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4. The process should not be triggered by a "request" by the town, but by <br />way of required notification of any and all applicable projects that have <br />been received and are being considered. Although it may be more efecient <br />'for the county staff to wait until the town has completed its review, in fact <br />the county should have more input if its comments were made during the <br />process as well as at the end. <br />Response: County review cannot begin until the receipt of application materials <br />and a town usually doesn't send these until it has completed a preliminary review <br />to insure completeness. A possible middle-ground solution could be an informal <br />"heads-up" (perhaps on a one-page form) from a town that they've received a <br />proposal for x number of units at location y with application materials and <br />additional details to follow. <br />5. There needs to be codified that no applicable project shall be voted on by <br />any town's governing body until the County's response and comments <br />have been forwarded to the staff and are made fully available to the <br />governing board at public hearing by a staff member. <br />Response: Town and County Attorneys need to chime in on this one. It is <br />questionable whether towns would be agreeable to granting the County this <br />degree of influence in areas where their ordinances govern. There seems to be <br />potential for the County to delay things so the towns would likely require strict <br />adherence to schedule for submission of County comments. <br />6. The issue of the absence of effective, legal review after annexation of a <br />property which was previously subject to an agreement that provided for <br />review needs to be revisited and explored by the county attorney. If in fact <br />it is a legal reality that annexation trumps a joint planning agreement, then <br />future as well as current Joint Planning Agreements need to be structured <br />or restructured to strengthen the courtesy review process and <br />opportunities for input from county residents living in those joint planning <br />areas. <br />Response: Agree! County attorney input is needed. Also recommend <br />preparation of a staff report (with County Attorney review/input) on.annexation <br />and extraterritorial planning jurisdiction in North Carolina as they can have a <br />major impact on courtesy review. <br />7. The role of the County Commissioners needs to be strengthened. One idea <br />is to allow the Planning Board to determine at its review whether or not it <br />would recommend for any project to be also reviewed by the County <br />Commissioners. <br />Response: The Planning Board has this prerogative now. Of course, the BOCC <br />has the final say as to whether or not they wish to consider the project. <br />G:1;'bmpret~eusi~e [~L•tnuing C.7i-•~Ci.NG`'t'lsn~~ing Aoar.!L'•Ui~'V'ntnt ii>ri'K-fey"_.duc <br />