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vc. <br />STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA <br />UTILITY SERVICE AGREEMENT AMENDMENT <br />COUNTY OF ORANGE <br />THIS AGREEMENT entered into thisgth day of July y 2012 by and between <br />the City of Mebane, a North Carolina Municipal Corporation (hereinafter sometimes <br />referred to as "the City" or "City ") and The County of Orange, a political subdivision of <br />the State of North Carolina (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "the County" or <br />"County ") amends the Utility Service Agreement originally entered into the 1St Day of <br />March 2004. <br />WITNESSETH: <br />WHEREAS the City of Mebane as an incorporated municipality operates a public water <br />supply and distribution system and a public waste water collection and treatment system <br />(sanitary sewer); and <br />WHEREAS there exists in defined areas of Orange County a need to extend water and <br />sewer treatment services to unincorporated areas of the County to provide such services to <br />a proposed public school facility, public recreational facilities, defined areas where <br />residential uses are permitted, and to a portion of an area designated on the Orange County <br />Land Use Plan as the I- $S/Buckhom Road Economic Development District and <br />Commercial- Industrial Transition Activity Nodes; and <br />WHEREAS, the County has secured federal grant funds and appropriated of other funds <br />necessary for the construction of the water and sewer systems (aka Buckhom -Mebane <br />Utilities — Phase 1) that were the object of this initial agreement. The 2012 amended <br />agreement herein enlarges the service area. The County is willing to insu.11 the necessary <br />connections to the Mebane water and sewer systems and to install the outiltll lines, water <br />mains and related facilities including sewer lift stations as required for said services. <br />WHEREAS, Orange County and the City of Mebane have successfully managed the <br />installation of Buckhorn- Mebane Phase I facilities, and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County and the City of Mebane have undertaken a collaborative <br />planning effort known as the Efland- Mebane Small Area Plan (EM/SAP) to plan for the <br />growth potential of the area and are implementing the various recommendations of the plan <br />(2006 -12) and beyond, and <br />WHEREAS, a joint meeting was held in September 2010 and 2011 to discuss coordination <br />and collaboration with Orange County proceeding with a master utility iniiastructure plan <br />to plan for the existing 2004 service district and other adjacent developable areas (i.e. 2012 <br />areas) of the Orange County Land Use Plan that may be best served by the: City of <br />Mebane, and <br />- 1 — <br />Final Version — Approved 6/19/12 Orange County Board of Commissioners, 7/9/12 Mebane City Council <br />