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9 <br /> March 2, 1995 <br /> Chair, County Board of <br /> Commissioners <br /> RE: Boundary with Orange County <br /> Dear <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners is asking its <br /> legislative delegation to introduce and support a local bill which <br /> will permit the resolution of boundary uncertainties between <br /> County and Orange County by orthophotographic means . In <br /> 1985 Orange County received authorization from the General Assembly <br /> to reestablish its boundary with Chatham County by this method. <br /> That process proved extremely helpful and efficient. Orange County <br /> now has a modern surveyed boundary with Chatham County that was <br /> accomplished at relatively low cost. <br /> As you know, there is more and more interest in developing <br /> land along the boundary between our counties. It has become more <br /> and more important to persons purchasing property along the <br /> boundary to know now and forevermore in which county their property <br /> is located. We know this because we are receiving increasingly <br /> more requests for assurance on this point. Real estate contracts <br /> are more and more conditioned on this assurance and since Orange <br /> County cannot provide it, do not "close. " The uncertainty of the <br /> location of the boundary also forces land owners near the border of <br /> our county to record their real estate transaction instruments in <br /> both counties to insure their titles. <br /> I hope that in the future we can resolve boundary questions <br /> involving our two counties by this orthophotographic method. In <br /> the meantime, all that the local bill that we are submitting to the <br /> legislature will do will be to authorize this process. It will in <br /> no way require our counties to proceed under this process . In that <br /> regard, the local bill will only pertain to North Carolina General <br />