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13 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />HILLSBOROUGH <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />FROM: John M. Link, Jr., County Manager <br />DATE: April 21, 1999 <br />RE: <br />Report on Meetingwith Mebane Officials <br />I wanted to provide a brief report on the meeting that Chair Gordon and I had with <br />the Mayor, Manager and two Councilmen of tle City of Mebane, on Monday, April 19. <br />The representatives of Mebane expressed co and -anger about the prospect of a <br />Legislative Moratorium on Annexation by a within Orange The source of <br />their concern focused the' ping "singl 'from the o Orange' <br />County. They beli e tli sues of around the <br />- area subject to. ann -" _ "� and <br />Durham..In <br />• oratorium. • - <br />Chair Gordo w & 'ttei approved <br />..� <br />by the BOCC e ' <br />� j Mebane. <br />The Chair also <br />'ssinners <br />with greater citizens- <br />felt that the BOCC is <br />urther, the <br />point was made that satellite annexations, such as the one close to Hebron, were most <br />aggravating to citizens living in the affected area since the existing land use plan was <br />changed by government officials for whom they could not vote. <br />As discussion proceeded, there were expressions by all of us indicating a deeper <br />understanding of the issues faced by the other party. Mebane officials indicated a <br />willingness to pursue the concept of johit planning with Orange County. With regard to a <br />moratorium, Mebane officials agreed to look at the proposed legislation; and there were <br />expressions made that a moratorium only on satellite annexations and only until joint <br />planning was in place may be more acceptable than their understanding of the present <br />drafted legislation. <br />Discussion was concluded with the agreement that Mebane would respond to the <br />County letter within a week. <br />