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r 1 <br /> 1 w. <br /> 1 <br /> 1 Aldermen. If the Board of Commissioners fails to make these appointments within ninety days after <br /> 2 receiving a resolution from the Board of Aldermen requesting that they be made,the Board of Aldermen <br /> 3 may snake them. All members shall be residents of the Northern Transition Area. For the purposes of this <br /> 4 section,the Northern Transition Area shall include those unannexed portions of the Northern Study Area. <br /> 5 The Northern Study Area is defined as follows: <br /> 6 <br /> 7 <br /> 8 The boundaries of this area are Carrboro's joint planning jurisdiction line to the north and <br /> 9 Carrboro's Town limits to the south. The Carrboro/Chapel Hill joint planning jurisdiction <br /> 10 line serves as the boundary to the east It begins north of Eubanks Road, follows Rogers <br /> 11 Road to Homestead, then proceeds southwest on Homestead road to High School Road <br /> 12 and finally turns south and east to the railroad right-of-way. A primary ridge line serves <br /> 13 as the northwest boundary line just east of Union Grove Church Road down to Dairyland <br /> 14 Road,where the road serves as the boundary heading southeast until it intersects, and Old <br /> 15 NC 86 serves as the boundary then turning southeast and ninnrng along Hillsborough <br /> 16 Road to Greensboro Street <br /> 17 <br /> 18 (b) Members of the committee shall be appointed for three year staggered terms,but members <br /> 19 may continue to serve until their successors have been appointed. Initially the terms of all membership <br /> 24 seats on the committee shall expire on January 31,2000. Thereafter,one county appointee and one town <br /> 21 appointee shall be appointed for three-year terms,one county appointee and one town appointee shall be <br /> 22 appointed for two-year terms,and one county appointee shall be appointed for a term of one year. All <br /> 23 members shall thereafter be appointed for terms of three years but shall be limited to no more than two <br /> 24 consecutive three-year terms. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 (c) The same provisions that govern the removal of planning board members (Subsection 15- <br /> 27 21(e))shall apply to committee members. <br /> 28 <br /> 29 (d) The committee shall establish a regular meeting schedule. Minutes shall be kept of all <br /> 30 meetings. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 (e) A quorum for the committee shall consist of three members. A quorum is necessary for the <br /> 33 committee to take official action. <br /> 34 <br /> 35 (f) All actions of the committee shall be taken by majority vote,a quorum being present. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 (g) The committee shall designate one of its members to serve as chair and one member to serve <br /> 38 as vice-chair. These officers shall be selected annually at the committee's first regular meeting in February <br /> 39 and shall serve for terms of one year unless their terms of appointment to the committee sooner expire. <br /> 40 Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms only. The chair and vice-chair may take part in all <br /> 41 deliberations and vote on all issues. <br /> 42 <br /> 43 (h) The committee shall have the following powers and duties: <br /> 44 <br /> 45 (1) Review zoning amendment requests and special and conditional use permit <br /> 46 applications for developments within the Northern Transition Area and make <br /> ................................................................................................... ..... ......................................................................................»....................................... <br /> `Page 32 of 35 <br />