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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 13, 2009 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~_ <br />SUBJECT: Amendments to the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary <br />Agreement and to the Upper Eno Critical Watershed Boundary <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Recommendations Section of the <br />Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan <br />2. Water and Sewer Management, <br />Planning, and Boundary Agreement <br />(WASMPBA) <br />3. Proposed Changes to WASMPBA Map <br />4. Seven Mile Creek -Proposed <br />Revisions to Critical Area Boundary <br />5. Upper Eno Critical Area - 1994 and <br />2005 Boundaries <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br />Perdita Holtz, 245-2611 <br />PURPOSE: To discuss: <br />1) Proposed changes to the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary <br />Agreement that will implement certain recommendations in the Efland-Mebane Small <br />Area Plan and authorize staff to begin the amendment process; and <br />2) Proposed changes to the "Critical Area" of the Upper Eno watershed, as depicted on <br />the Land Use Element Map and the Zoning Atlas. <br />BACKGROUND: At the August 24, 2009 Quarterly Public hearing (non-public hearing portion <br />of the agenda), staff presented the proposed work plan to begin implementation of the adopted <br />small area plans. Changes to the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary <br />Agreement and to the "Critical Area" of the Upper Eno watershed were two of the higher priority <br />items to accomplish further implementation of the Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan (Attachment <br />1 is the entire Recommendations section of the plan). <br />Water and Sewer Management Planning and Boundary Agreement (WASMPBA) <br />WASMPBA is an agreement signed in 2001 between Orange County, OWASA, and the Towns <br />of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough. The agreement (included as Attachment 2) provides <br />a comprehensive county-wide system of utility service areas upon which signatory entities could <br />