2000 NS BOCC - Water and Sewer Boundary Agreement

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Mutual A1*,d Compact, A. JOINT RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING COMMON LOCAL POLICIES FOR MUTUAL AID DURING WATER SUPPLY EMERGENCIES IN REGION J. NORTH CAROLINA IVIIEREAS, the 1987 World-Class Region Conference expressed a broad based commitment to specific actions for enhancing the economic, environmental, and human resources of the cities and counties comprising Region J, North Carolina; and, NVIIEREAS, utility infrastructure with sufficient capacity and reliability is essen- tial to the Region's continued economic strength; and, WHEREAS, the governing bodies of the parties to this Resolution recognize axi increasing interdependence of water supply, development, and disposal activities expressed by the phrase "We all drink from the same bowl;" and, WHEREAS, the increasing number of interconnections between local water systellis provide the basis of a larger, more coherently planned water supply network; and, WHEREAS, such interconnections should be designed to uicet:water supply needs ranging from short term emergency service measured in days; to seasonal d1 ought supplements lasting for weeks or months; to longer duration transfers capable (if satisfying interlocal water supply needs over a period of years; and, ti'III'REAS, the Region's overall water resources are sufficient.to incct most for- eseeable local emergencies without undue hardship on neighboring water systems within the Region; and, WHEREAS, an important element of the Region's high quality of life is the diversity' and uniqueness of its individual collullunities, with those identities often expressed through different philosophies of growth, development, and capital facility expansion. NOW THEREFORE, the governing bodies of the parties to this Resolution having ticter- mined that the public health, safety and welfare will be served and benefited by their cooperation as hereinafter set out; and, in the desire to assure adequate service dut ing temporary disruptions caused by failure of the of the water supply; treatment, or trans- mission/distribution systems of any of the parties, do mutually resolve as follows: