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satellite annexation area with corporate limits extending down Seawell School Road and High School Road to Homestead Road. The Homestead tract is located midway between the two school roads. Town services such as police and fire protection are currently provided to the high school by Chapel Hill. Or If the property owner petitioned for satellite annexation, Chapel Hill would have the advantage. GS 160A-58.1 (b)(2) states that no point of the satellite corporate limits may be closer to the primary corporate limits of another city than the primary corporate limits of the annexing city. The "primary corporate _•limits" (limits defined in the Town charter and subsequently enlarged) of Chapel Hill are closer (5,000 feet) than those of Carrboro (5,600 feet) . • Annexatj.on fix Municipal Action • Insofar as annexation by municipal action is concerned, Chapel Hill has adopted a resolution (March 3, 1986) identifying areas under consideration for annexation. Such a resolution must be adopted at least one year prior to the adoption of a resolution of intent to annex. The proposed corporate limits extend up Seawell School Road (east of the High School) to Homestead Road, up Homestead Road to the railroad, then north along the railroad to the new landfill site. -The Homestead Highlands tract is located outside the area under consideration, and the Carrboro staff indicated that a similar report and resolution would be prepared in a month which identified areas up to the Chapel Hill boundary, including the Homestead tract. Recent court decisions have indicated that the "resolution of consideration" does not give one jurisdiction an advantage over another. Rather, a "resolution of intent to annex" (GS 160A-49) provides the basis for a municipality to proceed with annexation of an area. Thus, resolutions of consideration do not provide any certainty regarding which jurisdiction may annex Homestead Highlands in the future. Mutual Boundary Agreement Both jurisdictions have indicated that it would be highly desirable to adopt a mutual growth boundary beyond which neither jurisdiction would annex. Both have indicated, however, that adoption of such a boundary would require staff analysis first, then governing board review and action. No time estimate could be provided for the length of the process. SERVICE IMPLICATIONS The primary area of concern voiced at the initial hearing was related to fire service districts and the potential loss of revenue through annexation of development by a municipality. The Homestead Highlands tract is located in New Hope Rural Fire District with a current fire tax of $.04 per $100 valuation. If homes in the project are valued at $100 ,000 , the