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1 <br /> OR AN G E C 0 U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 17, 1995 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # <br /> SUBJECT: WATER AND SEWER SERVICE BOUNDARY TASK FORCE <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: YES _X—NO <br /> e <br /> ATT4CHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> - Report Summary David Stancil, Ext. 2590 <br /> - Task Force Report with Map Gene Bell, Ext. 2589 <br /> - Resolutions from Hillsborough, <br /> OWASA, and Chapel Hill <br /> - 8-28-95 Public Hearing TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Minutes Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> - Draft 9-18-95 Planning Board Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> Minutes Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To provide comments to the Water and Sewer Boundary <br /> Task Force on preliminary utility service area <br /> boundaries and implementation objectives contained <br /> in the Task Force report. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Water and Sewer Service Boundary Task Force, <br /> comprised of governing board members from Orange <br /> County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough and <br /> OWASA, met from June-December 1994 to recommend <br /> comprehensive service area boundaries and/or <br /> agreements. The report of the task force has been <br /> submitted to governing boards for review and <br /> comment. It includes preliminary utility service <br /> area boundaries and related implementation <br /> objectives. It is anticipated that once agreement <br /> has been reached extended discussions will begin <br /> including the Cities of Durham and Mebane, and the <br /> Orange-Alamance Water System. <br /> OWASA, Hillsborough, and Chapel Hill have adopted <br /> resolutions responding to the report. The Town of <br /> Hillsborough has raised questions about the scope of <br /> the Town's responsibility for failed systems within <br /> its service area. OWASA has called for legislation <br /> to make the boundaries legally binding, and <br /> agreement to incorporate the objectives into the <br /> legislation. The Chapel Hill Town Council has <br /> called for an interim Memorandum of Understanding; <br /> the inclusion of Mebane, Durham and Orange- <br />