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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 1, 2008 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. CO - e <br />_SUBJECT: Review of Proposed Chatham/Oran a Joint Planning Task Force <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />County Commissioners, Planning <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Proposed Task Force Program Laura Blackmon, 245-2300 <br />(Charge and Composition) Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />2. 9/18/08 Assembly of Governments Craig Benedict, 245-2575 <br />Meeting Minutes <br />PURPOSE: To review potential processes, including proposed charge and composition, to <br />establish one new Chatham/Orange Joint Planning Task Force with internal workgroups and, <br />following any revisions, authorize staff to forward the task force proposal to the other <br />jurisdictions for approval and respective appointments. <br />BACKGROUND: During the last year, representatives from Orange County, Chapel Hill, and <br />Carrboro met on several occasions with colleagues from Chatham County to discuss shared <br />interests and concerns. The issues discussed generally fall into three categories: (1) joint <br />planning, (2) transportation planning/public transportation, and (3) water supply/watershed <br />protection, <br />Information from these discussions was shared at the March 31, 2008 Assembly of <br />Governments (AOG) meeting. Based on that meeting, staff was asked to develop a proposed <br />process with a charge and composition for three task forces to address the topical areas <br />identified above. However, at the September 18, 2008 AOG meeting a new single joint planning <br />task force with internal topic-specific work group was suggested. <br />On September 18, 2008 at the Assembly of Governments, there was discussion about the <br />number, timing, organization, membership, work plan and prioritized task force topics. <br />The following aspects appeared to reach some consensus: <br />1. Collapse the 3 task forces into 1 joint planning task force with multiple areas of interest <br />acknowledging the strong land use and transportation linkage. <br />2. The joint planning task force would have internal work groups to focus on particular topics <br />for optimal success. <br />3. Two members from each local government and other interested parties such as UNC, <br />OWASA & TTA. <br />