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5 <br /> Orange Water and Sewer Authority <br /> 400 Jones Ferry Road <br /> OWASA o. Box 366 <br /> Carrboro, NC 27510 <br /> (919) 968-4421 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Everett Billingsley <br /> FROM: Ed Holland <br /> DATE: November 3, 1995 <br /> SUBJECT: Water and Sewer Boundary Task Force - Update of the Issues <br /> This memorandum and attachments are an updated version of materials provided to you in a <br /> memorandum on the same subject dated September 21, 1995. <br /> Background and Current Status <br /> On May 25, 1995 the Board responded via resolution to the December 14, 1994 report of the <br /> Orange County Water and Sewer Service Area Boundaries Task Force. The County also <br /> received responses from the Chapel Hill and Hillsborough Town Councils, but none from <br /> Carrboro. The Orange County Board of Commissioners are tentatively scheduled to consider <br /> action during their upcoming meeting on November 14. <br /> County staff has recommended proceeding in accordance with the Chapel Hill resolution, which <br /> proposes further Task Force discussions with Durham, Mebane, and Orange-Alamance Water <br /> Company, Inc. to develop an interim(five-year)agreement for abiding by the proposed utility <br /> area boundaries. Parallel discussions would focus on "correlative objectives" that the Authority <br /> has continued to highlight, such as responsibility for failing community water and sewer systems. <br /> None of the entities have responded to OWASA's provision that all parties agree to seek state <br /> legislation that would make the boundary agreement more legally binding. <br /> It appears likely that the Authority will be invited to participate in a new round of discussions <br /> that may include Durham, Mebane,and Orange-Alamance Water System, Inc., as well as current <br /> Task Force members, to determine if there is willingness to enter a utility boundary agreement <br /> for an interim(five year) and a long term(20 year) basis. <br /> A more detailed discussion of these issues is presented below, and relevant background <br /> documents are attached as noted. <br /> An Equal Opportunity Employer 12 . 1 <br />