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18 <br /> VOTE: 6-0 (Commissioner Pelissier absent) <br /> • Discussion and Approval of the Items Removed from the Consent Agenda <br /> f. Voluntary Annexation Petition — Sportsplex Field House Property <br /> The Board considered approving a petition for voluntary annexation of the Sportsplex <br /> Field House site to the Town of Hillsborough and, upon County Attorney review, authorizing <br /> the Chair to sign the petition and related documentation and authorize the Chair to sign. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said he was interested in understanding the rationale for this <br /> petition and the benefit to the County of this voluntary annexation. <br /> Jeff Thompson, Director of Asset Management Services, said this allows for a more <br /> beneficial packet of entitlements, as the Sportsplex Field House is developed. He said <br /> parking, set backs, and stormwater management requirements are easier to deal with on <br /> single parcel of land, as opposed to a parcel that is split between the Town of Hillsborough and <br /> the County. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs asked if the project would be dependent on Hillsborough and if <br /> water rates would be affected. <br /> Michael Harvey, Orange County Planning, said there is a greater opportunity for the <br /> County to make use of existing infrastructure at the Sportsplex complex; whereas, if it were in <br /> the County's planning jurisdiction as an independent lot, set backs, parking, and stormwater <br /> would have to be contained within the County's lot. He said it would allow for cost savings. <br /> Jeff Thompson said the water rate will be Hillsborough water rates. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said being in the Town would provide about a 50% savings <br /> which could be a cost saving measure. <br /> Commissioner Price asked if the there is a process to determine the design, if Orange <br /> County is not doing so. <br /> Jeff Thompson said there will be a public hearing process this summer with <br /> Hillsborough and Hillsborough will vote on the annexation in the fall. He said it will then follow <br /> the planning process as though it were Hillsborough property. <br /> Commissioner Price asked if Orange County will have to pay the permitting fees. <br /> Jeff Thompson said yes. <br /> Commissioner Price said she is concerned about properties surrounding the area and <br /> asked if these property owners will be invited to the public hearings. <br /> Jeff Thompson said yes. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Burroughs <br /> to approve the voluntary annexation of the Sportsplex Field House site to the Town of <br /> Hillsborough and, upon County Attorney review, authorized the Chair to sign the petition and <br /> related documentation. <br /> VOTE: 6-0 (Commissioner Pelissier absent) <br /> g. Resolution to Endorse Orange County's Priority Transportation Project Lists <br /> for the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Triangle <br /> Area Rural Planning Organization, and the Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning <br /> Organization <br />