Agenda - 03-07-2017 - 6-a - Minutes

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11 1 2 Questions/Feedback 3 • Town of Carrboro Board of Aldermen received information as a Consent Agenda item on 4 February 7 5 • Town of Chapel Hill staff determining process/date to inform Town Council 6 • If jurisdictions wish to proceed, earliest joint public hearing date would be October 26, 7 2017 8 • Normal process mandated by State statutes would be required for Towns to extend 9 ETJs 10 • Questions and feedback for staff by BOCC 11 12 Commissioner Price asked if the Town of Carrboro had this report on their consent 13 agenda. 14 Perdita Holtz said the Aldermen received the information and asked questions. 15 Commissioner Price clarified that the Alderman just received the information and made 16 no decisions. 17 Perdita Holtz said yes, the Board of Alderman just received the information. 18 Commissioner Rich asked if clarification could be provided regarding potential 19 complications with the fire zone in the southern portion of the map. 20 Commissioner McKee said with these maps, it is unclear whether changing the zoning 21 will remove water from the fire zones. 22 Commissioner Rich asked if this area of the map is solely residential. 23 Perdita Holtz said mostly residential. 24 Commissioner Rich said Chatham County is building right up to this area. She said this 25 is a triangle of land that seems to be hanging out there, and she does not understand why it 26 became the rural buffer. 27 Commissioner Marcoplos said he totally agreed with Commissioner Rich, and asked if 28 there is value in the triangle of the rural buffer. He said it is a unique land section, different from 29 the rest of the rural buffer, and he would like to know more about it. 30 Commissioner Jacobs said people in Chapel Hill wanted to preserve open spaces, and 31 this piece of land may have served that purpose in anticipation of greater development. 32 Chair Dorosin asked if staff could follow up on all these questions. 33 Commissioner Rich clarified that it would be helpful to know the Town of Carrboro's land 34 use plan for the aforementioned areas. 35 36 2. Introduction to Potential Amendments to the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, 37 and Boundary Agreement—To receive a presentation on possible amendments to the 38 Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement. 39 40 BACKGROUND: Planning staffs of the three local government jurisdictions that are party to the 41 "Joint Planning Agreement," as it is commonly called, have been discussing possible 42 amendments to the Land Use Plan to better align with various local government goals and 43 policies (this is a separate agenda item) and accompanying modifications to the Water and 44 Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement (WASMPBA) map. Additionally, 45 during discussions regarding the Hillsborough Economic Development District (EDD) that 46 occurred in the fall of 2016, it was mentioned that it could be advantageous to the EDD to 47 designate additional WASMPBA primary service area immediately south of the EDD to the 48 Rural Buffer boundary. 49 50 These potential amendments would change the designation from `long term interest area' to 51 `primary service area' which would permit development in the short term.