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RESOLUTION RESPONDING TO THE WATER AND SEWER SERVICE BOUNDARY TASK <br /> FORCE REPORT OF DECEMBER 1994 <br /> WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has been asked to <br /> provide comment on the report of the Water and Sewer Service <br /> Boundary Task Force, dated December 14, 1994; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Board held a public hearing on August 28, 1995 to <br /> solicit public comment on the report; and <br /> WHEREAS, further discussions among all water and sewer service <br /> providers will be a necessary step to adoption of a boundary <br /> agreement. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners that the Board hereby submits the following comments <br /> to the Water and Sewer Service Boundary Task Force regarding their <br /> report of December 14, 1994 for long-term boundaries among water <br /> and sewer utilities in the County of Orange: <br /> 1. The Board endorses the "straw line" long-term boundary for <br /> service, as shown in Attachment A of the report. <br /> 2 . The Board proposes that the Task Force consider whether the <br /> "Long-Term Interest Areas" of both the Orange Water and Sewer <br /> Authority (OWASA) and the Town of Hillsborough, as shown on <br /> Attachment A, should be amended to redesignate the areas <br /> located outside of the current OWASA and Hillsborough service <br /> areas as an Orange County Interest Area, to reflect the fact <br /> that this area is within Orange County planning jurisdiction <br /> and that the County Water and Sewer Policy governs water and <br /> sewer extension in the area. <br /> 3. The Board proposes that Orange County governments and <br /> utilities enter into an Interim Memorandum of Understanding to <br /> abide by the proposed utility boundaries pending a permanent <br /> agreement; and that such an Interim Memorandum of <br /> Understanding be drafted by the aforementioned Task Force for <br /> consideration by the local governments and utilities. <br /> 4 . The Board proposes that the Task Force discuss the additional <br /> issues identified in Attachment B ( "Correlative Objectives" ) <br /> of the December 14, 1994 Task Force report and forward their <br /> recommendations on these issues to the Orange County local <br /> governments and utilities for their consideration. These <br /> issues include: <br /> o responsibilities for dealing with failure of private <br /> community water and wastewater systems, <br /> o financing issues of extending water and sewer, and <br /> 0 the consideration of proposed new community systems. <br />