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G~/2:,~'2a~~ _ _.. ~"=; 9i 1~ ~:'~:.~ Cll. G a ". P~Ar~ihilNa 31 Orange County Bcar3 of Com,:~ssioners sage ~ September 5, 20a~ Another concern has to do wjth the need for stro:~ger language acissa.owi edging exxs tirg se~rice agreements and obl igati.ors . A final concern, clarified daring Water and Sewer Boundary Task rorce meet~.ngs some time ago, ie that the. terms "service extensions" and "line extensions" when used to describe extensions into Chatham County do not include bulk water transfers or a bulk water transfer line tv OWASA's system from a aordan Lake intake _acility. Carrborc' s iES~iutiv`t of approval would add tl~e z'~c'S.~agewotid Subdivision and the Feritage Hills Subdivision to the Agreement map as part of the OWAS~a Service Area. The deletion from Section VI.F. of the Agreemen~ of the prov_so "recogna2ing the land use implications of public water and public sewer service in adjacent counties or jurisaictions within Orange County," is, in my opinion,. not a substantive change to the Agreement. However, it may be sigaifican~. Tn that regard Carrboro's resolution seeks clarification from "Orange County" with regard to the process for link;ng with the Joint Planning Agreement. As you know, a]:1 jurisdictions were represented during the Water and Sew~:r Boundary Task Force meetings. The point of including the Water & Sewer PXanr~ing & Boundary Agreement in the Joint Planning Land Vse documents was Trade repeatedly during those- meetings. This is part of the vzrerall 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 tv public water and sewer systems, This ie the method used in other places around the country to ensure that the utility planning efforts of the public water and sewer utilztias and the land use planning efforts of the loco]. governments doing land use planning are not thwarted through insistence by landowners and the development co~n5ty of public water and sewer connections contrary to the planned service areas of the utilities. Carrboro's request that Heritage Hills and Rangewood be- ' included in the QWASA "Service" area (as opposed.ta its "Interest" area) may or may not be an a.ssue for Chapel Ha.l1 and _ Orange Caur~ty. 3oth of these subdiva.siona have been served by OWASA for many years and both of these subdivisions are located in the Rural Buffer. Aid, bath of these subdivisions are subject to a 1994 OWASA connection policy, a copy of which is enclosed.