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3 <br /> Even if the two Boards of Commissioners were to agree that the USGS line is a logical basis for trying to <br /> resolve the location of the County line, much work would remain to be done with citizens whose residency <br /> would be affected by recognition of the USGS line as the official county boundary. Land Records/GIS staff <br /> have identified 242 parcels of land north to south between the Caswell and Chatham County lines that would be <br /> affected by recognizing the USGS line as the boundary instead of the traditional line shown on County property <br /> tax maps (where part or all of a parcel falls between the green and blue lines on the accompanying set of 3 <br /> maps). Some citizens who have always been considered Orange County residents, who have paid taxes to and <br /> received services from Orange County, would find themselves on the Alamance County side of the newly <br /> recognized County boundary. <br /> We encountered a similar issue, although on a much smaller scale, when Orange County resolved the location of <br /> the Orange-Chatham line in the late 1980s. We dealt with that by creating an agreement between the Orange <br /> and Chatham Boards of Commissioners that allowed citizens, "where permitted by law", to continue to receive <br /> services from and pay taxes to one county or the other if their residency was affected by the official relocation <br /> of the county line. We could pursue similar arrangements with residents affected by a"relocated" Orange- <br /> Alamance County line. However, the Orange and Alamance County Boards of Education would need to be <br /> involved in any decisions relating to which school system students from the other county would attend. Also, <br /> any agreement that Orange County might enter into with Alamance would deal with traditional services like <br /> police, fire, EMS, planning, code enforcement, and the like - it would not address the question of residency for <br /> the purposes of voting or standing for elected office. <br /> This memo is an attempt to provide you with a concise update on a complex matter, so I expect that there are a <br /> number of questions you may have which I have not addressed. Accordingly, I suggest that staff plan to present <br /> a report on this subject at an upcoming regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners. In that way, staff and <br /> the attorney can respond to your questions and receive your direction as to how to proceed on this matter <br />