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!-III~G~Yren~ <br />MOSES CAAEY, .1R, CHAIR ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />BARAY JAGOBS, VIDE CHAIR ppST OFFICE BOX 81 8 ~ <br />VAfFRIE P. FOUSHEE <br />9UGEM GOADON 200 SOUTH CAMERON STREET <br />YAHEN H. HADOOT/S <br />HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br />January 7, 2004 <br />William Bell, Mayor of Durham <br />101 City Hall Plaza <br />Durham, N.C. 27701 <br />Ellen Reckhow, Chair, Durham County Board of Commissioners <br />Durham County Administrative Complex <br />200 East Main Street <br />Durham, N.C, 27701 <br />Dear Maypf'Bell and C~afr Reckhow, <br />®~n~aC 1 Ea4,? ~'/ <br />it s_ <br />a <br />~~"~h ~uti°~`c <br />I am writing you in follow-up to my recent telephone contact with each of you <br />regazding the proposed Durham City/Durham County/Orange County Courtesy Review <br />agreement, The Orange County Boazd of Commissioners discussed this item at its <br />December 14, 2004 regular meeting, and the Board was informed at that time by staff that <br />both the City of Durham and Durham County had declined Orange County's proposal for <br />a 45-day courtesy review period. Based on discussions between Orange County staff and <br />Durham's,joint city-county planning staff, it is our understanding that Durham did not <br />want to extend the review period for any time longer than would be necessary under your <br />current development review period, which we understand is 21 days. <br />I would like to request some further feedback from you on this issue, Our <br />Commissioners asked if your boazds had specifically discussed the issue of the 21-day <br />versus 45-day courtesy review period, We were not certain whether the 21-day period <br />had been a staff formulation or if it had been reviewed and discussed by the governing <br />boazds. We would also like to receive comments from you on how you perceive a 21-day <br />review period would work logistically, Orange County has a similar courtesy review <br />agreement arrangement with the Town of Hillsborough, and with the elected boazds' <br />meeting schedules and deadlines for agenda packages completion, we have found it very <br />difficult to review projects, formulate our comments, and finalize them for submission to <br />Hillsborough. We are concerned that incorporating a 21-day period into this proposed <br />agreement would create similar practical difficulties. <br />WIMN CO.ORANGE. NC. US <br />PROTECTING AND PRESERVING -PEOPLE, RESOURCES, QUALITY OF LIFE <br />ORANGE COUNTY, NDRTH CAROLINA -YOU COUNT.I <br />(91.9) 245-2 >.:30 • FAX (979) 644-0246 <br />