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1 <br /> 1 DRAFT Attachment 2 <br /> 2 <br /> 3 <br /> 4 MINUTES <br /> 5 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 6 HILLSBOROUGH BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 7 JOINT MEETING <br /> 8 February 21, 2013 <br /> 9 7:00 p.m. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Joint Meeting with the Town of <br /> 12 Hillsborough Commissioners on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the Link <br /> 13 Government Services Center, in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> 14 <br /> 15 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners Alice <br /> 16 Gordon, Earl McKee, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br /> 17 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Mark Dorosin <br /> 18 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Annette Moore <br /> 19 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Frank Clifton, Assistant County Managers <br /> 20 Michael Talbert and Clarence Grier, and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff <br /> 21 members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> 22 HILLSBOROUGH COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Mayor Tom Stevens and Commissioners <br /> 23 Eric Hallman, Brian Lowen, Frances Dancy, Evelyn Lloyd, and Michael Gering <br /> 24 HILLSBOROUGH COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> 25 HILLSBOROUGH STAFF PRESENT: Town Manager Eric Peterson <br /> 26 <br /> 27 Welcome and Opening Remarks (Mayor Tom Stevens and Chair Barry Jacobs) <br /> 28 Chair Jacobs said Commissioner Dorosin was out of town and was unable to attend and <br /> 29 Commissioner McKee would be attending but would be late. <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Mayor Stevens said that Evelyn Lloyd will be a little late. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 1. Coordinated Planning Efforts <br /> 34 <br /> 35 a. Update on Town of Hillsborough Future Land Use Plan <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Town of Hillsborough Planning Director Margaret Hauth referred to a map (attachment <br /> 38 1 B) that had been seen previously by Board members. She said that the established boundary <br /> 39 on the map is the first step the town needed to take to move along the coordinated planning <br /> 40 agreement. She said that the boundary is in the coordinated planning agreement for annexation <br /> 41 and utility extension area for the town. This exceeds current city limits and ETJ (Extra-territorial <br /> 42 Jurisdiction) and establishes future land use for all of the areas. She said the town incorporated <br /> 43 most of the comments from the Board of County Commissioners on land use and the Town's <br /> 44 planning board approved all of it last night with the exception of one minor change. She said <br /> 45 the town is ready to proceed with this, which will also allow the coordinated planning agreement <br /> 46 to move forward. <br /> 47 Chair Jacobs asked if they had talked about the changes in annexation laws as it relates <br /> 48 to this plan. <br /> 49 Mayor Stevens said they have not had much discussion about the legislative decisions <br /> 50 on annexation. He said where there are properties with a single owner wanting to develop <br />