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03/26/2001 15:05 9196443002 DR. CTY. PLANNING PAGE 21 DRAFT Maxch 7, 2001 The Honorable Mike Nelson, Mayor, Town of Carrboro and Board of Aldermen Town Ha~.l - W. Main street^_~---:-:. ~.-..-:_.. _,,:._--,~----~-,<... 3~7: Carrboro, North Carolina 27510 Dear Mayor Nelson and Members of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen: Enclosed is the water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement for your further consideration. It has been revised to incorporate recommendations of the governing boards of the parties to the agreement. Please consa.der approving this agreement at an appropriate opportunity. You have asked the County to comment on the process for linking the proposed Water and Sewer Boundary Agreement with the Joint Planning Agreement. Linking the two agreements is part of the overall stx'ategy to make sure that the local go~crernment decisions about where publa.c water and sewer will be permitted cannot be undone by third persons seeking connect~.on to public water and sewer systems. This is the method used in other places around the country to ensure that the utility planning efforts of the public water and sewer utilities and the land use planning efforts of the local governments doing land use planning are not thwarted through demands by land owners and the development community that public water and sewer connections be made contrary to the planned serva.ce area of the utilities. The easiest way to accomplish the linkage is for the Joint Planning Agreement to be amended to include by reference the adopted water and sewez Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement. Thia Joint Planning Agreement amendment will require a joint public hearing of Orange County, Carrboro and Chapel Hill followed by separate action of each governing board amending the Joint Planning Agreement. This formality incorporates the water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement into the