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t <br /> I <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 16, 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7-4 <br /> SUBJECT: Dissolution of Dogwood Acres Sanitary District <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/1) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Resolution Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br /> 3/26/97 Letter from Sanitary District Board <br /> 4/4/97 Letter from OWASA Executive Director <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To conduct a public hearing concerning the dissolution of the Dogwood Acres <br /> Sanitary District, and to consider formal action to dissolve the 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 three members of the elected Board of Directors of the Dogwood Acres Sanitary District have <br /> requested(see attached letter)that Orange County dissolve the District, as its original purpose has <br /> long since been served. The District has no debt, and provides no services. Accordingly, there are <br /> no services for which the Board of Commissioners would have to provide if the District is <br /> dissolved. Moreover, OWASA has affirmed its intention to continue providing water service to the <br /> residents of the District(letter attached). <br /> Chapter 130A-85 of the North Carolina General Statutes sets out the provisions under which a <br /> sanitary district may be dissolved. One procedural requirement of this process involves a public <br /> hearing, which was set by the County Commissioners for April 16, 1997. Assuming that no <br /> information is presented at the public hearing that indicates the District should be continued, staff <br /> suggests that the Board adopt the attached resolution to formally dissolve the Dogwood Acres <br /> Sanitary District. <br />