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Chair Jacobs verified that all that Carrboro is doing tomorrow night is certifying whether or not <br /> an application for annexation is complete. Craig Benedict said that Carrboro is accepting the application <br /> and directing the Town Clerk to certify at a later date. It would take two more meetings to act upon it. <br /> Commissioner Halkiotis asked about property owners listed as University of North Carolina and <br /> the State of North Carolina. He asked if it was standard operating procedure for the State of North <br /> Carolina, via the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to be a participant in an annexation project. <br /> Craig Benedict said that they are a property owner, and presently their lands are within County <br /> jurisdiction and they would follow a similar annexation process as outlined by North Carolina General <br /> Statutes. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he does not ever recall seeing UNC with the State of North <br /> Carolina's name attached to it on any annexation proposal. He is confused. <br /> Chair Jacobs said that he has gotten some indications from Carrboro's elected officials that <br /> they will let the County know what is going on with the schedule. <br /> Commissioner Brown asked and Craig Benedict said that this does not commit Carrboro to <br /> annexation. <br /> Commissioner Brown asked about UNC and if they have gone through the process of selling <br /> property to the developer. Craig Benedict said not to his knowledge. The receipt of the petition for <br /> voluntary annexation is for properties more than the underlying property owners of Winmore. This <br /> includes all of the Horace Williams Tract and the Horace Williams Homestead Tract. <br /> Commissioner Brown asked about the laws of annexation for a town. Craig Benedict said that if <br /> it is contiguous to their properties, there are no limitations on how much they can annex. If they are <br /> satellite annexations, then there are percentage limits. <br /> Gene Bell pointed out the properties on a map that are being petitioned for annexation. <br /> County Attorney Geoffrey Gledhill said that what Craig Benedict was saying refers to voluntary <br /> annexations. There are rules about involuntary annexations. <br /> Jay Bryan asked about a report from the Northern Transition area and said that he did not see it <br /> in the packet. Craig Benedict said that he would supplement this from the Carrboro meetings. Gene Bell <br /> said that they attached information from the May 28`h meeting. <br /> Public Comment <br /> Susan Drake lives in the Northern Transition zone and asked the Board of County <br /> Commissioners not to acquiesce to those who would throw away the Northern Transition Plan. The plan <br /> took two years to develop. She opposes annexation and asked that the Board pursue all avenues to <br /> reopen the issue of public lands sold in a non-democratic fashion to developers when the County would <br /> have had an interest in such an area. She asked that the sale of the land by the University be denied by <br /> the relevant committees in Raleigh. <br /> Brian Voyce lives in the Northern Transition area and said that he will go to Carrboro to watch <br /> them present the petitions for annexation. He submitted some questions to the County Attorney in <br /> writing. He wants to know if neighborhoods in the JPA area in Carrboro could ask to be moved into the <br /> Chapel Hill JPA area. Geoffrey Gledhill responded by saying that there is a provision in the Joint <br /> Planning Agreement for relocating a line between Carrboro and Chapel Hill in terms of the joint planning <br /> area. He also submitted a list of issues that they wanted the Carrboro Board of Aldermen to present to <br /> their Planning Board to review. He said that it was interesting that the developers admitted that the <br /> reason they do not want joint planning is because an objective analysis of Winmore would probably <br /> reject their plans as they stand. He said that the overcrowding at Seawell Elementary School is to the <br /> point now that the SGC is recommending closing out certain grades. He said that he is speaking on <br /> behalf of over 100 residents and that they have invested hundreds of millions of dollars into their homes <br /> on the promise from Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Orange County that the Northern Transition Area around <br /> Winmore would be R-20 zoning. He said that apparently, there is just an illusion of joint planning in this <br /> County. He said that an instant village is going to be shoved down their throats by the publicly land <br /> owned developer, the University of North Carolina. <br /> David Siebans asked that the Board of County Commissioners review the minutes from the <br /> Carrboro public hearing and he read an excerpt as follows from one of the community's architect, Giles <br />