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16 1 elaborate process for the appointment of ETJ representatives. 2 Commissioner Gordon referred to page 3 on pre - submittal. She said it states that the 3 idea goes from the elected board of the municipality to the County via the clerk and /or the 4 manager. She said it seems better to her to be very definite about what needs to be done, and 5 take out the "and /or." She said the syntax here was not clear. 6 Commissioner Gordon said she would edit number 2 in the pre - submittal process to 7 include the term "in accordance with state statute." 8 Commissioner Gordon said Item D, number 1 should specify "Orange County" Planning 9 Board. 10 Commissioner Gordon said she is glad to see this policy being considered. 11 Commissioner Dorosin said the Rogers Road proposal is related but separate from this 12 issue. He said it would be in the best interest to expedite the Rogers Road process even if this 13 is not finalized. 14 He said one thing that is important moving forward is to have language suggesting that 15 ETJs should not remain ETJs forever. He said this is not fair to the residents. 16 Commissioner Pelissier said she would like to have a copy of the comments that were 17 made to the Chapel Hill Town Council regarding this particular case. 18 Craig Benedict said he will include as much information as staff can get. He said, by 19 December 1 st they should have the Chapel Hill ETJ expansion request. 20 Chair Jacobs said he had asked staff in March to come back with an analysis of the way 21 rules have changed for ETJs. He would like to have this. 22 Chair Jacobs said he thought that joint planning appointments were to be changed to 23 ETJ appointments. He asked for clarification on this. 24 Craig Benedict said there are joint planning area representatives on the Chapel Hill 25 Planning Board. He said there will be a process to have ETJ representatives voted on by 26 Orange County to sit on the Chapel Hill Planning Board. 27 Chair Jacobs said the joint planning area and this ETJ are not synonymous. 28 Craig Benedict said a thousand acres of Chapel Hill's joint area will possibly be 29 converted to ETJ, and there will be one small joint planning area (JPA) left over. He said 30 representation for both of these is based on population. He said there is currently one JPA seat 31 left. 32 Commissioner Rich asked how many ETJs are currently in Chapel Hill 33 Craig Benedict said there are a few general areas outside of corporate town limits — the 34 southern triangle rural buffer area; Rogers Road and Northwoods; the Triangle north of 35 interstate 40 near Sunrise Road; and a small area north of Interstate 40 behind New Hope 36 Commons and the Wal -Mart complex. 37 Commissioner Rich said it seems like there are a lot of different areas that might not 38 have representation on a board. 39 Chair Jacobs said it would be helpful to bring a map that shows the areas with the 40 acreage. 41 John Roberts said the statute provides for ETJ representation based on a mathematical 42 calculation, so until a certain threshold is reached, there is no obligation to add anyone. He said 43 the County could request an addition.