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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 7, 2024 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-a <br /> SUBJECT: Amendments to the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary <br /> Agreement <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Resolution for Adoption Consideration Judy Johnson, Town of Chapel Hill Assistant <br /> 2. Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Planning Director, (919) 969-5078 <br /> Hillsborough Resolutions Brittany Waddell, Chapel Hill Planning <br /> Director, 919-968-2731 <br /> 3. Southeast Portion of WASMPBA Cy Stober, County Planning Director, (919) <br /> Appendix A Map Showing Area Proposed 245-2592 <br /> for Addition to OWASA Primary Service Perdita Holtz, County Deputy Director— Long- <br /> Area Range Planning & Administration, (919) <br /> 4. Petition from The Chamber for a Greater 245-2578 <br /> Chapel Hill — Carrboro to the Town of <br /> Chapel Hill <br /> 5. OWASA Staff Letter Evaluating Boundary <br /> Expansion on OWASA's Water <br /> Distribution and Wastewater Collection <br /> Systems <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a resolution approving amendments proposed by the Town of Chapel <br /> Hill to the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement <br /> (WASMPBA) is an agreement signed in 2001 between Orange County, the Orange Water and <br /> Sewer Authority (OWASA), and the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough. It was last <br /> amended in November 2020. The agreement provides a comprehensive county-wide system of <br /> utility service areas upon which signatory entities could rely when making decisions related to <br /> issues such as planning, land use, annexation, zoning, and growth management. <br /> The Town of Chapel Hill received a request from the Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br /> to modify the boundaries of OWASA's Primary Service Area within the Town's planning <br /> jurisdiction at the June 14, 2023 Council meeting (Attachment 4). At its November 15, 2023 <br /> Council meeting, the Town adopted a Resolution to amend the WASMPBA (Attachment 2). All <br /> five signatories to the Agreement must adopt resolutions amending the Agreement before any <br /> proposed amendment is incorporated into the Agreement. Materials for the November 15, 2023 <br /> Town Council meeting, including a staff report, are available for viewing at: <br /> https://chapelhiI1.legistar.com/LegislationDetaiI.aspx?ID=6414722&GUID=5B798FC2-BED6- <br />