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2 The Agreement creates an urban growth boundary to concentrate density and development within the Towns and curb urban sprawl. One of the primary features of the Agreement was to create the Rural Buffer and associated zoning regulations that promote rural character and agricultural support enterprises. The attached Summary of the Joint Planning Agreement in the abstract provides more detail about the elements of the Plan. Three maps are also attached. The maps show the Joint Planning Area land use plan, the growth management system in place throughout the County designating urban from rural areas, and the collaborative agreements that are in place throughout the County between the County and its municipalities. Staff will provide any other information at the meeting, and the governing boards can discuss issues related to these items as necessary. - Attachment 4a – Summary of the Orange County-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Joint Planning Agreement - Attachment 4b – Map - Orange County-Chapel Hill-Carrboro – Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan - Attachment 4c – Map - Growth Management System – Urban and Rural Designated Areas - Attachment 4d – Map - A County of Collaboration-Review Agreements - Attachment 4e – Rural Buffer Retrospective Commissioner Jacobs provided the introduction. He said he and Commissioner Marcoplos started talking about this agreement, and noted that many elected officials have come and gone in the last 30 years, since it was first adopted. He said it seemed a good time to provide a history of this agreement. Commissioner Jacobs said this agreement came about when certain situations arose in the 70s and 80s, and there was a severe water shortage. He said part of the agreement was to make sure that the towns did not compete for annexation opportunities, and so people living in rural areas, which became parts of towns, would have elected representation. He said I-40 was coming into being in the 1980s. He said in an effort to avoid sprawl and a contentious future, a joint vision was needed. He said he was the Chair of the Orange County Planning Board at that time, and approving things in an expeditious and collaborative manner was important. Commissioner Jacobs said there is an urban service boundary, and the agreement has worked very well. He said the Planning Directors from the Towns, Travis Myren and Sally Greene (former Chapel Hill Town Councilmember), David Stancil (Orange County DEAPR Director) and Roger Waldon (former Chapel Hill Planning Director), worked along with him and Commissioner Marcoplos on this presentation and history. Craig Benedict, Orange County Planning Director, said Ben Hitchings, Chapel Hill Planning Director, and Trish McGuire, Carrboro Planning Director, have joined him this evening. He said there will also be a video from Roger Waldon. He reviewed the information in their packet. Craig Benedict began the following PowerPoint presentation: AOG Meeting Agenda Item 4 Report on Joint Planning Agreement January 30, 2018 Outline