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6 A RESOLUTION REGARDING A PROCESS FOR CONSIDERATION OF DEVELOPING A LONG-TERM WATER AND SEWER SERVICE AREA BOUNDARY AGREEMENT FOR ORANGE COUNTY WHEREAS, Orange County initiated discussion with other jurisdictions in 1989 to define long-term water-sewer service areas; and WHEREAS, those discussions were deferred due to other issues; and WHEREAS, the present agreements regarding Joint Planning for Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Orange County; the Cooperative Planning Agreement between Orange County and Hillsborough; the Durham-Hillsborough pipeline agreement; the Chapel Hill- Durham annexation area agreement and the OWASA-Durham service area agreement have already established a foundation for seeking a more comprehensive County-wide agreement; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the that the desires to participate in the following process with the objective of reaching agreement among the local governments and other water and service providers on long-term, County-wide utility service area boundaries. First, Orange County, Hillsborough, Carrboro, Chapel Hill and OWASA would seek to reach consensus on defining long-term service area boundaries. To begin this phase, the managers of the local governments and OWASA would jointly develop a proposal for submittal to each of the boards. In this phase and succeeding stages, there would be an emphasis on sharing each party's interests and objectives, developing a base of factual information and other principles for achieving agreement. Second, the City of Durham, Town of Mebane and the non-profit Orange-Alamance Water System would be invited to join in discussion to seek a County-wide agreement in principle. Third, if the first two phases are successful, a formal agreement would be drafted for discussion by each entity, consideration of any revisions proposed by the parties, and final action. This the day of , 1993 .