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.: A _:. ••1_ WA TER AND SEWER POLICY ' - !";;;;T:.'•.:.,- - .. "- _ -_ __--• - - 3 - - ----The°presentation-was made by.Planning_Director Marvin_Collins. ._ - - • • 5 --••�•:-=Y-:�-He_ - _ '"'-1988,=-'a-public-hearing-was conducted -_- - _• indicated-that-on;October"'10, 6 7_:tfor'the,"purpose'of_receiving .citizen comment:on.:the_.proposed.policy:' 'At the'_-:;_.4: -=J= -;-_ .7•_.:"conclusion-of the_comments -;the Board•of-Commissioners:continued the_public , - ---'•: •••.. 8 :hearing until:November'•28_,:' allowing two additional•weeks. beyond_October-_10 :for :_ _ _ _ •�__: 9 - the receipt of comments.: In the •two,weeks. following'-the.October _10 public.._..' -._ :•,:" _ :10 •.hearing,• comments--were" subsequently.received from the Economic. Development :: .. t,:-.: ..:. 11---Commission; the Orange—Meier:and,:Sewer 'Authority-and,_most recently,' from the _ 12 .Town of Carrboro. _ :_, "- 14µ' .:-."->;-..7-7. When the Policy was"presented in.October it was -organized around, five:'•f_::::.". .:-:::.•' °. _'_15 :goal 'statements that involved.water supply, •sewage disposel,.-urban' development-:- :- :-: - =-. 16 :.:'patterns, the County's -involvement in the '-provision of.water and sewer services ' • _. - '.17 _ 'and also:the basis on-which the:County:would become involved-financially.''-.:_:::'"- :'" ' =_`' -' 19 : :• '- . • Based on the comments received to date revisions have been made to the .4.7_7.-- -• • 20 - proposed policy. The revisions are underlined in the draft copy {copy attachment :.....•..-:,%:_•,.. - 21 • to these minutes). Principal among the revisions is the merging of_Goals'4.and.5 =Y- _ • ' •.' 22 . into a single goal - .'County involvement; The revision was warranted.because'both ' 23. goals ,address the financial involvement of the County in the provision'of ':: _. . . : . 24 water/sewer services and facilities. 25 - . ::. .. :• 26 At its November 15, 1988 meeting, the Board of Commissioners authorized •:..• 27 for inclusion in the policy proposals of the County Attorney which clarified the'.. :•.;= , '& ' 28 basis on which public water and sewer extensions would be permitted outside of :.:. .; . , .'• 29 Urban and Transition Areas as designated on the Comprehensive Plan. ..::: :. ' 31 The recommendations to the Board of Commissioners an November 15 also , , . , .. 32 included substantial revision to the extension policy:- To summarize the . ''-' :. ' •:'.:. 33 extension policies, we-do foresee water and sewer services within the Transition ..:• .. '•: 34 and Urban Areas of the County and would like to encourage water and sewer . .: ' .., -. -.-- 35 . services only in-those areas. Where there is a public health emergency such .as a -• : . - - • 36 subdivision with failing septic systems, where there is a proposed County -_.. . .�.. __ 37 facility which is noted in the policy as an essential public service such as a:_-.. --- 38 school, or where the failure to provide public water and sewer would result in a 39 citizen's inability to develop their property or make reasonable use of that . . 40 property, public water and sewer services would be allowed outside of transition • 41 or urban areas. The only exceptions to that general rule would be in the case of 42 water quality critical areas that are designated around existing and proposed - 43 reservoirs and also within the Rural Buffer area of the County which is a pert of . 44 the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan and surrounds Chapel Hill and Carrboro. 45 Such extensions would be allowed within those two areas but the lines would be • 46 sized to serve the situation at hand. For example, if a school site were - 47 proposed-in the Rural Buffer, public water and sewer lines could be extended to 48 that school but the lines would be sized to serve only the school. Furthermore, ' 49 there would be no further connections .primarily because of the line sizing . 50 limitations. 51 . 52 In areas outside of the Rural Buffer or outside a Water Quality tt 53 Critical Area the line' could be sized in accordance with the policies of the - `-- 54 .