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3 REFERENCE: WATER AND SEVER SERVICE BOUNDARY TASK FORCE ORIGIN OF PROPOSAL Staff Planning Board BOCC Public _X_Other- later-governmental Task Force PUBLIC HEARING DATE: August 28, 1995 PURPOSE OF ITEM: To obtain public comment on the Water and Sewer Boundary Task Force report. The task force, comprised of governing board members from Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough and OWASA, has proposed service area boundaries and implementation objectives for water and sewer service. ISSUES: The proposed boundary lines indicated on the attached map delineate both current service areas, and longterm interest areas for Hillsborough, OWASA and Orange County. The long-term interest areas do not indicate imminent expansion of utility services. Rather,the interest areas would provide that: 1) the utility in question would be responsible for addressing system failures within the longterm interest area,and 2) if and when utility service is deemed necessary in these areas, the utility in-question would be the service provider. Approval of these boundaries was recommended by the Task Force to be contingent on agreement to address six objectives: • Continue to support orderly growth and efficient provision of water services. • Continue to promote local control of land use policies;reinforce through appropriate water and sewer service area boundary agreements. • Delineate utility districts or interest areas that reflect the approximate water and sewer capabilities of the respective utilities for a 50 year period. • Promote equity for all parties.Formulate service areas and other agreements so that benefitting parties pay their fair proportional shares Of operating and capital costs incurred by the entity serving that district or interest area • Ensure that appropriate public health and environmental needs will be met and responsible entities identified. • Ensure that the integrity of interconnections for emergency water transfers is not compromised by service area boundary delineations and supporting agreements. Prior to responding to the task force report, the Orange County Board of Commissioners called for a public hearing to be held to obtain public input on the proposed boundaries and objectives. The public hearing will be held Monday, August 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Superior Courtroom of the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough, NC.