RES-2008-008 Alamance County/Orange County Boundary Line Resolution

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Department of Environment and Natural Resources may assist counties to resolve ambiguous or uncertain boundaries; and WHEREAS, both counties have previously engaged in discussions or actions to resolve boundaries with other neighboring counties wherein valuable lessons were learned, but in which some'of the circumstances have been different than those in the Orange-Alamance instance; and WHEREAS, the Alamance and Orange County Boards of Commissioners recognize that the boundary line between the two counties is uncertain; and WHEREAS, the Alamance and Orange County Boards of Commissioners are committed to the principle, established by law, that the County responsibility to citizens and residents for services such as voting, holding elective office, public health, public welfare, land use planning, emergency services and public schools. be certain and that taxable real property be listed and taxed in the county in which it is situated; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Alamance and Orange County Boards of Commissioners to achieve a definitive resolution of the county boundary that minimizes the adverse impact collectively on citizens, residents and property owners who might be affected by the location of the county boundary;