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2~ DRAFT March 7, 2GU1. The Honorable Mike Nelson, Mayor, Town of Carrboro and F~oard of Aldermen Town Ha11 301 W. Main Street Carrboro, North Carolina 27510 Dear Mayor Nelson and Members of the Carrboro hoard of Aldermen: Enclosed is a kesolution of the Board of Commissioners approving the form and substance of the water and Sewer Management,. Planning and F~oundary Agreement far your further consideration. The Agreement has been revised to incorporate recommendations of the governing boards of the parties to the agreement. Please consider approving this agreement at an appropriate opportunity and as soon as passible. 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 strategy to make sure that. the local government decisions about where public water and sewer will be permitted cannot be undone by third persons seeking connection to public water and sewer systems. This is the method used in other places around the country to ensue-e 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 service 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 Plater and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement. This Joint Planning Agreement amendment will require a joint public hearing of Orange County, Carrboro and Chapel. Hill followed by separate action Gf cacti gaverning board amending the