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RES- 2014 -031 <br />Attachment 2 <br />JOINT RESOLUTION AMENDING THE HILLSBOROUGH - ORANGE INTERLOCAL <br />LAND MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT FOR <br />THE CENTRAL ORANGE COORDINATED AREA <br />WHEREAS, in December 2009 the Town of Hillsborough and Orange County entered <br />into the Hillsborough- Orange Interlocal Land Management Agreement (the <br />"Agreement ") pursuant to which, inter alia, the Town of Hillsborough ( "the <br />"Town ") and Orange County (the "County ") agreed to establish a method of <br />coordinated and comprehensive planning for an area identified in the <br />Agreement as the "Central Orange Coordinated Area" ( "COCA "); <br />WHEREAS, the Town and County have memorialized the Urban Services Boundary by <br />amending the Water and Sewer Boundary agreement in 2009 to reflect the <br />Town's primary service area; <br />WHEREAS, North Carolina General Statutes related to annexation procedures have <br />changed since the Agreement was adopted, which place further limitations <br />on the ability to annex without the consent of property owners; <br />WHEREAS, adding predominately developed properties into the town's ETJ would <br />provide little to no benefit to the impacted property owners or the town; <br />WHEREAS, the vision articulated by the Agreement has been achieved and a Joint <br />Future Land Use Plan for areas within the Town's Urban Services <br />Boundary was adopted by both parties; <br />WHEREAS, the Town and County boards met and discussed the concept of stopping <br />the process to expand the Town's ETJ and need to independently consider <br />resolutions to this affect; and <br />WHEREAS, staff has notified all affected property owners of the boards intentions to <br />consider resolutions and the date and time of the meeting each board <br />would be considering. <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the parties agree to cease implementation <br />of the Agreement at completion of Section 2.1, Adoption of Joint Land Use Plan, with <br />the exception of the following additional steps: <br />The town will proceed with releasing approximately 400 acres from the ETJ to align the <br />ETJ with the Urban Services Boundary on the west side of town and amend its zoning <br />map; <br />Orange County will amend its Future Land Use Map of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan, <br />as well as its zoning map, to include these areas in its jurisdiction; and <br />