Agenda 03-07-24; 6-a - Amendments to the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement

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2 47A5-BB9F-24D77186A447 The staff report prepared by Town staff includes links to additional materials. As is shown on the map attached to the Resolution in Attachment 1, the area proposed to be designated OWASA Primary Service Area contains 139 parcels totaling approximately 360.23 acres. The area has been reviewed by OWASA staff and is technically feasible for provision of both water and sewer service (Attachment 4). The map in Attachment 3 depicts the southeast portion of the WASMPBA Appendix A map and shows the extent of the proposed additional OWASA Primary Service Area. The area proposed for amendment is entirely within the Town of Chapel Hill's planning jurisdiction. The majority of the area (approximately 239 acres) is within the Town's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ)while approximately 121 acres to the southeast of Highway 15-501 is designated "Transition Area" in the Joint Planning Land Use Plan (plan and maps available here). Both ETJ areas and Transition Areas are lands expected to be served by urban services, such as public water and sewer systems, and are zoned and otherwise regulated for land use by the Town of Chapel Hill. Nearly all of the properties within the area of consideration are currently zoned "Residential Low Density, 1 unit/acre". Rezoning of a property within a Transition Area requires a joint public hearing of the Town and Orange County, unless a property is voluntarily annexed into the Town of Chapel Hill, in which case a land use change such as rezoning will be solely within the Town's jurisdiction. As is explained in the Town staff's report (within the link to the Town Council meeting materials), some properties in the area under consideration are already served by public water and/or sewer as they were connected prior to 2000, when the Town's land use plan contracted the urban services area in this general area of the Town's planning jurisdiction. Because the WASMPBA is a multi-jurisdiction interlocal agreement, not an adopted plan or ordinance, amendments to the WASMPBA have historically occurred prior to any subsequent amendment to a jurisdiction's plans or ordinances. Any necessary reviews related to subsequent development occur in accordance with the relevant jurisdiction's ordinances. The WASMPBA does not require any particular analyses or studies be conducted prior to amending the Agreement. The dates for considering the proposed amendment to WASMPBA have been/are as follows (subject to change based on a jurisdiction's agenda review process): Town of Chapel Hill - November 15, 2023 [approved] - agenda materials: https://chapelhiI1.legistar.com/LegislationDetaiI.aspx?ID=6414722&GUID=5B798FC2- B E D6-47A5-B B9 F-24 D77186A447 Town of Carrboro - February 6, 2024 [approved] - https://carrboro.legistar.com/MeetingDetaiI.aspx?ID=1152754&GUID=B2113EBE-166D- 4D95-8803-AADD1 C5AA44C&Options=info &Search= Town of Hillsborough - February 12, 2024 [approved] - https://mccmeetings.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/hiIIsbronc-pubu/MEET-Packet- f5750cdc3ecc4acf9401 d22cc2a260cc.pdf Orange County March 7, 2024 OWASA April 11, 2024