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APPROVED 4/9/2013 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> HILLSBOROUGH BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> JOINT MEETING <br /> February 21, 2013 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Joint Meeting with the Town of <br /> Hillsborough Commissioners on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the Link <br /> Government Services Center, in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners Alice <br /> Gordon, Earl McKee, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Mark Dorosin <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Annette Moore <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Frank Clifton, Assistant County Managers <br /> Michael Talbert and Clarence Grier, and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff <br /> members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> HILLSBOROUGH COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Mayor Tom Stevens and Commissioners <br /> Eric Hallman, Brian Lowen, Frances Dancy, Evelyn Lloyd, and Michael Gering <br /> HILLSBOROUGH COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> HILLSBOROUGH STAFF PRESENT: Town Manager Eric Peterson <br /> Welcome and Opening Remarks (Mayor Tom Stevens and Chair Barry Jacobs) <br /> Chair Jacobs said Commissioner Dorosin was out of town and was unable to attend and <br /> Commissioner McKee would be attending but would be late. <br /> Mayor Stevens said that Evelyn Lloyd will be a little late. <br /> 1. Coordinated Planning Efforts <br /> a. Update on Town of Hillsborough Future Land Use Plan <br /> Town of Hillsborough Planning Director Margaret Hauth referred to a map (attachment <br /> 1 B) that had been seen previously by Board members. She said that the established boundary <br /> on the map is the first step the town needed to take to move along the coordinated planning <br /> agreement. She said that the boundary is in the coordinated planning agreement for annexation <br /> and utility extension area for the town. This exceeds current city limits and ETJ (Extra-territorial <br /> Jurisdiction) and establishes future land use for all of the areas. She said the town incorporated <br /> most of the comments from the Board of County Commissioners on land use and the Town's <br /> planning board approved all of it last night with the exception of one minor change. She said <br /> the town is ready to proceed with this, which will also allow the coordinated planning agreement <br /> to move forward. <br /> Chair Jacobs asked if they had talked about the changes in annexation laws as it relates <br /> to this plan. <br /> Mayor Stevens said they have not had much discussion about the legislative decisions <br /> on annexation. He said where there are properties with a single owner wanting to develop <br /> property, this is allowed; but where there are neighborhoods with numerous land owners, it can <br /> be problematic. <br />