HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2008-039 Requesting NC Geodetic Survey to Proceed to Survey Orange- Alamance Co BoundaryRes`-aoa~_ o s 9
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
A RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THAT THE NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY CONDUCT A
SURVEY, SET MONUMENTS, AND DELIVER A PLAT OF THE
ORANGE/ALAMANCE COUNTY BOUNDARY FOR REVIEW
BY THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
WHEREAS,, the boundaries of Orange County were established by act of the Colonial General
Assembly in 1752, Orange County being "formed" from portions of Bladen, Granville, and
Johnston counties; and
WHEREAS, the boundary between Orange and Alamance counties was "formed" by survey
commissioned by an Act of the General Assembly of North Carolina, which Act was adopted
during the Session of 1848 and 1849 (hereafter "the Act") at the time Alamance County was
formed; and
WHEREAS, the boundary established by the Act relies on numerous geographic or landmark
references that, while perhaps useful and adequate then, are insufficient now to demarcate where
the boundary between Alamance County and Orange County lies; and
WHEREAS, over the past 159 years various agreements and arrangements were made by and
between the Alamance County and Orange County tax offices which have resulted in
inconsistent determinations between Alamance County and Orange County as to the situs of
specific parcels of land in both Alamance County and Orange County; said inconsistencies being
heightened by the ever increasing residential and commercial development in proximity to the
Alamance County -Orange County boundary line; and
WHEREAS, both Alamance County and Orange County agreed by resolutions adopted on
December 17, 2007 and January 15, 2008, respectively, to observe North Carolina General
Statute 153A-18 in requesting that the North Carolina Geodetic Survey (NCGS) perform a
preliminary survey and present a proposed map of the county boundary to both Orange and
Alamance Counties; and
WHEREAS, on March 11, 2008, NCGS staff presented to the staffs of Alamance County and
Orange County ten points determined through extensive field and office research of the 1849
survey, as well as the county boundary as depicted on the USGS quadrant maps, which points
and boundary NCGS deem to accurately depict the 1849 survey; and
WHEREAS, the Alamance County Board of Commissioners agreed, by vote on Apri121, 2008,
to approve authorizing NCGS to conduct the preliminary survey and the placing of monuments
by the NCGS; and
WHEREAS, Orange County recognizes that based on previous experiences in resolving other
ambiguous Orange County boundary lines, issues affecting residents and property owners in
proximity to the Orange County-Alamance County boundary line will need to be acknowledged
and considered in reaching a final determination as to the location of the boundary line;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Orange County Board of
Commissioners does hereby request that the North Carolina Geodetic Survey Section of the
North. Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources:
1) conduct a survey of the Orange County-Alamance County boundary line as proposed on
March 11, 2008 and prepare a map of that survey;
2) place monuments on the newly surveyed boundary for each of the ten proposed points;
and
3) provide the Orange County Board of Commissioners with a proposed plat of the
boundary for review with said survey beginning with, and using as reference, the Official
Survey Base for the State of North Carolina as set forth in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 102.1 et seq.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Orange County Board of Commissioners does
hereby indicate its intention to conduct a public input process following the presentation by
NCGS of the preliminary final plat so that necessary and advisable modifications to the plat, if
any, can be considered and approved by both the Orange County and Alamance County Boards
of Commissioners before recordation of the conclusive location of the boundary.
This Resolution takes effect immediately.
Upon motion of Commissioner ~ , seconded by Commissioner ~~f-~`~'
the foregoing resolution was adopted this the 20`x' day of May, 2008.
I, Donna S. Baker, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North
Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true coply of so much of the
proceedings of said Board at a meeting held on ~ 0 ...G(~d as relates in any way
to the adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings are recorded in the Minute Book of the
Board.
WITNESS m hand and the seal of said County, this ~ day of ~(,G , 2008.
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