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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />HILLSBOROUGH BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />JOINT MEETING <br />AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 18, 2010 <br />SUBJECT: Joint Meeting Discussion Items <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager/Town <br />Manager/Town <br />Planning/County <br />Planning/Aging-OPT <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />As noted in "Background" section <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Frank Clifton, 245-2300; Eric Peterson, <br />732-1270; Margaret Hauth, 732-1270; <br />Gwen Harvey, 245-2300; Craig Benedict, <br />245-2592; Jerry Passmore, 245-2000; <br />Karen Lincoln, 245-2580; Greg Wilder, <br />245-2300 <br />PURPOSE: To discuss topics of mutual interest between the governing boards of Orange <br />County and the Town of Hillsborough. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />1. Central Orange Coordinated Area (COCA) Interlocal Agreement -Discussion <br />Regarding Urbanizing Area Representation on Hillsborough Planning Board and <br />Board of Adjustment <br />Orange County and the Town of Hillsborough signed an Interlocal Agreement regarding the <br />Central Orange Coordinated Area in December 2009. During the course of adoption, the topic <br />of establishing a representative from the Orange County Urbanizing Area on the Hillsborough <br />Planning Board and Board of Adjustment was considered, but the provision was not included in <br />the Agreement because consensus was not reached. In the interest of getting an Agreement in <br />place, the Town and County informally agreed to discuss the topic at a later date. <br />Orange County staff suggested that including a representative of the Orange County Urbanizing <br />Area on the Town's Planning Board and Board of Adjustment was desirable because the <br />Orange County Urbanizing Area will function somewhat similarly to an ETJ (Extraterritorial <br />Jurisdiction) area in that annexation is possible in the future since these areas are within the <br />Urban Service boundary (i.e., annexation boundary). (See attached map for locations of <br />boundaries). <br />Town of Hillsborough staff believes including a representative of the Orange County Urbanizing <br />Area on the Town's Planning Board and Board of Adjustment is not desirable because: <br />