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1 <br /> • <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Agenda <br /> AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Action <br /> • Meeting Date: June 28, 1989 <br /> • <br /> SUBJECT: Adoption of a Policy on Taxing Boundary Properties Between Orange <br /> and_ Chathpm Cp1Intie5 <br /> PUBLIC HEARING: Yes x__ No <br /> DEPARTMENT: Central Land Records <br /> ATTAGEMENT(S) : 1 Page Letter :INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> • Roscoe Reeve <br /> 2 Page Resolution . TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> 1 Page Proposal Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> • <br /> PURPOSE: To adopt a policy, jointly with Chatham County, to reSolve. <br /> the taxation of properties affected by the adoption of a <br /> new boundaryline. <br /> To forward adopted policy to the Chatham County Board of <br /> Commissioners for concurrence in a modification to theigimilar <br /> policy they adopted earlier. this month. <br /> • <br /> • <br /> • <br /> • • • <br /> BACKGROUND: Orange & Chatham counties are. in the process of' adopting a new <br /> boundaryline, and each Board of Commissioners has expressed a <br /> desire to have a minimal negative impact on property owners: <br /> affected by the adoption. A joint public hearing brought comments <br /> • <br /> from citizens that some properties residences would be changed by <br /> the new boundary. None of the property owners involved spoke at <br /> the public hearing or has contacted the staff. <br /> • The proposed policy would allow those properties that have <br /> been changed in residency from one county to another to continue <br /> to pay taxes and receive the services of the county they have <br /> traditionally been taxed by, if their property deed was recorded <br /> in both counties. <br /> The Chatham Commissioners adopted the enclosed Resolution on <br /> June 5. The Manager recommends approval with one modification <br /> to designate the petition receiver in resolve clause #2. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : That the. Board approve the Boundary Taxation Policy as <br /> modified. That its Clerk forward the adopted policy to the <br /> Chatham County Board of Commissioners for concurrence in <br /> the modification. <br /> ------- - <br />