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• <br /> C <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN <br /> CHAPEL MOLL TOWN COUNCIL <br /> JOINT PLANNING AREA PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Data: October 9, 2002 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. C.2 <br /> SUBJECT; Proposal to ExtendAnnexaton Time Limits an the Joint Planning Agreement <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspec#ions PUBLIC HEARiNG: (Y/N) Yes <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Joint Staff Memorandum Roger Waldon <br /> Roy Williford <br /> Craig Benedict <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS; <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel HIII 968-2700 <br /> Durham $88-T331 <br /> Mebane (336)227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive public comment on a proposal to extend for 20 years the annexation time <br /> limits specified in the Joint Planning Agreement. <br /> BACKGROUND: On November 23 1987, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, the <br /> Carrboro Board of Aldermen, and the Chapel Hill Sown Council executed a landmark Joint Planning <br /> Agreemenf. The execution of this Agreement followed a decade of discussions about how to best <br /> flan for and menage growth in the areas immediately outside the municipal boundaries of chapel <br /> Hill and Carrboro. Authority to execute the agreement was achieved through passage of special <br /> enabling kgisItion by the North Carolina General Assembly. The Agreement has been amended <br /> four"time 5. <br /> The Joint Planning Agreement established s Rural Buffer as well as Transition Areas. As noted hi <br /> Article 3 of the Joint Planning Agreement, two key components to the Agreement are that neither <br /> Chapel Hill nor Carrboro may annex into the Rural Buffer, and that neither Chapel HI not Carrboro <br /> • may annex into the other's Transition area Since the Agreement was adopted in September 1987, <br /> Chapel WWII and Carrboro have adhered to these annexation prnvision& <br /> Outside of the annexation pFcviIUns of the Joint Planning Agreement, Chapel Hill and Carrboro <br /> entered into an annexation boundary agreement in June, 1995. This agreement adjusted the <br /> division line between the extraterritorial ju risdition between Chapel Hill and arrboro and <br /> established areas into which neither Town may annex, The agreement incorporates the Joint <br /> Planning Agreement provisions related to annexation as well. Beth towns have adhered to this <br /> agreement since he adoption in 1995, <br />