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17 1 Chair Jacobs said the question is whether this should be requested, and it would be 2 good to have some date and maps to consider. 3 Commissioner McKee asked if there is any representation for areas outside of those ETJ 4 areas or anywhere else that is somewhat controlled by Chapel Hill. 5 Craig Benedict said presently there are either ETJ representatives for those limited 6 areas or JPA/Transition area representatives. 7 Craig Benedict said he has met with participants and representatives of ETJ and joint 8 planning areas so that they can get the perspective of what their role is. 9 He agreed that a map would be good. 10 Chair Jacobs said he appreciates Craig Benedict's willingness to help train and orient 11 people. He said an area like Northwoods can feel very isolated and unrepresented. He said the 12 residents do not know where to turn, but they are being impacted by a government in which they 13 have a limited voting stake. He said this was a key issue in joint planning, and the 14 Commissioners wanted to make sure to be a voice for those people who would eventually be 15 annexed. 16 Commissioner Gordon said she remembered the passionate way the people in the ETJ 17 had reacted to their status in the past, and the fact that this negative reaction provided a lot of 18 the impetus for the cooperative joint planning. She said, in general, perhaps the language 19 should be strengthened in favor of joint planning as opposed to ETJ. She said a joint planning 20 agreement solves a lot of issues. 21 Craig Benedict said this will be fine tuned and brought back in February. He asked if the 22 Board would be interested in having a joint process with the municipality. 23 Chair Jacobs answered yes. 24 25 5. Closed Session 26 A motion was made by Commissioner Rich, seconded by Commissioner McKee to go 27 into closed session at 9:58 p.m. for the purpose below: 28 29 "To discuss matters related to the location or expansion of industries or other businesses in the 30 area served by the public body, including agreement on a tentative list of economic 31 development incentives that may be offered by the public body in negotiations," NCGS § 143- 32 318.11(a)(4). 33 34 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 35 36 RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION 37 38 A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Price to 39 reconvene into regular session at 10:35pm. 40 41 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 42 43 ADJOURNMENT 44 A motion was made by Commissioner Rich, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to 45 adjourn the meeting at 10:35pm.