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3 23 <br /> Extension of water or sewer service to this area at landfill expense may have implications <br /> unda the Joint Planning Agreemen,depending on where service is proposed to be extended. <br /> b. Payment from other sources. <br /> The second part of this muendation proposes that the three governments pay the remaining <br /> costs for the water and sewer service, in proportion to their ownership of the landfill, out of <br /> whatever.resources they might individually choose. (we vote that other proportions also might <br /> be argued as voted): <br /> Considering only die Town of Chapel Hill's potential sources to pay for such service,the <br /> reasonableness of paying for such utility lines depends in part on the Town's plans for <br /> annexation.and the.tams of the joint planning agreement Expending Town General Tax <br /> Revenues to extend water-and/or sewer service to an area which will eventually be annexed <br /> would be a reasonable,and-legal decision. However, if an area were not in our long-terra firture <br /> annexation area,it would be difficult to defend the use of Town tax revenues to extend water and <br /> sewer lines to such an area. <br /> Thus, upon closer examination of the exact area proposed to receive water and sewer <br /> service, it may be necessary to consider acme modification to the Joint Planning Agreement or <br /> Cm*oro/Chapel Hill Annexation Lira in order to use Chapel Hill Town tax revenues to extend <br /> utility service. <br /> If changes are needed to the Joint Planning Amt or location of the <br /> Carrboro/Chapel Hill annexation line,appropriate steps,likely to include-public hearings,would. <br /> be required. The procedures.required would be.ddamined based on.the specific facts and <br /> modifications to the agzeernents that are needed. <br /> FINANCIAY, <br /> The Working Group ban: per- obtained pre minaryâ–º cost: estimate,, from OWASA <br /> (Attachmem 3) relating to the area under consideration at that tine. Subsequently, the area <br /> "proposed to be serviced bas expanded significandy beyond what the original figures covered. We <br /> have requested-OWASA to mule these estimates;however we do not expect them until just before <br /> the scheduled Ass=bly of Crovemmmts Meeting on October 22. We will distdbtue them upon <br /> receipt <br /> The financial unplications foe providing water and sewer service in this large area will be <br /> significant; possibly in the area of $4-5 million. We think that landfill tipping fees are not a <br /> practical option for fudding these iz- 4xOvemeats. The Town Attomey has addressed some of the <br /> legal issues relating to.financing in the above section We are unable, at this times to provide a <br /> comprehensive examination of options for fimdmg these improvements absent the prelinunary cost <br /> estimates being prepared by OWASA <br />