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existing homes, where possible, and make available public water and sewer service to new economic development activity; and WHEREAS, Orange County has obtained a $900,000 grant from the federal government to install a primary sewer system in the area; and WHEREAS, research shows that the City of Mebane is a logical choice as a public sewer and water provider based on its proximity and technically sound infrastructure and available capacity to provide potable water, sewer treatment and fire suppression system pressures; and WHEREAS, an interlocal agreement can set the limits of utility service, so areas will be clearly delineated where public water and sewer systems will be available and where they will not be available; and WHEREAS, the development process is intended to occur under Orange County's EDD Design Guidelines and/ar zoning regulations while under Orange County's jtarisdiction employing a collaborative courtesy review process with the City of Mebane; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the interlocal agreement, property owners/developers desirous of public water and sewer will sign a utility agreement with the City of Mebane; and WHEREAS, properties not within the City of Mebane are subject to City of Mebane 'out of town' rates far water and sewer service; and WHEREAS, Orange County has a role in helping locate schools on appropriate sites having desirable characteristics such as compatibility with County land use planning and having readily available public water and sewer utility services; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Education has identified the Efland/Cheeks/Mebane community as the area where a new middle school would best meet the needs of the school population in the school district; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Education has identified a potential school site within the I-85/Buckhorn Road EDD and adjacent to the core elements of a proposed wastewater collection system intended to serve the I-85/Buckhorn EDD; and