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ATTACHMENT 4 COUNTY MANAGER LETTERHEAD September 5, 2013 Roger Stancil, Town Manager Town of Chapel Hill 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Chapel Hill, NC 27514 -5707 Dear Roger: Orange County administration has reviewed your letter expressing an interest to extend Chapel Hill's extra - territorial jurisdiction (ETJ) to include areas within the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood. This area is currently within Chapel Hill's and Orange County's Joint Planning Transition Area. We are in agreement that an ETJ designation, as you state, would facilitate the use of community development funding available to the Town to assist with sewer and /or water service in the area. We have informed our Board of County Commissioners of Chapel Hill's intent to proceed with the ETJ expansion process as noted in your letter of July 1, 2013. On September 5, 2013 we had a specific item on our agenda to discuss the BOCC's `consent to proceed' based on your request. We have accented your interest in an expedited process. The BOCC expressed no objection to Chapel Hill's ETJ expansion process. The Board of Commissioners also understands that at this stage, this `consent to proceed' is not binding on present or future boards of commissioners. Once the Town completes its study of this issue, and if the Town decides to formally request an expansion of its ETJ as suggested, the BOCC will at that time consider approval of that request via a formal resolution of the Board. If the Chapel Hill ETJ is expanded, that action would replace the similar aspects of development planning, permitting and approval that had been ceded to Chapel Hill from Orange County in the 1987 Joint Planning Agreement. Thank you. Sincerely, Frank W. Clifton, Jr. County Manager xc: Orange County Board of Commissioners John Roberts, Orange County Attorney Michael Talbert, Assistant County Manager Craig N. Benedict, Planning & Inspections Director