Agenda - 05-02-2017 - 6-c - Amendments to the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement

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