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<br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL COUNCIL <br />TOWN OF CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN <br />JOINT PLANNING AREA (JPA) JOINT PUBLIC HEARING <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 15, 2015 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. C.1 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Text Amendment to the Joint Planning Agreement – Revise Existing Language <br />Regarding Transition Area Resident Representation of the Chapel Hill Planning Commission <br />and Board of Adjustment <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: (919) <br />Town of Chapel Hill Planning Staff Report <br /> <br />Gene Poveromo, Town of Chapel Hill <br />Planning, 969-5069 <br />Perdita Holtz, Orange County Planning, 245- <br />2578 <br />Craig Benedict, Orange County Planning, 245- <br />2592 <br />Trish McGuire, Town of Carrboro Planning, <br />918-7324 <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To receive public comment on two proposed options to amend the Joint Planning <br />Agreement to revise existing language regarding Transition Area resident representation on the <br />Town of Chapel Hill’s Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: In the mid-1980s Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro <br />adopted a Joint Planning Land Use Plan and accompanying Agreement that provided land use <br />planning for the area of the county commonly referred to as the Rural Buffer and for areas <br />designated as “Transition Areas” adjacent to the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Transition <br />Areas were defined as areas in transition from rural to urban and were projected to be provided <br />with urban services (public utilities and other town services). The full plan and agreement is <br />available at: http://orangecountync.gov/planning/Documents.asp. <br /> <br />In October 2014, the Town of Chapel Hill enacted an Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) <br />expansion ordinance that changed most of the Town’s designated Transition Area to ETJ. <br />Because there is relatively little Chapel Hill Transition Area remaining, the Town of Chapel Hill <br />has proposed two options for potential amendments to the Joint Planning Agreement regarding <br />Transition Area resident representation on its Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment. <br />The attached Town staff report provides further details on the options. <br /> <br />Amendments to the Joint Planning Agreement require a joint public hearing and approval by the <br />three governing boards of the jurisdictions that are parties to the agreement. <br /> <br /> 43