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Oct-31-97 05: 18P Coleman Gledhill Hargrave 919 732 7997 P.02 <br /> LAW OFFICES <br /> COLEMAN, GLEDHILL & HARGR.AVE <br /> A pROFESSIONAL CORPORATION <br /> 129 E.TRYON STREET <br /> P.a uRAWER 1529 <br /> HILLSBORcxll+H,NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br /> 919432-2196 FROM THE pE.S1C OF <br /> FAX 919.732.7997 GEOFFREY E,GLEDHILL <br /> October 31, 1997 <br /> VIA FACSIMILE <br /> Bill Crowther, Chair <br /> Margaret Brown <br /> Moses Carey, Jr. <br /> Alice Gordon <br /> Stephen Halkiotis <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> Post Office Box 9191 <br /> Hillshorough, North Carolina 27278 <br /> RE: Joint Planning Area Moratoria - Proposed Carrboro Development <br /> Moratorium <br /> Dear Board Members: <br /> Item 9-b, a decision item on the November 3, 1997 Commissioners agenda, relates to <br /> Carrboro's proposed moratorium for an area known as the Northern Study Area- The Northern <br /> Study Area includes most if not all of Carrboroi s Transition Area in the Joint Planning Area. <br /> This agenda item also impacts the Joint Planning Agreement. The Manager recommends that the <br /> Board take no action objecting to the proposed moratorium. If the Board bikes no action, the <br /> effect is that the moratorium will be put in place if Carrboro approves it following the <br /> moratorium public hearing. <br /> I have expressed my view about this to some if not all of you. It is my view that the <br /> issue of the appropriateness of the moratorium is not properly before you because: of the basis <br /> of the 1996 action taken by the Board when a request was made by Carrboro for a moratorium <br /> in the same area. That is, the Joint Planning Agreement and the Joint Planning Area Land Use <br /> Plan as presently written do not contemplate moratoria. In effect moratoria create a temporary <br /> zero density development option. <br /> In the February 13, 1996 letter from the Board of Commissioners to Carrboro concerning <br /> the temporary moratorium request, the Board suggested that Carrboro propose an amendment to <br /> the Joint Planning Agreement to deal with moratorium. This suggestion was not followed. <br /> Rather,Carrhoro is proposing a moratorium again without the Joint Planning Agreement changes <br />