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ORANGECOUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: January 16, 1997 Action Agenda Item # SUBJECT: Report on the Water and Sewer Boundary Agreement Process DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: Yes No ATTACHMENT(S): BUDGET AMENDMENT: —Yes No Agenda packet for 11/6/96 meeting of INFORMATION CONTACT: Water and Sewer Boundary Task Force County Engineer Extension 2303 Draft minutes for 11/6/96 meeting of TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Water and Sewer Boundary Task Force Hillsborough 732-8181 Durham 688-7331 Staff report Mebane 227-2031 Chapel Hill 967-9251/968-4501 PURPOSE: To provide the Board with a report to update Commissioners on the activities and discussions of the Water and Sewer Boundary Task Force BACKGROUND: For nearly three years, since the spring of 1994, the Water and Sewer Boundary Task Force has been working to develop a water and sewer utility service area boundary agreement. The purpose of this agreement has been to: 1) develop a map showing the limits of the service areas of the various water and sewer utilities; 2) address local land use planning concerns related to the location and extension of water and sewer utilities; 3)provide a framework for the role of various local governments and utility providers in dealing with the failure of on-site private and community utilities; and 4)to address equity issues related to the expenditure of public funds for utility expansion to serve essential public facilities, public health situations, economic development, etc. The members of the task force have yet to achieve consensus on many of these issues. Furthermore, an opinion rendered by consensus of the attorneys for the County, the Towns and OWASA has indicated that, in accordance with the NC General Statutes, planning and funding equity issues should not or may not be addressed by the utility service area agreement. However, the task force has discussed plans to continue its efforts to develop a boundary agreement that is as comprehensive as possible. RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board receive the report as information.