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066 <br /> ORANGE COM,' <br /> BOARD OP CCMMISSIONERS Action Agenda <br /> ACTIONAGENIA rim ABSTRACT Item Ii). R4/ <br /> Meeting Date: OCTOBER 15, 1985 <br /> SUBJSZT: REVIEW COUNTY BOUWARY BETWEEN ORANGE AhD CHATHAM AS PROPOSED ON <br /> ORTHOPHOTO EASE MAPS <br /> DEPARTMENT: CENTRAL LAND RECORDS PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATENCHKENTCS): INNWATIONCONFACT: ROSCOE REEVE <br /> X547 <br /> • <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> ______ <br /> PURPOSE: To consider the results of staff work thus far in determining <br /> more precisely where the line should lie. <br /> NERD: Both Orange and Chatham counties have lacked an accurate and. <br /> consistent record of the boundary between the two counties due <br /> to the lack of physical land marks and an undeterminate corner <br /> point for Orange and Chatham in the Haw River. With increasing <br /> development in the border area, and efforts by both counties to <br /> improve their property records for tax and developaent approval <br /> purposes, it is perceived that an agreed boundary should be <br /> proposed, approved, and recorded for the benefit of both <br /> counties. <br /> Legislation approved in the 1985 General Assembly allows the two <br /> counties to seek agreement on a proposed boundary and record <br /> that description in both offices of the Register of Deeds. <br /> Mapping will be displayed at the meeting Tuesdayndght. The <br /> process followed to arrive at location consisted of: <br /> 1. Photographs and reference markers were compiled in the <br /> Spring by the Robert Kimball Company. <br /> 2. Three lines are superimposed: <br /> a. A. blue line references panels placed at DOT road signs <br /> on the ground as a guide for tax map overlays. It, <br /> however, was an inadequate guide for reference since the <br /> DOT signs were not consistent. <br /> b. A red line provides an angle utilizing only Orange <br /> County's tax maps. <br /> C. The green line recognizes known landmarks, some tax map <br /> information and DOT signage at Star Point. <br /> While both County staffs have conferred, review by each board is <br /> necessary to proceed further. If there is agreement by each <br />