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,. Orange Water and Sewer Authority <br />" February 11,1999 <br />Page 13 <br />that there are community benefits in havtpg reasonable controls on the extension ofOWASA's retail <br />water and sewer lines and services within the southeastern part of Orange County and the urban <br />growth area for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community. <br />Mr. Davis said there was consensus from the local government representatives on the Water <br />and Sewer Boundary Task Force (Town of Carrborq Town of Chapel Hill, Town of Hillsborough, <br />and Orange County) that by putting nay type~of constraint on the provision o[ public water and <br />sewer-utilities In areas outside of the urban service areas that•the only alternative for providing water <br />and sewer services to new growth and development Is by using alternative type systems. Patrick <br />Davis said alternative type systems are Individual wells, private cemmunity water systems, individual <br />septic systems, or small~cale community-type wastewater systems. The .local government <br />representatives recognized and acknowledged that would be the preferred alternative approach in <br />the outtyiag,areas. T <br />Mr. Davis said corresponding with the dedsioa that the decentralized-type systems in the <br />ncral buffer and in the water supply watersheds would be the appropriate apgroach they brought up <br />the issue of-what happens In the event the alternative type.systems fail and public utilities need to be <br />ertended to correct a failing wastewater system or water supply weds that contain contaminants that. <br />- needs an alternative which might, In fact, need to be public water.. Patrick Davis said in situations <br />that are clearly determined to be emergency in nature, carefully designed,, carefully located and <br />controlled public utilities in-the sensitive .areas - rural buffer and water supply watersheds -could <br />under certain limited situations. be acceptable. Mr. Davis said the .agreement spells out same <br />situations In which public uh'tity eztensions might be appropriate In areas that would normalcy, not be' <br />considered appropriate for public utilities. <br />Mr. Davis said some of the areas where there has not been consensus have to do primarily <br />with dealing with the intergovernmental. agreecnedts concerning wholesale transfer of .water or <br />cooperative agreements regarding wastewater service cad wastewater treatment~aad particularly in <br />.those Instances where it is beyond the Orange County :boundaries. Patrick Davis said those-areas <br />have significant long-term implications not just from a land ase planning and growth ~naaagement <br />standpoint in OWASA's service area Ia Ocaage .County as a whole but. there is also sigai~caat <br />implication from a water and sewer utdity provision standpoint -reliability, quality of service, <br />economy o[ service, and the provision o[ the backbone infrastructare seeded to meet the planned <br />increases in water and sewer demands that come with the cemmunity's growth and:devetopment in <br />accordance with the adopted land use plans. <br />Mr. Davis said -that he and Barry Jacobs represented the Board on the Water and Sewer <br />Boundary Task Force. and they made It clear their op'tnioas were their own and that the full OWA.SA. <br />Board of Directors wilt state its opinion at the appropriate time. • . <br />Mr. Davis said the draft agreement is getting doses to a final .agreement.- Two meetings have <br />been scheduled for March 1999 with the hope that the Water and Sewer Boundary Task Force wgl <br />conclude its discussions and present a final. agreement similar in version and content to the draft <br />February Z, 1999 Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement. Patrick Davis <br />said there would be some provisions in the' agreement that well not have consensus support of all the <br />participants on the Task Force. <br />Mr. Davis said the Initial issue of a common boundary agreement with the .Town o[ <br />Hillsborough has not been formalized. There arc some provisions in the draft agreement that the <br />representatives of the Tows of Hillsborough said they could not cad would not agree to. Patrick <br />Davis said -that the elected representatives and staff of the Town of Hillsborough stopped attending <br />the Water and Sewer Boundary Task Force meetings and, therefore, there is concern about the Town <br />of Hillsborough's commitment to the agreement. <br />2.~ <br />(Q.~S <br />