint reviews, he was not seeing where that ultimately served their joint <br />interests. He said the annexation would be real sticking point for the Town. <br />Mr. Hornik said he was thinking one way to deal with the issues he had mentioned would be to <br />have the annexation occur right at the end of the development review process, either <br />simultaneously with or shortly thereafter the development approval. He said then they would not <br />have the potential issue of conveying out a property that could inadvertently thwart the voluntary <br />annexation. <br />8:26:27 PM Commissioner Hallman reiterated that if they just struck that language and took <br />the issue up under the joint planning discussions, they could move ahead with the Interlocal <br />Agreement. <br />Mayor Stevens said he believed they had carried the discussion as far as it could go tonight, and <br />believed the joint planning discussions were the next step. <br />Ms. Hauth asked what would happen if the Town signed one version of the Interlocal Agreement <br />and the County signed a different version. Mr. Hornik said then there was no agreement. <br />Mayor Stevens said perhaps a couple of the Board members needed to sit down with a couple of <br />the County Commissioners as well as representatives from the planning staffs and the attorneys <br />to work out a few of the issues highlighted this evening. <br />8:27:21 PM Commissioner Gering said that may be extending the process out more than <br />needed. He asked if they just struck those two additions, did Mr. Benedict feel the County <br />Commissioners would agree. Mr. Benedict said in the interest of moving the Interlocal <br />Agreement forward he would try to explain to the Commissioners what the Town Board's <br />thoughts were. He said this was a Memorandum of Understanding about what they .were <br />suppose to do within about 18 months from now, and he would let the County Commissioners <br />know that the Town Board would like to implement the two provisions the County had offered at <br />a later time or in another manner, and that the MOU held together as written. Mr. Benedict said <br />when they did move toward coning and the Joint Land Use,Plan and things like that, the need to <br />have some way to activate the development process that was in two different jurisdictions would <br />need to be considered in the further implementation processes. <br />8:28:28 PI~4 Commissioner Lloyd agreed with Mr. Peterson. She said the only thing she <br />believed the Town might have any interest in would be if the hospital came and whether or not <br />they would have the water. Commissioner Lloyd said from working on the Water Sewer <br />Boundary Committee, she did not see how they could extend water in the azeas noted on the <br />map. Mr. Benedict said they were not suggesting any urban growth beyond that magenta line <br />noted on the map, so they were not going towards Efland or towards the rural buffer or too far <br />north. Commissioner Lloyd said but they were showing them moving out farther than <br />anticipated. She said she believed the Town might just run out of water if the hospital became a <br />reality, noting they were not looking for anything new. Mr. Benedict said perhaps they could <br />take the Mayor's suggestion and put together a small work group to work out the issues with the <br />two provisions the County had added. He said if the Town agreed to the Interlocal Agreement <br />16 <br />