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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 18, 2010 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. -~ - (~ <br />SUBJECT: Orange-Alamance Boundary Line Adjustment Process Including Petition <br />Criteria and 2010 Local Bill <br />DEPARTMENT: Manager's Office, PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />County Attorney, Planning and <br />Inspections, Tax <br />Assessor/Land Records; IT/GIS <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. January 21, 2010 Memorandum of <br />Understanding <br />2. Process Flowchart and Timeline <br />3. Example Petition Form (Eliza Lane & <br />Two Maps) <br />4. 2010 Draft Local Bill <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Frank Clifton, County Manager, 245-2306 <br />Willie Best, Asst. County Manager, <br />245-2308 <br />John Roberts, County Attorney, 245-2318 <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director, <br />245-2592 <br />PURPOSE: To review an Orange-Alamance boundary line adjustment process including <br />petition criteria and 2010 local bill. <br />BACKGROUND: Orange and Alamance counties have been working together since 2008, with <br />the help of the North Carolina Geodetic Survey (NCGS), to reconfirm the 1849 county boundary <br />line location. As the Board and public may know from previous correspondence and public <br />meetings, the mapped location of the boundary and associated services have varied from the <br />physical ground location over the years. Both jurisdictions have been exploring a combination <br />of the following two general methods with the intent of resolving this issue: <br />Partial use of method 1: North Caroling Geodetic Survey (NCGS) survey (`straight line") <br />Partial use of method 2: Boundary line adjustment in certain petitioned area with defined <br />criteria <br />On November 9, 2009 both Boards of County Commissioners met in joint session. <br />On January 21, 2010 both managers reported on a Memorandum of Understanding. (See <br />Attachment 1.) <br />Both Boards of County Commissioners are developing criteria that would permit property <br />owners to petition the joint Boards of County Commissioners for a boundary line adjustment. <br />This adjustment which will `require' state legislative action is being considered to create a more <br />