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.-~ ALAMANCE COUNTY BOARD OF GOMMISSIONERS . A RESOLUTION TO REQUEST THAT THE NORTH GAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY CONDUCT A RE-SURVEY OF THE ORANGE-ALAMANCE COUNTY BOUNDARY WHEREAS, the boundaries of Orange County were established by act of the Colonial General Assembly in 1752, Orange County being "formed" from portions of Bladen, Granville and Johnston Counties; and WHEREAS, the boundary between Orange and Alamance counties was "formed" by survey commissioned by an Act of the General Assembly of North Carolina, which Act was adopted during the Session of 1848 and 18x9 (hereafter "the Act") at the time Alamance County was formed; and WHEREAS, the boundary established by the Act relies on numerous geographic or landmark references that, while perhaps useful and adequate then, are insufficient now to demarcate where the boundary between Alamance County and Orange County lies; and WHEREAS, the importance of local government officials being able to accurately inform property owners, citizens, and other interested parties of the situs of specific parcels of land has been heightened by ever increasing residential and commercial development in the vicinity of the Orange-Alamance line; and WHEREAS, North Carolina General Statute §§ 153A-18(a) and 153A-18(c) provide a mechanism by which the North Carolina Geodetic.Sunrey Section of the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources may assist counties to resolve ambiguous or uncertain boundaries; and WHEREAS, both counties have previously engaged in discussions or actions to resolve boundaries with other neighboring counties wherein valuable lessons were learned, but in which some of the circumstances have been different than those in the Orange-Alamance instance; and WHEREAS, the Alamance and Orange County Boards of Commissioners recognize that the boundary line between the two counties is uncertain; and WHEREAS, the Alamance and Orange County Boards of Commissioners are committed to the principle, established by law, that the County responsibility to citizens and residents for . services such as voting, holding elective office, public health, public welfare, land use planning, emergency services and public schools be certain and that taxable real property be listed and taxed in khe county in which it is situated; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Alamance and Orange County Boards of Commissioners to achieve a definitive resolution of the county boundary that minimizes the adverse impact collectively on citizens, residents and property owners who might be affected by the location of the county boundary; NOW, THEREFORE, BE I'C RESOLVED that the Alamance County Board of Commissioners does hereby~request that the North Carolina Geodetic Survey Section in the Division of Land Resources of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources ("NCGS"} conduct a re-survey of the Orange-Alamance boundary and assist bath counties in resolving,the