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4 Carrboro next to University Lake is the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Carrboro which extends out part way into the watershed. Orange County maintains the rest of that jurisdiction of the watershed. You will see north of Carrboro an area that is in diagonal stripes which are slanted from the upper right to the lower left. This is the transition area proposed now under the joint planning agreement and then a dotted line further north up toward Duke Forest which is where that is supposed to be extended further into the Bolin Creek basin in order to give Carrboro extra growth. There are also two straight dashed lines across that area. The lower one is just under Homestead Road and would be the extraterritorial jurisdiction line for Carrboro on an equivalency basis, i.e. , the same number of dwelling units that could be built under the present capacity of the University Lake watershed would be built in the extraterritorial jurisdiction. The next , dotted line north would be the extension on an acre per acre basis. Those are the alternatives. I think we will get further into them tonight. I realize that this is a fairly complicated matter, but we have tried to work � out a number of our problems through this one negotiating process. " Presentation by Judith Wegner, Alderperson, Town of Carrboro "I am going to explain to you briefly what the focus of tonight's discussion is. As you see on the flyer that Mr. Godschalk referred to, item number seven is in capital letters and that principally is what we are going to be talking about tonight. I want to try to clear up some fairly abstract concepts here so you all have basic information, and you will know what the terminology means that we are using. The first issue that we're talking about tonight has to do with the boundary line between the transition area and the rural buffer area as indicated on the map on the other side of the flyer. You should first understand that the transition area is a concept being used in the joint planning process by the various jurisdictions. It means a designated land that is in the process of changing from its rural character to land that may also be served by utilities and be developed at a somewhat higher density during the planning period in question (approximately a twenty year period) . You should know that the plans for the area designated the transition area would be that these be used for residential purposes only and that they would be developed at a density of no more than five units per acre. A lower level of density would be possible, depending on the carrying capacity and character of the land. That would be determined at a later point when we finally get down to the specific development of the zoning ordinance. You should also know that the process for resolving the regulations and the application of regulations within areas designated as transition areas. It specifies in the joint planning agreement that the County would adopt the Town development regulations in a transition area. The Town would then handle the permit applications that might come in for land in that area and would be responsible for enforcing regulations within that area. The County, however, would have what is called courtesy review which is a time, period in which they could comment on and respond to any permit applications in that area. The transition area may be compared to what is called a rural buffer area. The rural buffer is adjacent to the transition area and is rural in character and is to be maintained in that character at a very low density. In this area, the process used for decision making would be that of the County, including the approval of applications in that area. Permit V