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6 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN DRAFT . <br /> CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL <br /> JOINT PLANNING AREA PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 17. 2002 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Amendment to the Joint Planning Agreement to Reference the Water and Sewer <br /> Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) Yes <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Proposed Amendments to the Joint Planning Craig N. Benedict, ext. 2592 <br /> Agreement <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane (336)227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a proposed amendment to the Joint Planning Agreement to include, by <br /> reference, the Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement was <br /> developed by a task force over a period of seven years. Task force membership included elected <br /> officials and staff from Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, and OWASA. The <br /> Board of County Commissioners on December 3, 2001 adopted the agreement in its final form. <br /> Linking the Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement with the Joint <br /> Planning Agreement was suggested as part of an overall strategy to ensure that the utility planning <br /> efforts of the public water and sewer utilities and the land use planning efforts of local governments <br /> are not thwarted through demands by land owners and the development community that public <br /> water and sewer connections be made contrary to the planned service area of the utilities. <br /> Proposed amendments include the addition of the word "LINKAGE" at the end of ARTICLE 1. <br /> PURPOSE, DEFINITIONS, EFFECTIVE DATE; the inclusion of a new Section 1.4 entitled "Linkage <br /> with the Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement;" and the incorporation <br /> of Appendix A, the map entitled Water and Sewer Management Planning and Boundary <br /> Agreement, as Exhibit B to the Joint Planning Agreement. Proposed text amendments are <br /> depicted in bold underline in the attachment. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: None. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Planning staffs of Orange County, Carrboro, and Chapel Hill <br /> recommend approval of the proposed amendments to the Joint Planning Agreement. Following <br /> conclusion of the public hearing, the matter should be referred to the towns of Chapel Hill and <br />