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-18- U54 Council Member Andresen asked what was the difference between the extraterritorial jurisdiction and the transition area. Manager Taylor replied that in the extraterritorial jurisdiction the municipality had complete control, but in the transition area there was a joint agreement on the Joint Land Use Plan; the municipality would provide the zoning maps in accordance with the Joint Land Use Plan; the County would adopt the zoning ordinances consistent with the Joint Land Use Plan; and the municipality would administer the ordinances for development in the areas. Council Member Smith expressed concern that Chapel Hill was getting involved in problems between Carrboro and Orange County especially since Chapel Hill and Orange County had already agreed to a Joint Land Use Plan. Council Member Andresen spoke in support of the motion saying that intergovernmental cooperation was necessary. She asked if once this was adopted, would Chapel Hill have any way to further protect the University Lake Watershed. Council Member Godschalk said that he had tried to address that question in the resolution by linking Chapel Hill's approval with the adoption of the water carrying capacity study's recommendations. THE MOTION CARRIED, (7-1) , WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH VOTING AGAINST. The resolution, as adopted, reads as follows: RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING CHANGES TO THE JOINT PLANNING AREA LAND USE PLAN (87-3-23/R-5) WHEREAS, the governments of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Orange County have adopted a 13 point agreement in principle, designed to protect the water supply watershed and to facilitate joint planning and to maintain working intergovernmental relations; and WHEREAS, the Joint Planning -Area Land Use Plan map and text would need to be amended to carry out one element of the 13 point agreement -- the expansion of Carrboro' s Transition Area north into the Bolin Creek drainage basin, with the understanding that this will forestall further water and sewer extensions into the University Lake watershed prior to completion of the proposed OWASA carrying capacity study and the adoption of its recommenda- tions by the governing bodies involved; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that the Council recommends that the Orange County Board of Commissioners amend the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan in the following ways: If Carrboro will supply assurances that it will not seek to extend water and sewer lines into University Lake watershed prior to completion of the OWASA carrying capacity study, then: