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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 5, 2010 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 4 t✓ <br />SUBJECT: Amendments to the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary <br />Agreement <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Resolution <br />2. Specific Area Maps <br />3. Existing Water and Sewer <br />Management, Planning, and Boundary <br />Agreement <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict (Orange County), 245- <br />2592 <br />Perdita Holtz (Orange County), 245- <br />2578 <br />Margaret Hauth (Hillsborough), 732- <br />1276 x86 <br />J.B. Culpepper (Chapel Hill), 968 -2728 <br />Trish McGuire ( Carrboro), 918 -7324 <br />Ed Holland (OWASA), 537 -4215 <br />PURPOSE: To consider adopting changes to the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, <br />and Boundary Agreement (WASMPBA) text and map. <br />BACKGROUND: Proposed changes to the WASMPBA text and map were presented at the <br />March 25, 2010 Assembly of Governments (AOG) meeting. As a result of comments made at <br />the AOG meeting, Orange County Planning staff revised the proposal slightly by keeping the 70 <br />acres east of the Highway 70 Connector in the Primary Service Area. The area had been <br />proposed for removal from the Primary Service Area (see Attachment 2). <br />The Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement is an agreement <br />signed in 2001 between Orange County, the Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA), and <br />the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough. The agreement (included for reference <br />purposes as Attachment 3) provides a comprehensive county -wide system of utility service <br />areas upon which signatory entities could rely when making decisions related to issues such as <br />planning, land use, annexation, zoning, and growth management. <br />In order to implement adopted plans, the staffs of Orange County and Hillsborough proposed <br />changes to the Agreement. Specifically, Orange County proposed changes in the west - central <br />portion of the County to further implement the adopted Efland- Mebane Small Area Plan. The <br />proposed changes will: <br />Change approximately 1,941 acres (includes Interstate right -of -way) from Orange <br />County Long Term Interest Area to Orange County Primary Service Area (i.e., add <br />acreage to potential water and sewer service areas) <br />