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3.. creation of a conceptual utility master plan for the Orange County portion of the area; and 4. enhanced annexation notification procedures when the City annexes into Orange County. The Board voted to bring the resolution back on the consent agenda with changes to include a minimal 45-day review time frame. In subsequent meetings with staff from the Durham Joint City-County Planning Department, Orange County staff discussed revising the draft agreement to incorporate a minimum 45-day time frame for reviewing applications, Durham staff recently provided the following explanation as to feasibility of the 45-day review time frame: Significant departures from Durham's long standing procedures were not discussed as a part ofAgreement's approval, On the contrary, consistent with prior Governing Body direction, the agreement provides far coordination in review procedures so long as such coordination does not have an effect on previously established schedules, Durham's adopted review schedules call fora 21 day initial review period, Following this review time, comments are then sent to the applicant. Any subsequent interaction with the applicant is spent evaluating the applicant's response to these staff comments, The time is not devoted to the initiation of new reviews. With the implementation of the Durham -Orange Agreement, Durham intends to add Orange County's comments to the comments that Durham sends to the applicant upon completion of the initial review. The Durham City Council, on November 15, 2004, and the Durham Board of County Commissioners, on November 22, 2004, endorsed A Resolution Establishing The Intent Of Durham County, Durham City, And Orange County To Cooperate With Regard To Planning Issues In Certain Defined Areas that contains language to "coordinate with each other on a timely basis within the current framework and schedule of the local development review process", FINANCIAL IMPACT: The financial impact associated with this decision will be additional staff review time, RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the agreement and authorize the Chair to sign pending any final review by staff and the County Attorney.