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Suggested Revisions to Joint Planning Agreement Submitted by Alice M. Gordon - October 14, 1987 079 Let me offer my congratulations to Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Orange County for coming this far in your efforts to approve a Joint Planning Agreement. As you probably know, I worked for many years on various versions of a joint agreement both as a member and later as the Chair of the Orange County Planning Board. It is gratifying to see that you are so close to signing this historic agreement. Tonight I have just three suggestions for revision to an otherwise satisfactory document. Clarification Designate the Rural Buffer more clearly on the Joint Planning Area Land Use Map, especially as it is shown in Exhibit A. This clarification is necessary since part of the definition of the term, "Rural Buffer," on page 3 contains a reference to the map, as follows: Rural Buffer. That portion of the Joint Planning Area designated on the Joint Planning Area Land Use Map as such.... The simplest solution would be to print the words "Rural Buffer" in the northern section of the CJDA and in the Southern Triangle section of the CHJDA, as was done for the Orange County-Chapel Hill agreement. Substantive Revisions Two revisions should be made in Section 2.6 which deals with Text and Map Amendments. 1. Section 2.6_C. bottom of page 13. Eliminate the following sentence: However, with the consent of the Orange County Manager or his/her designate, this thirty (30) day period may be reduced to not less than ten (10) days. The thirty day period is the only time Orange County has to react to Chapel Hill or Carrboro amendments to the text of their ordinances, and the time should remain 30 days. If that is not possible, however, then allow at least 15 days. Two weeks is a very short time for reaction by Orange County officials or citizens.