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11 <br />"Public" - It is crucial that municipalities integrate their growth. Is there a mechanism to <br />have some or all the municipalities adopt land use plans that are consistent with the <br />comprehensive plan? <br />Mr. Altieri -There is extensive amount of coordination -not to that extent. Examples <br />include the Joint Planning Area, transition areas, and a Small Area Plan. <br />Karen Lincoln, Transportation Planner -with regional transportation plaiuluig the elected <br />officials from all jurisdictions are members of the board; lot of discussion on land use; <br />these elected officials stay apprised to what's going on around them. <br />"Public" - Get a sense that you have municipalities that wont buy in? Projection of <br />growth will mainly happen in municipalities -they will have to handle the growth and <br />these will dictate what happens in this county. Buy in from municipalities is crucial. <br />Andy Sachs -What does the InterGovernmental Coordination part of the plan say about <br />this? <br />Mr. Benedict - In NC a large amount of independence is given to municipalities. There <br />is not a county master plan for cities and counties combined. This is the legislative <br />structure of NC. Orange County, more than any other county, has tried to better set urban <br />service boundaries and set an idea of their capacity to grow. We are taking leaps as far as <br />planning in NC and we would like to do more. We are challenged by the limits of state <br />legislation. <br />"Public" -This question deals with the urban services boundary (USB) around Chapel <br />Hill and Carrboro. From now to 2030 the towns will acknowledge that they have build <br />out with this boundary -how do they incrementally expand USB into county (adjacent <br />land)? Does the plan take this into consideration? <br />Glen Bowles, Planner II - Carrboxo and Chapel Hill asked if the Orange Water and Sewer <br />Association (OWASA) system could sustain their jurisdiction's density. OWASA came <br />up with an affirmative answer. ,-They are not expanding and instead just planning for <br />higher density within what they already have. <br />"Public" -They are going to reach a density that is enough and there will be pressure <br />because they have reached a critical density. This is all prime land that will be developed <br />in high density.. Is there a rational, organized way to incrementally expand the USB in <br />the plan? <br />Mr. Benedict - An analysis was done for the Orange County jurisdiction. Based on all <br />population projections, we have enough land designated in urban growth areas to <br />accommodate future populations. One thing not there -how much of future populations <br />will go into municipal areas and their ETJs and how much will go into Orange County's <br />urban and rural areas? The Shaping Orange County's Future plan makes a reference that <br />2/3 will go urban and 1/3 rural. There are no standards in the plan except to say that of <br />