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2 <br /> • Designating 87.5 acres "Primary Service Area". This area is currently "Hillsborough <br /> Long-Term Interest Area". Designating the area "Primary Service Area" would allow <br /> extension of public water and sewer systems into the area. <br /> In the interest of disclosure, Orange County has received a Master Plan Development <br /> conditional zoning application that includes a large portion of the area proposed to become <br /> "Primary Service Area" (the area east of Old Highway 86). These WASMPBA amendments are <br /> prerequisites to considering amendments to land use and zoning designations that would allow <br /> for greater development potential in this general area, an area in which Orange County is <br /> planning to invest approximately $1.6 million in sewer infrastructure. The area proposed for <br /> addition to the Primary Service Area is serviceable by gravity sewer. <br /> Town of Carrboro ETJ/Smith Level Road Area <br /> Town of Carrboro and OWASA staff began researching the status of this area when contacted <br /> by a person interested in possibly developing in the southern portion of the area proposed for <br /> "Primary Service Area" designation. As the map in Attachment 3 shows, many parcels in this <br /> area are already served by OWASA water and sewer systems, and have been since long <br /> before the WASMPBA was adopted (some services go back to the 1960s). The Town of <br /> Carrboro's long-time zoning designation for the area is R-10 (Residential, 10,000 square feet <br /> per dwelling unit), which is too small a lot size on which to locate well and septic systems. <br /> Staffs are at a loss to explain why this area was not designated "Primary Service Area" when <br /> the WASMPBA was adopted in 2001, particularly since the area is not listed in the text of the <br /> Agreement (Section IV of Agreement in Attachment 4) as an exception area. Nevertheless, the <br /> adopted WASMPBA map currently designates the area in question as "OWASA Long-Term <br /> Interest Area" so new water or sewer connections cannot be permitted. <br /> The proposed amendments in the Smith Level Road Area include: <br /> • Designating 20.6 acres "Primary Service Area". <br /> Attachment 1 is a Resolution to approve the amendments with maps depicting the geographic <br /> extent of the amendment areas. The map in Attachment 2 shows the overall WASMPBA map <br /> with the proposed amendments overlaid on the map. <br /> All signatory parties to the Agreement must approve the amendments before they are effective. <br /> Proposed dates for adoption consideration are: <br /> Orange County May 2, 2017 <br /> Town of Carrboro May 16 <br /> Town of Hillsborough June 12 <br /> Town of Chapel Hill June 12 <br /> OWASA May 25 or June 8 <br /> SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable to <br /> this agenda item: <br /> • GOAL: ESTABLISH SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE LAND-USE AND <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES <br />