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O 14 RESOLUTION RESPONDING TO ORANGE COUNTY WATERAND SEWER SERVICE AREA BOUNDARIES TASK FORCE REPORT OF DECEMBER, 1994 WHEREAS, Orange Water and Sewer Authority has been asked to respond to recommendations of the Orange County Water and Sewer Service Area Boundaries Task Force, dated December 14, 1994 and attached to this Resolution as Exhibit I;and WHEREAS, the Authority finds that the scope and purpose of new tasks and utility services enumerated in Objective 5 in the Task Force memorandum(Exhibit 1,Attachment B) Ir wil! egnire further definition and concurrence by parties to the potential agreement;and WHEREAS,OWASA customers may be asked to pay for systems that do not benefit them;and WHEREAS,the Authority notes that 11MIment of the objectives and intent of the proposed agreement will rNuire eventual participation and concurrence by the City of Durham, Town of Mebane,and Orangc-Aiamance Water System,Inc,and WHEREAS, an agreement to service area limitations may have negative financial effects on OWASA for which the Authority'should receive appropriate consideration;and ' WHEREAS, a joint service area agreement such as proposed by the Task Force is not legally binding unless ratified by North Carolina General Assembly. NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED: I. That the Board of Directors of Orange Water and Sewer Authority endorses the straw line boundaries for water and sewer service provision by OWASA,the Town of Hilisbamugh,and Orange County,as presented on Attachment A of the December 14, 1994 Task Force Report,contingent on the following: A. That the governing bodies of Carrboro,Chapel Hill,Hillsborough,Orange County,and OWASA agree to seek legislation during the 1996(Short)Session of the North Carolina General Assembly that would make legally binding a water and sewer service area boundary agreement among all parties signatory thereto;and B. That those same local bodies agree to commit the necessary resources to clarify, define,and seek agreement on the issues implicit and unresolved in Attachment B of the December 14, 1994 Task Force Report such that those items and definitions maybe incorporated into the legislation proposed above. Issues to be clarified shall include,but not limited to.the specific scope of services and responsibilities within each providees interest area;Financial authority and funding arrangements for these services;OWASA review authority of all community water and sewer systems proposed for its interest area;as well as other pertinent issues listed in Exhibit 1,Attachment B.