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y <br />y Orange Water and Scwcr Authority ~ 3 <br />February 11,1999 - <br />Page 15 . <br />William Strom said he dos not understand why the Town of Hillsborough is not required to get <br />approvals when OWASA is required to get approvals. Mr. Strom said the agreement is important <br />enough to move toward signing it and hope that the Town of Hillsborough can be convinced to join. <br />Peter Gordon said it does not make sense for OWASA to sign the agreement if the Town of <br />Hillsborough does not sign it. Dr. Gordon said exactly the same provisions should not apply to both <br />OWASA and the Town oC Hillsborough. OWASA's long-term interest area should be recognized by <br />the Town of Hillsborough .and,. iC not, Peter Gordon said he wonders about the .value of the <br />agreement. <br />Bernadette Pelissier asked if the Town of Hillsborough definitively said they would. -not sign <br />the agreement and Ms. Pelissier also asked whaf their objections are. It is probably related to the <br />fact that the'Town of Hillsborough does not have. a joint planning agreement and that the Town of <br />' Carrboro, Town of Chapel Hitl, and Orange County do have joint planning agreementr. Yf OWASA <br />does not sign the agreement, it will not help the larger. issue of the Town of Hillsborough's lack of <br />participation. <br />Patrick Davis said if the Town o[ Hillsborough is not a party to the agreement, there is a <br />significant hole that relates to the 'entegrity of the rural buffer concept that could present a problem <br />in terms oC the joint planning agreement. Mr. Davis. said it is his opinion that if the Town of <br />Hillsborough decides not fo participate in the agreement then that. is sufficient reason for OWASA <br />-not to participate in an agreement of this nature that is designed to formalize OWASA's retail <br />service eztension policies relative to the land use planning effortr of joint planning parties. Patrick' <br />Davis said the Town of Hillsborough's interest is to have a common boundary line established which <br />they reviewed .some time ago. 'The agreement. has expanded at this point .and the Town of <br />Hillsborough has not expressed much .interest. Mr. Davis said sta[f of the Town o[ Hillsborough said <br />they would be inclined to recommend that the Town o[ Hillsborough not sign the agreement the way <br />it has been structured. The Town of HiIlsborough's specific concerns have not been formalized in <br />.writing. Patrick Davis-said there is strong benefit for OWASA to .formalize itr commitment to be <br />rnoperative with the local governments in its service area. <br />Alan Rimer said his concern is that a neighboring community may choose to extend services <br />into an area that the group .believes should not be served. There is precedent for that in the past. <br />Mr. Rimer said he is concerned that the Town of Hillsborough is not at the table and they may have <br />designs on the rural huller where OWASA cannot extend service. Mr. Rimer-said he would like <br />assurances that wilt not.happen and. the agreement should be tailored accordingly.: OWASA should <br />strive to Gnd a way .to work towards a consensus and make it an agreement that the Town of <br />Hillsborough will sign. Alan Rimer said it is critical that the Town of Hillsborough comes -back to the <br />table in order for it to be a working agreement. ' <br />William- Strom said OWASA can only be responsible for itr own actions and .there are <br />significant ben~tr for OWASA to sign the agreement. Mr. Strom said it behooves OWASA to <br />support the rural bullet, to support the agreement, and to support OWASA's constituent <br />governmentr by indicating willingness to sign the agreement. <br />Susannah Holloway asked iC the agreements could 6e .bifurcated. For instance,. an <br />agreement with the Town of Hillsborough regarding the boundary and an agreement for al[ the other <br />items. Patrick Davis said inprevious years that he and Barry Jacobs proposed a phase I service area <br />boundary agreement with the. Town oC Hillsborough because the Task Force had a commitment for <br />agreement on the boundary line. The Task Force overruled it .because the majority of the members <br />wanted to tackle ail tiw issues together. <br />t'~'iiliam Stroni said tiic Ucccmbcr 14, 1994 document [tom Moses Carey niakcs approval oC <br />the boundaries contingent upon the subsequent agreements. Patrick Davis said that was the Task <br />* 14.27 <br />