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4 1 2 Chair McKee thanked him, and he noted that this is why it is important to have outside 3 appointees to these boards, because the various entities have different regulations. 4 Thomas Fenske thanked the Orange County Planning Department for having orientation 5 sessions for him and others. 6 7 • Hillsborough Board of Adiustment 8 Carl Edward Sain is the Orange County representative on the Hillsborough Board of 9 Adjustment, and he had no comments. 10 11 • Chapel Hill Library Board of Trustees 12 James Stroud is the Orange County representative on the Chapel Hill Library Board of 13 Trustees. He said everything is going well. He said it seems that the only concern he has 14 heard from the Trustees is about continued financial support from Orange County. 15 Chair McKee said there is no lack of support for the Chapel Hill Library even as the 16 Board discusses a southern branch library. 17 Commissioner Dorosin asked Mr. Stroud if he has heard any discussion of the need for 18 a more collaborative relationship with regard to the southwest branch. 19 James Stroud said no. He said the main concern is how that branch will operate and 20 whether the Chapel Hill Library will keep their funding. 21 22 • Chapel Hill Planning Commission 23 Deborah Fulghieri is the Orange County ETJ representative on the Chapel Hill Planning 24 Commission, which used to be the Planning Board. 25 She said there are fewer seats on the new re-aligned board than before, and Chapel Hill 26 voted to eliminate the joint planning area (JPA) County seat. She asked the Board of County 27 Commissioners to keep this seat and the ETJ seat. She said Rogers Road has been voted into 28 the ETJ area and will have different concerns than the southern ETJ. 29 She said the southern ETJ contains the Obey Creek development, which was recently 30 presented to the planning commission. She said the developer plans to put off annexation from 31 the ETJ into the town of Chapel Hill until July 1st of 2016. She said if the general assembly 32 votes to eliminate ETJs, this development will fall into the County jurisdiction. She said the 33 planner in charge of Obey Creek said that as of March 13th they had sent the proposed 34 development agreement to Orange County. She said a new zoning designation is being 35 formed, called development agreement 1, which is a placeholder. She is trying to vote against 36 this as she thinks it sets a bad precedent. 37 Deborah Fulghieri said 4100-4500 new residences are approved for building in Chapel 38 Hill, plus another 151 single family homes. She said this has bearing on the school districts and 39 County services. 40 41 Chair McKee said it is very difficult to predict what the legislature may or may not do. 42 Commissioner Dorosin clarified that the area of the ETJ has increased, but not the seats 43 on the board. He said the JPA seat is vacant, and he asked if it is going to be eliminated. 44 Deborah Fulghieri said she does not know if it is going to be eliminated. She said the 45 planning commission voted to eliminate one of the two seats, either an ETJ or JPA seat. 46 Commissioner Dorosin said he thinks the number of required seats based on the 47 population of your relative ETJ is governed by the legislature. He said it may be necessary to 48 give the ETJ an extra seat, regardless of whether the JPA seat is kept or not. 49 John Roberts said this is a mathematical calculation based on population.