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14 <br />V River State Park. <br />Collins referred to the map noting that the <br />Urban Transition Area outlined is the one <br />adopted by the Orange County Planning Board. <br />The "sticking point" was whether or not <br />Hillsborough water and sewer service would be <br />confined to that area or whether extensions <br />would be allowed beyond the Transition Area <br />boundary. The agreement that was reached was <br />that there would be a transition area within <br />which Hillsborough would be free to annex and <br />be free to extend water and sewer services. <br />Beyond that there would be a defined <br />water /sewer service area and any extensions <br />into that area would be, initially, only <br />if those extensions helped to implement <br />developments that were being carried out in <br />accordance with rural character strategies. <br />That is defined as Phase I. <br />Phase 11 is a longer range strategy. Water <br />and sewer extensions would be permitted in <br />that service area if they carried out <br />development plans which implemented a transit <br />corridor concept. This would probably be <br />found more often at the Old NC 86/1 -40 <br />interchange. <br />Collins continued that the Hillsborough <br />governing board was in agreement that they <br />would not annex beyond the Transition Area <br />for the next twenty years. They also agreed <br />that they would have authority for processing <br />development applications within the <br />Transition Area, but that both land use and <br />zoning changes outside that area and the ETJ <br />would be governed by the County and the town. <br />It seems to be a very workable strategy. The <br />result of the meeting was to have the County <br />Attorney draw up an agreement which seems to <br />be very similar to the agreement we have with <br />Carrboro and Chapel Hill. Once that <br />agreement is presented to the two governing <br />boards and approved, the work of the two <br />planning boards would begin to work on a land <br />use plan for this area. <br />Eidenier stated that she would like to have <br />this project completed before the November <br />elections. She also asked what the Planning <br />Board could do to help move the process <br />forward. Collins responded that the County <br />Attorney is in the process of drafting the <br />