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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 1, 2003 Action Agenda Item No. ~L SUBJECT: Land Use Plan Amendment to Incorporate Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement and Map DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): • Attachment 1 -Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement and Map • Attachment 2 -Sections of Plan Proposed for Amendment Attachment 3 -Orange County Water and Sewer Policy Attachment 4 -Question/Comment and Responses from Public Hearing INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig N. Benedict, ext. 2592 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-2700 Durham 688-7331 Mebane (336)227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider adoption of a proposed amendment to the Land Use Element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan to incorporate the Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement and Map. BACKGROUND: The Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement was developed by a task force over a period of seven years. Task force membership included elected officials and staff from Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, and OWASA. The Board of County Commissioners on December 3, 2001 adopted the agreement in its final form. Other task force members adopted the agreement also. This agreement's map was incorporated into the Joint Planning Agreement in 2002 which can be an asset in land use decisions of that area. The preamble to the agreement states the following purposes: 1. To provide a comprehensive, County-wide system of service areas for future utility development and interest areas for dealing with private water and wastewater system problems in areas without public water and sewer service. 2. To complement growth management objectives, land use plans and annexation plans in existing agreements, such as the Orange County-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Joint Planning Agreement and Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. 3. To resolve in advance and preclude future conflicts about future service areas and annexation areas.