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r <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM{ ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date : August 20 , 2002 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No . <br /> SUBJECT : Amendment to the Joint Planning Agreement (JPA- 1 = 02 ) to Provide a Linkage with <br /> the Water and Sewer Management , Planning and Boundary Agreement <br /> DEPARTMENT : Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING : (Y/ N ) No <br /> ATTACHMENT( S ) : INFORMATION CONTACT : <br /> Craig N . Benedict , ext . 2692 <br /> + April 17 Joint Planning Public Hearing Minutes Gene Bell , ext . 2589 <br /> • .Chapel Hill and Carrboro Resolutions of Adoption <br /> • Text of Proposed Amendments TELEPHONE NUMBERS , <br /> Resolution of Adoption Hillsborough 732r8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968 -2700 <br /> Durham 6884331 <br /> Mebane (336) 227w2031 <br /> PURPOSE : To consider adoption of a proposed amendment to the Joint Planning Agreement to <br /> provide a linkage with the Water and Sewer Management , Planning and Boundary Agreement . <br /> BACKGROUND : The Water and Sewer Management , Planning and Boundary Agreement was <br /> developed by a task force over a period of seven years . Task force membership included elected <br /> officials and staff from Orange County , Chapel Hill , Carrboro , Hillsborough , and OWASA . The <br /> Board of County Commissioners on December 3 , 2001 adopted the agreement in its final form . <br /> The preamble to the agreement states the following purposes : <br /> 1 . To provide a comprehensive , County-wide system of service areas for future utility <br /> development and interest areas for dealing with private water and wastewater system <br /> problems in areas without public water and sewer service . <br /> 2 . To complement growth management objectives ; land use plans and annexation plans in <br /> existing agreements , such as the Orange County,Chapel Hill -Carrboro Joint Planning <br /> Agreement and Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan , <br /> 3 . To resolve in advance and preclude future conflicts about future service areas and <br /> annexation areas . <br /> 4 . To provide for predictable long range water and sewer capital improvement planning and <br /> financing . <br /> 5 . To provide for limitations on water and sewer service in certain areas , as defined . <br /> Linking the Water and Sewer Management , Planning and Boundary Agreement with the Joint <br /> Planning Agreement is part of an overall strategy to align local government land use decisions with <br /> public water and sewer permitted areas. Accordingly , inconsistent requests for land use <br />