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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: January 23, 2014 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-m <br /> SUBJECT: Update on Adjustments to Town of Hillsborough Extraterritorial Jurisdiction <br /> (ETJ) <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning <br /> Supervisor, 245-2579 <br /> James Bryan, Staff Attorney, 245-2319 <br /> Craig Benedict, Planning Director, 245-2592 <br /> Abigaile Pittman, Transportation/Land Use <br /> Planner, 245-2567 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive an update on the status of adjustments to the Town of Hillsborough <br /> Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ). <br /> BACKGROUND: Consistent with the Hillsborough-Orange Interlocal Land Management <br /> Agreement (December 2009), the Town of Hillsborough and Orange County agreed to consider <br /> adjustments to the Town's ETJ. Extraterritorial Jurisdiction or "ETJ" is an area outside of the <br /> Town's corporate limits over which the Town exercises its zoning and planning authority. <br /> Town of Hillsborough Initiation: <br /> Orange County received a letter in September 2013 conveying Town Board action and adoption <br /> of a resolution indicating its interest in releasing areas west of town from its Extraterritorial <br /> Jurisdiction (ETJ) and requesting jurisdiction over areas defined in the Interlocal Land <br /> Management Agreement. Coordination between the respective staffs was also requested to <br /> begin identifying the required steps and to process the adjustments. <br /> Schedule Change: <br /> The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) is not being asked to consider its <br /> Resolution to Support ETJ Adjustments this evening as originally scheduled. The Town <br /> of Hillsborough was not able to schedule its public hearing for its ETJ adjustments as early as <br /> anticipated and, as a result, the BOCC does not need to take action on its resolution this early <br /> in the process. BOCC action on its resolution to support the ETJ adjustments is now scheduled <br /> for the Board's March 6, 2014 meeting. The Town's public hearing date is to be determined <br /> and coordinated with the County's schedule to ensure that all public meeting advertisement and <br /> notification requirements can be met by both parties. <br />