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North Carolina to resurvey their common boundary using provisions established in the North <br />Carolina General Statutes for resolving ambiguous county boundaries. <br />The accompanying draft resolution, prepared by the County Attorney for adoption by the Orange <br />County Board of Commissioners, would likewise petition the State to resurvey the uncertain <br />boundary that Orange shares with Alamance County. This represents a necessary and <br />important step towards ultimately enabling elected officials and staff members in both counties <br />accurately and definitively to inform residents grid property owners near the Orange-Alamance <br />line regarding in which County they (ive, from which County they should receive services, to <br />which County they should pay taxes, and in which County they may vote or stand for elected <br />office. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact associated with adoption of this <br />resolution. The county boundary line resurvey program outlined in the General Statutes and to <br />be performed by the Geodetic Survey Section of the Department of Environment and Natural <br />Resources is to be carried out at no expense to the counties involved. <br />Depending on the ultimate resolution of the physical location of the Orange-Alamance line, there <br />will likely be changes in tax revenue received and service expenses incurred if properties <br />currently treated as being in one county are determined by the resurvey process to be located in <br />the other county. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends~that the Board of Commissioners adopt <br />and sign the accompanying resolution as prepared by the County Attorney. <br />