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John Link stated that this report is on the status of a Utility <br /> Service Area Boundary Agreement for Orange County that was first considered <br /> in 1989 at an Assembly of Governments meeting. <br /> Motion was made by Commissioner Insko, seconded by Commissioner <br /> Gordon to approve the resolution as amended and as stated below: <br /> A RESOLUTION REGARDING A PROCESS FOR CONSIDERATION OF <br /> DEVELOPING A LONG-TERM WATER AND SEWER SERVICE AREA BOUNDARY <br /> AGREEMENT FOR ORANGE COUNTY <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County initiated discussion with other jurisdictions in 1989 <br /> to define long-term water-sewer service areas; and <br /> WHEREAS, those discussions were deferred due to other issues; and <br /> WHEREAS, the present agreements regarding Joint Planning for Chapel Hill, <br /> Carrboro and Orange County; the Cooperative Planning Agreement between Orange <br /> County and Hillsborough; the Durham-Hillsborough pipeline agreement; the <br /> Chapel Hill-Durham annexation area agreement and the OWASA-Durham service area <br /> agreement have already established a foundation for seeking a more <br /> comprehensive Countywide agreement; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners that <br /> the Board desires to participate in the following process with the objective <br /> of reaching agreement among the local governments and other water and service <br /> providers on long-term, Countywide utility service area boundaries. <br /> First, Orange County, Hillsborough, Carrboro, Chapel Hill and OWASA would seek <br /> to reach consensus on defining long-term service area boundaries. To begin <br /> this phase, the managers of the local governments and OWASA would jointly <br /> develop a proposal for submittal to each of the boards. In this phase and <br /> succeeding stages, there would be an emphasis on sharing each party's <br /> interests and objectives, developing a base of factual information and other <br /> principles for achieving agreement. An interim report will be provided to <br /> each governing Board after completion of this first phase. <br /> Second, the City of Durham, Town of Mebane and the non-profit Orange-Alamance <br /> Water System would be invited to join in discussion to seek a Countywide <br /> agreement in principle. <br /> Third, if the first two phases are successful, a formal agreement would be <br /> drafted for discussion by each entity; consideration of any revisions proposed <br /> by the parties; and final action. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> C. FISCAL IMPACT ANALYSES FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT <br /> Marvin Collins presented a report on the assumptions and <br /> methodology used in generating fiscal impact analyses for residential <br /> development. Three analyses were provided for comparison. The earliest <br /> version of the template (1989) uses the "per capita multiplier" approach. The <br /> most recent version of the template uses the "service standard" approach. The <br /> reason they switched was simply to expand the capabilities of the template to <br /> include not only the cost of services but how many new employees would be <br /> needed to provide those services. <br /> Mr. Collins explained that when comparing school age children per <br />