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K Noting the one area for deletion and clarification described above, the Planning Director recommends approval of the proposed draft COCA Land Use Plan based on the following: • Consistency with the adopted Hillsborough- Orange Interlocal Land Management Agreement; • Provides additional guidance for coordinated land use and zoning decisions; • Better distinguishes between areas to have urban characteristics from those that are to remain rural; • Consistency with the goals and objectives of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan; and • Prerequisite to 2030 Comprehensive Plan Amendments that will further implement the Interlocal Agreement and operationalize joint planning. Planning Board Recommendation: The Planning Board considered this item at its October 2, 2013 meeting. The Planning Board unanimously voted to recommend approval of this item. The Planning Board draft minutes are included in Attachment 4. "Immediate and Future Steps" — What Joint Planning Steps Come Next ?: Since the public hearing, Orange County received a letter (dated September 10, 2013) conveying Town Board action and adoption of a resolution indicating its interest in releasing areas west of town from its Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) and requesting jurisdiction over areas defined in the Interlocal Land Management Agreement. Coordination between the respective staffs was also requested to begin identifying the required steps and to process the exchange. Orange County Planning staff and Staff Attorney met with the Town's Planning Director and Attorney on October 16 to begin developing a coordinated approach to the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) swaps. Based on staff collaboration, it is recommended that immediate next steps include processing the ETJ exchange. This exchange would occur prior to County 2030 Comprehensive Plan amendments to implement the COCA Land Use Plan and different from a simultaneous approach that staff conveyed as an option when questioned on future steps, steps which admittedly had not yet been determined by staff the night of the hearing. As full achievement of Town and County future joint land use visions is a significant undertaking, involving many steps, this incremental approach is recommended to ensure that the process is manageable and most understandable. Therefore, immediate steps following BOCC approval on the draft Town of Hillsborough /Orange County COCA Land Use Plan include BOCC authorization to proceed with the development of a schedule and process, including notification and outreach methods, to execute the ETJ swaps identified in the Interlocal Agreement. This authorization to proceed, with additional specifics, may be a proposed item for the November 19, 2013 BOCC meeting. Following the completion of ETJ swaps, additional future steps will include 2030 Comprehensive Plan text and map amendments to implement the COCA Land Use Plan, Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) text amendments, additional public outreach, and a public hearing. The BOCC will also be asked to authorize a schedule and a process, including notification and outreach methods, before these future steps are initiated. FINANCIAL IMPACT: See Section C. 3 in Attachment 1.