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15 1 A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner McKee to approve the 2 Budget Amendment#1-D by approving two (2.0 FTE) additional Appraiser I positions within the Revaluation 3 Fund as part of the cyclical North Carolina revaluation process, and an appropriation from the Revaluation 4 Fund's Unassigned Fund Balance to cover the FY 2013-14 costs. 5 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 6 7 s. Consent to Chapel Hill to Proceed with Chapel Hill Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) 8 Expansion Process 9 The Board considered consent of the request from the Town of Chapel Hill for the Town to begin the 10 process to expand its extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). 11 Commissioner Gordon said she does not object to the expansion process per se, but she does feel 12 that this has a bearing on the historic Joint Planning Agreement (JPA). She feels that the Joint Planning 13 Agreement should be acknowledged, and there should be a process in which this expansion is related to 14 joint planning. She suggested that the letter be assembled with some language added to the third 15 paragraph to acknowledge the Joint Planning Agreement. 16 She feels these processes should operate in concert. 17 Commissioner Price said her concern is that some of these items on the consent agenda should 18 have more information and highlights to explain fully what the Board is being asked to consider and vote 19 on. She said this item is not really saying that Chapel Hill and the County are going to go forward, but the 20 Board is consenting to beginning the process. 21 Commissioner Dorosin said this comes out of the Rogers Road Task Force and the idea of the 22 County, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro jointly funding installation of water and sewer in this community. He said 23 Chapel Hill could not expend funds in an area that is not in the town limits or the town's ETJ. He said that 24 by allowing Chapel Hill to extend their ETJ, the town will be able to participate in funding the water and 25 sewer. He said this is moving forward with Chapel Hill. He noted that this consent is not necessary but just 26 a process by Chapel Hill to make sure all partners are on the same page. He said if the town votes to 27 expand the ETJ this will come back to the Board for an official vote on whether the County wishes to go 28 along with it. He said questions regarding the joint planning agreement will be answered during the 29 process. He believes the people who live in the neighborhood will not see changes on the ground. 30 John Roberts said the extension of the ETJ is a statutory process. He encouraged the Board to 31 send any questions regarding the Joint Planning Agreement after the actual extension of the ETJ. He said 32 amendments to the Joint Planning Agreement are complicated, and it will lengthen the process significantly. 33 Frank Clifton said this is an unusual request. He noted that this letter does not bind the 34 Commissioners to action. He noted that the letter is drafted to encourage a spirit of cooperation and to 35 depict that the Board accepts that the town is moving forward. 36 Commissioner Gordon said she is just asking what will happen to the JPA now. She just wants the 37 knowledge. She read the following proposed sentence: "The BOCC expressed no objection to Chapel Hill's 38 ETJ expansion process but requested an explanation of the amendments to the existing Joint Planning 39 Agreement (JPA) that could be made to recognize this ETJ expansion, along with a process and timeline 40 for amending the JPA." 41 She said this will not hold anyone up, assuming that staff can do this analysis. 42 Commissioner Dorosin suggested this question be posed to County staff, rather than putting that 43 language in the letter and asking Chapel Hill staff to get that information. He said staff could get this 44 information between now and when the ETJ is approved and comes back to the board, assuming it is 45 approved. He noted that there is a minimum of 30 days notice for a public hearing, so there is plenty of 46 time. 47 Commissioner Gordon said the amendment to the letter could suggest that Orange County staff 48 provide the explanation. 49 Commissioner Dorosin questioned why this needs to be in the letter. 50 Commissioner Gordon said she is expressing an objection unless the JPA issue is addressed. 51 Chair Jacobs suggested a middle ground where the Board expresses to Chapel Hill that this is a 52 concern and then re-visits this as the process moves forward. He suggested the Board ask County staff to 53 bring forward information on the impact that this will have on the JPA. He noted that approval of this does 54 not commit Orange County to anything, but it does further a Board priority of advancing the partnership to