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w ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 28, 1995 Action Agenda SUBJECT: REPORT OF THE WATER AND SEWER SERVICE BOUNDARY TASK FORCE Item # C 4 DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING _X—Yes No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene Bell Report Summary Ext. 2589 Proposed Service Boundary Map TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Task Force Report Hillsborough - 732-8181 Resolutions Durham - 688-7331 Mebane - 227-2031 Chapel Hill - 967-9251 PURPOSE: To receive public comment on the report of the Water and Sewer Service Boundary Task Force. BACKGROUND: The Water and Sewer Service Boundary Task Force, comprised of governing board members from Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough and OWASA, met from June-December 1994 to recommend comprehensive service area boundaries and/or agreements. The report of the task force has been submitted to governing boards for review. It includes preliminary utility service area boundaries, as well as related implementation objectives. It is anticipated that once agreement has been reached on the report extended discussions will begin, including participation by the Cities of Durham and Mebane, and the Orange-Alamance Water System. OWASA, Hillsborough, and Chapel Hill have adopted resolutions responding to the report. The Town of Hillsborough has taken exception to the fifth objective's premise that the utility be responsible for failed systems within its service area. OWASA has called for legislation to make the boundaries legally binding, and agreement to incorporate the objectives into the boundary legislation. The Chapel Hill Town Council has called for an interim Memorandum of Understanding; the inclusion of Mebane, Durham and Orange- Alamance; and discussion of the issues outlined in the objectives by all boards. The Board of County Commissioners wishes to receive public comment on the proposed service area boundaries and implementation objectives before responding to the report. RECOMMENDATION: The Administration recommends that the matter be referred to the Planning Board for a recommendation to be received not earlier than October 2, 1995.