1999 NS Water and Sewer Management Planning and Boundary Agreement 9-7-1999

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' Orange Water and Sewer Authority ,. February 11,1999 t, Page 12 r ITEM TWENTY: WATER AND SEWER MANAGEMENT. PLANNING. AND BOUNDARY AGREEMENT Dan VanderMeer said he requested Patrick Davis to bring the. Board up-to-date on the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement, and that he requested Ed Kerwin and Robert Epting to advise the Board what the unrexotved issues are. Mr.VanderMeer said that Robert Epting provided to the Board of Directors in his January 25,1999 letter his opinion sad concern that certain provisions of the present draft dated October 28, 1995 of the Service Area Boundary Agreement conflict with OWASA's duties under the Agreements of Sate and Purchase that were entered into separately with The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hitt,the Town of Chapel hilt,and the Town of Carrboro. Patrick Davis said he commenced attending the Water and Sewer Boundary Task Force Meetings in 1994. Utcally there were concerns about how water and sewer utilities would be managed to order to be compatible with local land use planning growth Management objectives,how assignments would be made regarding responsibilities for providing services In areas throughout Orange County where it would be appropriate and desirable to provide public water and sewer services or, In the event of an unfortunate environmental or public health problem, those services might be needed to be extended under careful controls. W. Davis said the Water and'Sewer Boundary Task Force discussed the issue of where retail water and sewer utility services should be extended and where they.shoutda't be extended. That resulted In consensus on primary utility service areas and long-term interest areas. Patrick Davis referred the Board to the map on Appendix A entitled"Proposed Public Waterisewer Service Boundaries Subject to Addition of Other UtilitieslC.ocalnties." The map Includes the Town of 8iilsborough's extraterritorial planning jurisdiction,corporate U=Its,and what was identified In the Town of Biilsborough's long-range sewer plan as an alternate build-out of Its sewer service area. The southern part of the Town of 14iitsborough's projected service area would coincide with the northern boundary of the rural buffer that Is Identified In the Joint Land Use Plan between Orange County,the Town of Chapel Wilk and the Town of Carrbore. Mr. Davis said a concern from the outset was obtaining the Town of KiUsborough's commitment not to provide sewer service into the rural buffer and Into critical water supply watersheds. That commitment from the Town of Hillsborough was received early in the discussions and one significant obstacle was overcome- Mr.Davis said there were subsequent discussions about constraints and language that would make it clear that OWASA was committed to not providing retail services in areas beyond the urban transition areas for the Chapel Kilt-Cartboro community. The Board and staff were in agreement