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i <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 18, 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Establishment of Public Hearing on Dissolution of the Dogwood Acres Sanitary District <br /> DEPARTMENT: Manager/Elections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/1S) <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/1) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> None Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br /> Bobbie Strickland,ext 2351 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To set a public hearing concerning the dissolution of the Dogwood Acres Sanitary <br /> District. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Dogwood Acres Sanitary District was created in 1969 to finance the <br /> installation of water lines and accessories when the University of North Carolina agreed to provide <br /> residents of the Dogwood Acres Subdivision with a water distribution system to replace a <br /> deteriorating privately operated system. Water distribution in this area has been provided by <br /> OWASA since it took over operations from the University in 1977. <br /> The original purpose for formation of the district has long since been completed. The district has no <br /> debt, and OWASA continues to provide water to Dogwood Acres residents. The three members of <br /> the elected Board of Directors of the Dogwood Acres Sanitary District have requested that Orange <br /> County dissolve the District,as it has served its purpose. <br /> Chapter 130A of the North Carolina General Statutes sets out the provisions under which a sanitary <br /> district may be dissolved. One procedural requirement of this process involves a public hearing <br /> before the Orange County Board of Commissioners. Staff recommends that the Board establish a <br /> public hearing on this matter for Wednesday,April 16, 1997, at 7:30pm at Chapel Hill Town Hall. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board set the required public <br /> hearing as suggested by staff. <br />