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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 8, 2014 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 6 -i <br />SUBJECT: Joint Resolution Amending the Hillsborough- Orange Interlocal Land <br />Management Agreement for the Central Orange Coordinated Area <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Excerpt From February 27, 2014 <br />BOCC /Hillsborough Board of <br />Commissioners Joint Meeting Materials <br />2. Draft Resolution <br />3. Property Owner Notices <br />1 <br />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 consider a resolution amending the Hillsborough- Orange Interlocal Land <br />Management Agreement to reflect the intent to continue coordination with Hillsborough to <br />relinquish some areas of its Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ), as defined in the Agreement, back <br />to the County and end the ETJ expansion process. <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 />Joint Information Meeting: <br />A Town of Hillsborough /Orange County Joint Information Meeting was held January 9, 2014 to <br />help inform property owners of the process, implications, and answer questions. Over 50 <br />residents attended the meeting, including some BOCC and Town Board representatives. <br />Nearly all attendees were owners of property within the areas proposed to be added to the ETJ. <br />The most commonly asked questions at the meeting were related to taxes, annexation, out of <br />Town water rates, public water and sewer, and the representation of property owners in the <br />ETJ. <br />