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Tim Bradley said that when an industry is looking at development, Mebane needs to knave what is planned for the area of Orange County that is in Mebane's jurisdiction. We do not know what the specifics are in Orange County's Land Use Plan. Commissioner Jacobs said that he has always liked Mebane and thought that Orange County has done a goad jab of ignoring Mebane. He feels that Orange County has not communicated very much ar very well with Mebane over the years. The way the laws are written is that people who live in the rural area have no one to go to because they don't vote for members of the city council. We are at a goad place with Hillsborough to be partners. There are a lot of issues besides future development that the two governing bodies could work together on. Bob Hupman said that they want to be involved if something is done legislatively that affects Mebane. We want to be sure that we are aware of what is going to happen in the halls of the legislature. He does not know any of the Orange County delegation. Chair Carey said that if we know of issues related to Mebane, we will keep you informed but we do not know everything that is happening. Mayor Stephenson said that he and Robert Wilson have talked with their legislators. He remembers that Orange County put up the $400,000 to run water and sewer for General Electric. The agreement was not a good one to begin with but it was reworked which made it a good agreement. There has been a relationship with Orange County that has been good. Chair Carey asked about the possibility of working on some kind of a neutral joint planning agreement. He asked that Mebane indicate some time soon if they are interested. Bob Hupman mentioned that Mebane has not had an annexation that was not voluntary. Tim Bradley said that Mebane has not reached into the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction area far 12 years However this area from Hebron to Mebane Oaks Road and from Old Hillsborough Highway to Highway 70 will be a prime development area in the upcoming years. Ed Hooks said that a lot of the land is going to be self-determined. The problem is going to be where people are actively seeking to sell their property. The pressures are going to be upon us where an individual has some property that they want to do something with. Your LUP is very encouraging and Mebane's will be also. We can make them overlapping. He feels we need to come to a consensus. Commissioner Jacobs said that we do have what we call an Assembly of Governments where the Orange County Board of Commissioners, the Chapel Hill Town Council, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen and the Hillsborough Town Commissioners meet twice a year. Chair Carey said that what we want to do is to anticipate growth and ensure that it is orderly and meets the LUP and other regulations. We want to try to mitigate any anticipated problems. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the Town of Hillsborough and the proposed Corbin Downs development where the County Commissioners met with the Town Commissioners and then the Town Commissioners made their own decision an whether to approve ar deny the development. We brought up concerns that they did not think of. That is the kind of things we would like to do with Mebane. We may have a different set of standards than you, but we do have resources for gathering additional information. Certainly if we have our staffs communicate with each other it might make us more consistent with what we require of people. Tim Bradley said that he does not feel that that would meet with any resistance. Having more information would be met with gratitude. He would welcome any additional information or help.