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16 <br />1 <br />2 4.2 Chapel Hill Staff Report <br />3 ■ NCGS Municipal Application Criteria <br />4 ■ Next Steps <br />5 — Long Term Planning <br />6 — Utility Provision <br />7 — County & Jointly Owned Properties <br />8 <br />9 4.3. Municipal Public Hearing <br />10 ■ October 21, 2013 Public Hearing <br />11 ■ Petitions and letters of ETJ expansion support. <br />12 <br />13 5. County Review Process and Comment <br />14 NCGS 160A 360 -364 <br />15 — Review - see Attachment 4 for specifics <br />16 — Population, Boundaries <br />17 — Zoning, Subdivision, Building Code <br />18 — Urban Planning <br />19 — Municipal Processes & Public Input <br />20 <br />21 5. County Review Summary (con't) <br />22 ■ Joint Planning Agreement and Associated Land Use Planning has led to collaborative <br />23 planning in the area for over 27 years <br />24 ■ Multiple planning task forces in the Rogers Road / Eubanks Neighborhood Area have <br />25 more recently focused on current issues <br />26 ■ ETJ jurisdiction permits another financial partner opportunities to address <br />27 unincorporated areas <br />28 ■ Other cooperative efforts such as sidewalk installations may be easier to accomplish <br />29 ■ Ensure a continuing mechanism for long -term planning in the area and educate area <br />30 representatives about planning context <br />31 ■ JPA agreement remains as context for the larger area outside the ETJ request area <br />32 <br />33 5. County Review Summary (con't) <br />34 ■ Request meets or is consistent with requirements (see pages 150 -158) <br />35 Remaining county actions if approved <br />36 ETJ representation by County with appointment reflecting population <br />37 proportionality <br />38 6. Recommendations <br />39 ■ Approve the Chapel Hill ETJ Expansion request <br />40 ■ Engage in long -term planning in the area <br />41 NOTE: Upcoming activity by BOCC; Proceed with OWASA <br />42 Re: Final Sewer Engineering <br />43 <br />44 Craig Benedict noted that there are also 35,000 acres in the rural buffer, which is part of <br />45 the joint planning area under Orange County's jurisdiction. <br />46 He noted on the area map that the dotted line representing the Rogers Road <br />47 Neighborhood shows the primary reason for the proposed ETJ expansion. <br />48 Craig Benedict said that petitions and letters of support from the general public regarding <br />49 this expansion are included in the packet. <br />50 He said if this expansion is approved, the population numbers will need to be re- <br />51 calculated to insure proper ETJ representation, and staff is already working on this calculation. <br />