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• <br /> 0 1 <br /> MEMORANDITM <br /> TO: Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> Cbapel Hill'roman Council • <br /> Carrboro Board of Aldermen <br /> John n Link, Orange COMIty Manager <br /> er <br /> W. Calvin Horton, Chapel UM it L Town Manager . <br /> Robert Morgan, Carrboro o Town Manager <br /> FROM; Orange County Planning Staff <br /> Chapel Hill Plannhig Staff <br /> Curboro Planning Staff <br /> • <br /> DATE: October 9,2002 <br /> SUBJECT: PubIi i Hearing on Extension of J oinl Planning Agreement Provisions <br /> Related to Annexation <br /> The pose of this public hearing is to receive public comment o-n. a proposal, to extend for 20 <br /> yean the arra exa ion time limits specified in the Jomt P'cat Planning Agrcemeni1 <br /> Backgroun d <br /> On November 2, 1987, the Orange County Bow of Commissioners, the Carbon) Board of <br /> Aldermen, and the Chapel Hill Town Council executed gi.. 1 ark Joint Planning A regiment, <br /> Tb.e execution of this Agreement followed a decadc of discussions about how to best plan tor and <br /> manage growth in the areas inoniediately outside the municipal boundaries of Chapel Hill and <br /> . Carrboro. Authority to execute the the. agreement was achieved through passage of special enabling <br /> legislation by the North Carolina General Assembly. The Agreement has been amended four <br /> times. <br /> Disc ussien <br /> The Joint Planning Agreement established a Rural Buffer, as well as Transition Areas. As noted <br /> in Articic 3 of the Joint Planning Agreement., two key components to the Agreement are that <br /> neither Chapel Hill nor Carrboro may annex into the Rural al Buffer, and that neither Chapel Dill <br /> not Carrboro may annex into the other's Transition tea_ Since the Agreement was adapltd in <br /> September 1987, Chapel Hill and Calrborc have adhered to these annexation provisions. <br /> Outsido of the annexation provisions of tb.c 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 extraterritorini jurisdiction been Chaipci Hill and Carrhoro and <br /> established aredS into which neither Town may annex. The agreement incorporates the Joint <br /> Planning event provisions related to vexation as well. Both towns have adhercd to this <br /> agreement since its adoption in 1995. <br /> 1 <br />