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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 8, 2004 <br />Action Agen a <br />Item No. - 2. <br />SUBJECT: A Resolution Establishing the Intent of Durham County, Durham City, and <br />Orange County To Cooperate With Regard To Planning Issues in Certain <br />Defined Areas <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. A Resolution Establishing the Intent INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> <br />of Durham County, Durham City, Craig Benedict, ext, 2592 <br /> <br />and Orange County To Cooperate Tom Altieri, ext, 2579 <br /> With R <br />d T <br />Pl <br />i <br />D <br />i <br />i <br /> egar <br />o <br />ann <br />ng <br />ec <br />s <br />ons <br /> in Certain Defined Areas. TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />2. Courtesy Review Subject Areas Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />3, Draft Courtesy Review Process Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />4. Draft Durham City-County Durham 688-7331 <br /> Comprehensive Plan Table of Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> Contents <br />PURPOSE: To consider a resolution establishing the intent of Durham County, Durham City, <br />and Orange County to cooperate with regard to planning issues in certain defined areas, and to <br />discuss plans for courtesy review of the Draft Durham City-County Comprehensive Plan.. <br />BACKGROUND: The respective staffs have researched and worked an the attached resolution <br />in some form for over a year, The Orange County Manager, the Durham City Manager and the <br />Durham County Manager have been involved in the process. Orange County Economic <br />Development Director Dianne Reid and County Engineer Paul Thames have also contributed in <br />this effort, This is part of a larger planning program that will at first include: <br />1. Courtesy Review (See Attachment 1); <br />And eventually: <br />2. Annexation Agreement; and <br />3, Cooperative Planning Agreement, <br />Courtesy Review is a process where the respective planning staffs share development <br />proposals taking place within certain designated areas of their jurisdictions and provide written <br />comments, Attachment 2 provides an example of standard comment subject areas. <br />A draft courtesy review process for getting proposals to the BOCC is provided as <br />Attachment 3, <br />