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2 <br />understandable boundary service line and to reduce the number of houses and lots that are <br />split. <br />If the petitions are accepted, then a resurvey of the boundary line must be accomplished and <br />submitted to staffs and attorneys for a local bill for the 2011 North Carolina General Assembly <br />Session. The attached 2010 local bill addresses a variety of legal status issues in the interim <br />(see Attachment 4). The County Attorney will explain the format of the bill. The cost of plat <br />surveys will be paid for by homeowners or the County. <br />In certain cases the petition criteria did not include the ability for all homes to stay in their <br />present jurisdiction. In these cases, children attending a specific school system would be <br />permitted fo remain in the current school system per an adopted agreement with the school <br />boards of the respective county. <br />This abstract is to approve the criteria for the petition process and the timeframe to accomplish <br />these boundary line adjustments. <br />The criteria is noted below: <br />1. Any Alamance or Orange County homeowners that fall within 150 feet of the NCGS <br />line and would change counties by the NCGS Line could petition to have their home <br />and property kept in their current county. If the affected property is greater the 1.8 <br />Acres then it would be split between the counties at the 150 foot buffer line. <br />2. Any Alamance or Orange County homeowners that fall within 150 feet of the NCGS <br />line and their home would NOT change counties by the NCGS Line could still petition <br />to have their entire property kept in their current county if their property was 1.8 acres <br />or less. <br />3. A parcel is isolated due to a natural feature such as a river. <br />Attachment 3 is an example of a property owner that could petition based on criteria #1 above <br />to have their house and property remain in their current tax district. <br />The potential changes are as follows: 125 property owners could petition amounting to <br />approximately 30% of the County line. Use of the NCGS line could amount to 70% of the <br />County line. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There have been many hours of staff time from a variety of departments <br />- Manager's Office, Planning and Inspections, County Attorney, Tax Assessor/Land Records, <br />and IT/GIS. There will be additional staff time spent to accomplish this process. Hard costs <br />may be necessary to reconcile deeds and plat surveys that straddle the boundary line. GIS <br />depictions of these plats will need to be `corrected' so that percentage divisions can be made <br />for tax purposes. This may need to be provided through an outside contract. An estimate for <br />that contract is not available at this time. <br />Also, depending on the outcome of the petition boundary adjustment process, the counties may <br />have to pay a portion not paid for by the property owners. A comprehensive adjustment in a <br />recently platted subdivision of approximately 10 lots may only be approximately $1,000 per <br />subdivision. There are 6-10 areas where this may apply. <br />