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<br />~I- AGE V6~A`I'E~. AI~t~ S E''V~~k~ A~L3TI3C~RIT'9~ <br />public, nvn-1>r~/%t agerrc}~providirrg j+~ater•, se~er•tandr~claimed tt~ater•.s~rvic~s <br />to the Carr•bor•o-Chapel hill enrrlnrtrrzty. <br />December 9, 20.10 <br />Bernadette Pelisses, Chair <br />Grange County Commissioners <br />P.O. Box $1$l <br />I-Iillsborough, NC 272?8 <br />Mark Kleinschmidt; Mayor <br />Town of Chapet Hill <br />X105 Martin Luther King Jr. Bind. <br />Chapel Hill, NC 2751.4 <br />Mark Chilton, Mayor <br />Town of Carrboro <br />301 West Main Street <br />Carrboro, NC 27510. <br />Tom Stevens;. Mayor <br />Town of Hillsborough <br />137 North Churton Street <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />SiJBJECT: REQUEST Td CLARik'Y CERTAIN LANGUAGE IAT THE 2001 <br />WATERAND SEWER MANAGEMENT, PLANNING AND <br />BOUNDARY AGREEMENT. {WSMPSA) <br />.Dear Chair Pelisses, Mayor Chilton, Mayor Kteinsciimidt, and Mayor Stevens; <br />I am. writing, on behalf of the OWASA Board of Directors to request your respective Boards' <br />approval of a clarifying. amendment to the 2QOr Watep and Sewer Management; Planning and <br />Boundary Agreement {WSMPBA). <br />We believe that this- clarification is needed to implement important elements of QWASA's <br />recently adopted Lang-Range YYater Supply flan and to meet our future obligations. to the <br />Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro_ and to, the University of North Carolina as specified in <br />our Sales and Purchase Agreements with those entities. <br />We wish to assure. you and yaul? elected Boards that OWASA remains: fully committed to the <br />spirit and intent of the WSMPBA .and to making decisions that are consistent and compatible <br />with the Towns' anti County's lance. use plans and growth management policies. <br />You-may recall that our Long-Range Water Supply flan recommends. that O~?trASA develop <br />water purchase/sale agreements. with neighboring utilities that will secure> the permanent <br />ability to cost effectively purchase water {especially through our Jordan Lake water supply <br />storage allocation) under appropriate conditions of supply and demand consistent with the <br />long-term performance objectives of <br />1. Avoiding future Water Shortage declarations through temporary purchases of <br />treated water from neighboring utilities, This offers the most cost-effective way to <br />supplement our. local supply during the infrequent times of severe drought, equipment failure, <br />4aQ Janes ~~rry Road. Lgval f1~p~rnurtiry Employer Voice X919) 968-4-1-2.1 <br />~arrhoro, tiC 275"lU-2(iUt Printed an Recycled Paper' auwtu.rrwaur.arg <br />11 <br />