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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />WORK SESSION AGENDA ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 29, 2001 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Efland Sewer Service Area Polic <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Na <br />Coun En ineer <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Existin ,._Eflan __........ ... __. _ _ ... _ <br />g d Sewer System Document <br />Outline of Wastewater Agreement <br />Water and Sewer Policy Document <br />Memo from Paul Thames <br />.Map of Efland Area <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />_ Craig N. Benedict, ext. 2592 <br />_ _. Paul Thames_,_ext. 23Q3 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane (336)227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To hear a report on issues surrounding the policies regarding sewer extension of the <br />Efland Sewer System including a GIS Presentation. <br />BACKGROUND: Over the last few years, staff has researched the parameters or external forces <br />that can effect planning policy decisions in the Efland area. Two documents are attached that <br />approach offering policy guidance regarding the extension of the county's sewer system in Efland. <br />However, based on our research of the complementary' water system in the area operated by <br />Orange-Alamance Water System (OAWS), the development of a cohesive growth plan with <br />adequate water and sewer public services is in jeopardy. The policies, as written, could give <br />reasonable guidance to policy makers to cautiously proceed or hold the extension of the sewer <br />system in certain cases outside of the intended bond service area or until further cooperative <br />planning by OAWS coupled with other land use planning considerations in the area. <br />In any event, more specific policies could offer additional guidance. There have not been any <br />major residential subdivisions in the area over the last 12 years except the recent Richmond Hills <br />subdivision. Our existing sewer policy made that proposal difficult to approve. With development <br />proposals possible in the area, Orange County, as a utility provider, should consider the <br />implications of sewer extension and add clarity to its extension policy based on the ultimate <br />direction of the utility company and how it relates to its formal and informal partners. <br />