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2 <br />want to see package plants or septic tanks in the Secondary II area. <br />Commissioner Willhoit explained that the plan that will be presented at <br />the Quarterly Public Hearing will be a phased plan where water and sewer would <br />not be extended until a specified threshold is reached. He questioned why <br />Hillsborough would want to wait to provide these services if they had a <br />developer who wanted to locate in this area. <br />Town Commissioner Remus Smith stated he is very much in favor of <br />cooperative planning with Orange County. They only got out of the agreement <br />so they could consider University Station. <br />Chair Carey asked that the two Boards focus on where they are and where <br />they want to go. He would like for them to plan for the entire area and not <br />just the I-40/Old 86 area. He asked Hillsborough to consider getting back <br />into the joint planning process so that a Land Use Plan can be developed. <br />Town Commissioner Smith said he wants to get back into the whole process <br />except for a couple of points. He wants the agreement to be changed to allow <br />annexation. Town Commissioner Evelyn Lloyd agreed with this change. He also <br />would like a definition of "Open Space". <br />Chair Carey suggested that a subcommittee review the agreement for <br />changes that need to be made. These recommendations would then be reported <br />back to each Board for consideration of approval. This subcommittee will <br />include two people from each Board, the two Managers and Planning Directors. <br />John Link made reference to the small area planning process and indicated <br />that the County Commissioners have a goal to pursue this concept. Perhaps as <br />this group reexamines the agreement, they can look at each area in the small <br />area planning process. <br />Marvin Collins noted that each spring the Department of City and Regional <br />Planning at UNC-Chapel Hill seek class projects. Professor David Godschalk <br />contacted him about such an opportunity with the County. One suggestion would <br />be to have this class do a small area plan for the area southeast of <br />Hillsborough which is actually part of three small area planning areas. The <br />students will prepare a report which will be presented to the two governing <br />boards. They would start in January and finish in May. A work group could <br />include two County Commissioners, 2 Hillsborough Commissioners, 2 from each <br />Planning Board, members from the two Planning Departments, a representative <br />from the Triangle Conservancy, county and city residents or any composition <br />agreed upon by the two Boards. The starting point would be with the two board <br />members from Orange County and Hillsborough. It was the consensus that County <br />Commissioners Halkiotis and Willhoit and Town Commissioners Evelyn Lloyd and <br />Martin would serve on this committee. <br />Commissioner Gordon feels it is important that this group try to <br />define some common underlying principles and then develop a Land Use Plan <br />and a boundary for water and sewer. She believes that the agreement on the <br />land use plan and the water and sewer boundary should be inextricably linked,, <br />and included in any resulting cooperative planning document. She does not <br />