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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 21, 2010 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 3 -a <br />SUBJECT: Orange-Alamance Boundary Line Report <br />DEPARTMENT: Manager's Office PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Planning and Inspections <br />Attorney Office <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Draft Process Flowchart <br />2. Maps <br />Option 1 -Map 1 <br />Option 2 -Map 2 <br />Present Tax Boundary -Map 3 <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Frank W. Clifton, County Manager 245-2306 <br />Willie Best, Asst. County Manager 245-2308 <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director 245-2592 <br />John Roberts, County Attorney 245-2318 <br />PURPOSE: To hear a report on recent developments in the settlement of the Orange- <br />Alamance County Boundary Line location resolution. <br />BACKGROUND: Since May 2008, Orange County and Alamance County have been working <br />with NCGS to identify the line and with community groups to understand county service issues <br />and the impacts of a change. <br />Map 1 depicts Option 1, which is a North Carolina Geodetic Survey (NCGS) reflection of the <br />1849 line that was authorized by both county boards of commissioners to investigate in 2008. <br />Map 2 depicts a hybrid solution where part of the 1849 line is recognized and other areas within <br />Mebane or areas affected by natural features are varied. An in-depth review of Option 2 is <br />available on the Orange County Planning website: <br />http://www.co.orange nc us/planning/PDFs/Currentlnterestltems/NCGS%200ranoe%20Alamance%20County%20B <br />oundarv%20Resurvey/Ogtion1and2Maps gdf <br />Map 3 depicts how assessors have been taxing these boundary parcels over the last 30 years <br />or more. <br />On November 9, 2009 the Orange and Alamance County Commissioners held a joint meeting at <br />Alamance Community College. There was consensus by both Boards to move forward with <br />Option 2 (see map 2) which varied the 1849 line, primarily along past taxing experiences by <br />residents, businesses, and landowners. Thirty-nine percent (39%) of the `new' line would need <br />to be surveyed or platted legal descriptions verified and 61 % of the line would reflect the NCGS <br />work done in 2008 which found some historical markers representing a `straight' north-south <br />line. The vast majority of community representatives and the City of Mebane were in agreement <br />with this option. (Please note that the Mill Creek Subdivision change as presented on <br />