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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 4, 2015 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Text Amendment to the Joint Planning Agreement – Revise Existing Language <br />Regarding Transition Area Resident Representation on the Chapel Hill Planning Commission <br />and Board of Adjustment <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. October 15, 2015 Joint Planning Public <br />Hearing Materials <br />2. Town of Chapel Hill PowerPoint <br />Presentation <br />3. Resident Comment Received <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br /> Perdita Holtz, 245-2578 <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To make a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) on <br />amendments proposed by the Town of Chapel Hill to the Joint Planning Agreement regarding <br />Transition Area resident representation on the Town of Chapel Hill’s Planning Commission and <br />Board of Adjustment. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: The joint public hearing materials included in Attachment 1 provide the <br />background information for this item. This item was heard at the October 15, 2015 joint <br />planning public hearing and video of the hearing is available for viewing at: http://orange- <br />nc.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=972. Planning Board members are <br />encouraged to view the video prior to the Planning Board meeting (this item is the first ~30 <br />minutes of the video). <br /> <br />The Town of Chapel Hill’s PowerPoint presentation used at the hearing is included in <br />Attachment 2. One resident spoke at the hearing and also submitted the comments contained <br />in Attachment 3. <br /> <br />Orange County Planning staff offers the following information as a synopsis of the most salient <br />points regarding this proposed amendment: <br />1. The Joint Planning Agreement currently provides for Transition Area resident <br />representation on the Town’s Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment. This <br />representation is in addition to the ETJ resident representation that is required by State <br />Statutes. <br />a. The primary reason the Joint Planning Agreement provides for this representation <br />is that the Town has permitting authority over the designated Transition Areas <br />(also referred to as “JPA Areas” in documents produced by the Town as this is <br />how the Town came to refer to its JPA Transition Areas over the years because <br />the Town also has Town-designated transition areas that are not subject to the <br />Joint Planning Agreement). <br /> 41