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~t ~5-aoas -~~~ <br />~~ <br />ORA'1~GE COL'lti'TY BOARD OF COIVL~tgISSIO'~'ERS <br />A RESOLUTION OP' L~"TEI~'T TO CU141lRCT OWASA.PLrBLIC WATER A:ND SEWER SERVICE <br />TO THE PItOPtISED 1~'EW SOLED WASTE MANAGEtiKEIti"I` OPERATIONS CENTER, TO BE <br />LOCATED Il~T THE RURAL BL'F)w ER <br />V4'here~s, extension of public water and sewer service into the Rural Buffer is governed by the Water & <br />Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement {herein known as the Agreement); and <br />~~'hereas, The Town of Carrboro, The Tov~n of Chapel Hill, The Town of Hillsborough, Orange County, and <br />the Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) are parties to the Agreement; and <br />V4'hereas, Orange County intends to construct a new Solid Waste Management Department Operations <br />Center on Orange County Tax Parcel 7.l 8..27C, a 4.05 acre parcel of land awned by Orange County; and <br />V4'hereas, the parcel contains a site v+~ith Environmental Health Di~zsi.on approval for a septic system suitable <br />for a typical (,500-sq. ft. office building; and <br />V4'hereas, the Operations Center is planned to include a community meeting room and educational facility <br />that would generate sufficient v~isitorsloccugants, perhaps up to 75 at one time, as to likely overburden the <br />available septic system site; and <br />Whereas, the parcel an which the Operations Center is to be constricted is located in the Rural Buffer of the <br />Joint Planning Area, located in the Long Term Interest Area of OVirASA as descnbed in the Agreement, <br />borders and is directly adjacent to the current Orange County Landfill, which is located in the Toe~~n of <br />Chapel HiII's Transition Area of the Saint Planning Area and lacated in OWASA's Primary Sen~ice Area; <br />and <br />~~t'hereas, the parcel. on aFhich the Operations Center is to be constructed. is situated. such. that an extension of <br />public v4~ater and sewer serc~ice to serve it would touch. no other non-County ov~~ed property and thus not <br />pro~~ide any likelihood or. opportunity for further extension of these services into the Rural Buffer; and <br />Whereas, the Agreement does not prescnbe the method. by which pubI.ic water andfor sealer serti-ice is to be <br />extended to serge an essential public facility located in the Rural Buffer. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Orange County hereb}r notifies the Tov~rn of Carrboro, The <br />Town of Chapel Hill, The Tov~~n of Hillsborough, and OWASA that it intends to apply to OWASA for public <br />Mater and sewer service to sere=e only Orange County Tax Parcel 7.1~.?7C and that this application rill be <br />made under the provisions of the Agreement authorizing public water and seuFer sen-ice in the Rural Buffer <br />to serve an essential public facility. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Orange County welcomes comments, respectfully requested to be <br />received on or before Sane 7, 2005, from The Town of Carrboro, The Town of Chapel Hill, The Town of <br />Hillsborough, and OWASA regarding Orange County's intention to serve Orange County Tax. Parcel <br />7.1$.27C with public water and sewer pro~~ided by OWASA. <br />Chair, Orange County <br />ATTEST: <br />Do Baker <br />Clerk to the Board of Commissioners <br />This, the 17th day of May, 2UQ5 <br />