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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 5, 1994 <br /> Agenda Abstract <br /> Item # X -A- <br /> SUBJECT: CHARGES TO: THE COOPERATIVE PLANNING WORK GROUP <br /> THE STONEY CREEK BASIN PLANNING GROUP <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Draft Charges Planning Director X2592 <br /> Draft Memorandum of Understanding <br /> PHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider charges to the Cooperative Planning Work Group and the Stoney <br /> Creek Basin Planning Group. <br /> BACKGROUND: In October, 1994, the Board of County Commissioners adopted goals and <br /> objectives for FY 1994-95. One goal adopted by the Board is related directly to <br /> continuing efforts by Hillsborough and Orange County to cooperatively plan for <br /> growth in the central portion of the county. Associated with that goal was the <br /> following objective: <br /> • Initiate a small area planning process in the Cooperative Planning Area <br /> within an area defined generally by the Stoney Creek drainage basin. <br /> In November, 1994, the Board of Commissioners and the Hillsborough Town <br /> Board met jointly to discuss the status of the Cooperative Planning Agreement. <br /> The two governing boards agreed in principle to the following: <br /> • To review the Cooperative Planning Agreement between Orange County <br /> and the Town of Hillsborough, including the preparation of amendments <br /> to the Agreement. Such amendments may address, but not be limited to, <br /> annexation, open space defuution, and water/sewer service boundaries. <br /> • To initiate a small area planning process in the Cooperative Planning Area <br /> within an area defined generally by the Stoney Creek drainage basin. <br /> To implement the initiatives agreed to by the governing boards,charges have been <br /> prepared which would create two work groups. The first charge (copy attached) <br /> establishes a Cooperative Planning Work Group which would be responsible for <br /> reviewing the Cooperative Planning Agreement between Orange County and the <br />