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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD of COMMISSIONERS <br /> TOWN of CHAPEL HILL COUNCIL <br /> TOWN of CARRBORO BOARD of ALDERMEN <br /> JOINT PLANNING AREA (JPA) JOINT PUBLIC HEARING <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 15, 2015 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. C.1 <br /> SUBJECT: Text Amendment to the Joint Planning Agreement— Revise Existing Language <br /> Regarding Transition Area Resident Representation of the Chapel Hill Planning Commission <br /> and Board of Adjustment <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) Yes <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: (9'19) <br /> Town of Chapel Hill Planning Staff Report Gene Poveromo, Town of Chapel Hill <br /> Planning, 969-6069 <br /> Perdita Holtz, orange County Planning, 246- <br /> 2678 <br /> Craig Benedict, orange County Planning, 246- <br /> 2692 <br /> Trish McGuire, Town of Carrboro Planning, <br /> 918-7324 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive public comment on two proposed options to amend the Joint Planning <br /> Agreement to revise existing language regarding Transition Area resident representation on the <br /> Town of Chapel Hill's Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment. <br /> BACKGROUND: In the mid-1980s orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro <br /> adopted a Joint Planning Land Use Plan and accompanying Agreement that provided land use <br /> planning for the area of the county commonly referred to as the Rural Buffer and for areas <br /> designated as "Transition Areas" adjacent to the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Transition <br /> Areas were defined as areas in transition from rural to urban and were projected to be provided <br /> with urban services (public utilities and other town services). The full plan and agreement is <br /> available at. LI!L.Horan cunt ncn v lannipg/Documents.a <br /> In October 2014, the Town of Chapel Hill enacted an Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) <br /> expansion ordinance that changed most of the Town's designated Transition Area to ETJ. <br /> Because there is relatively little Chapel Hill Transition Area remaining, the Town of Chapel Hill <br /> has proposed two options for potential amendments to the Joint Planning Agreement regarding <br /> Transition Area resident representation on its Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment. <br /> The attached Town staff report provides further details on the options. <br /> Amendments to the Joint Planning Agreement require a joint public hearing and approval by the <br /> three governing boards of the jurisdictions that are parties to the agreement. <br />