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z„~ ~~ Y Y <br />J ... <br />Oroagc Water aad Sctivcr Autitocity <br />February II,1999 <br />rage Iz <br />., <br />ITEM TWENTY:. -WATER AND SEWER MANAGEMENT PLANNING. AND BOUNDARY <br />AGREEMENT <br />Daa VanderMeer said he requested Patrick Davis to bring the: Board ap-to-date on the <br />Water aad Sewer Management, Planaiag, and Boundary Agreement, aad that he requested Ed <br />Kerwia~and Robert Epting to advise the Board what the unresolved issues are. <br />Mr. VanderMeer said that Robert Eptiag provided to the Board of Directors is his January <br />25,1999 letter his opinion and concern that certain grovisioas o[ the present draft dated October Z8, <br />1998 of the Service Area Boundary Agreement coaIIict with OWASA's duties tender the Agreeraeats <br />of Sale aad Purchase that were eaterod into separately with The University of North Carolina at <br />Chapel H'tli ,the Town of Chapel S`il[, aad the ToRra of Carrboro. <br />Patrick Davis said he eoauneaeed attending the Water aad Sewer Boundary Task Force <br />Meetings is 1994. Inlttalip there were. concerns about. how water aad sewer atitities woald 6e <br />managed in order to be compatible with Local iced use planning growth management objectives, how <br />assiguateats woald 6e made regarding respcasibi[ities for providing services la :teas throughoat <br />Orange Countywhere it woald be appropriate aad desu~ble to provide ptzb[ic water xad sewer <br />services oc, is the event of stn anfortaaate eaviroameatat or pubTCC health problem, those services <br />might be needed to be extended ender careful controls. <br />Mr. Davis said the Water and'SeNrer Boundary Task-Force discussed the issae of where <br />retat~water aad sewer attTity services should be extended utd where they, shouldn't be extended. <br />That resalted la coaseaisas oa primacy utility service areas aad toagterm interest areas.. Patrick <br />Davis referred the Board to the map oa Appeadiz A eatit[ed "Proposed Public Water/Scwer Service <br />Boundaries Subject to Addition of Other IIti4'ties/I,ocalities." The map facades the Tows of <br />Ht'ilsborough's extraterritorial planning jurisdiction, corporate limits, and what was ideatiGed in the <br />Town of Hillsborough's long-range sewer play as as alternate build-out of its sewer service siren. <br />The southern part of the Tows of Ei'illsborough's projected service area. would coincide with the <br />aorthera boundary oC the rural bulYer that is ideatiCccd is the Joint Laad Use Plaa behveea Orange <br />County, the Town of Chaps Hill, and the Toms of Cacrboro. Mr. Davis said st roacern from the <br />oatsct was obtaiaiag the Town of Hillsborough's commitment not to provide sewer service into the <br />rural butlcc aad into critical water supply watersheds.. TEtat commitment .from the Toga of <br />Hilisborougit was rcxcivcd early in the discussions sad one significant obstacle was overcome <br />~~ <br />Mr. Davis said there ~verc subsequent discussions about coastcaiats and language that ~vouid <br />make it clear that OWASA was committed to not providing retail services in access beyond the urban <br />transition areas for the Chapel I~Iii[-Carrboro community. Tltc [3oard aad staff ~vcre is agreement <br />+.Q. ~~ <br />