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<br />~2 <br />ORANGE COUNTX BOARD OF CO'.~LITISSIONERS <br />ATO STSE ROPOSED NEW SOLID Vi'ASTE AlANAGEA~NT OPERATIONS CENTER, TO BE <br />LOCATED IN THE RURAL BUFFER <br />;;'harass, extension of public seta and sewn service inw the Rural Bufl'a is governed by the Water & <br />Srna Managemrnt, Plennhrg and Boundary Agreement (herein L~town as the Agreement); and <br />Whereas, The Town of Cartboro, The Town of Chapel Mlle ~ the A oeerrtrn ~u8h, Orange County, and <br />the: Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) ere p g , <br />R'hereas, Orange County mtends w conswct a new Solid W rite Managemrnt Depazvnrnt Operations <br />Cents on Orange County Tax Parcel 7.18?7C, a 4.05 acre parcel of land owmed by Orange County; and <br />Whereas, dre parcel contains a site with F; nmonmental Health Division approval for a septic sysum suitable <br />for a typica16,500•sq. ft office building; and <br />R'hereas, dte Opaetior~s Cents is planned to include a community meeting room and cducationel facility <br />Lh81 w'ollld garCrate SnfllClrnt YlaltarS~t)CCnpenl5, perhaps uP to 75 atone time, as to likely overburden the <br />available septic system site; and <br />Whereas, the parcel on which the Operations Cents is to be constructed is located in the Rural Buffer of the <br />Joint Phuming Area, located in the Long Term lnterest Arcs of OWASA as descnbcd in the Agreemrnt, <br />borders and is dimctly adjacent to the current Orange County Land511, w'ltich is located in the Towm of <br />Chapel Hill's Transition Area of the Joint Planning Amer and located in OW ASA's Primary Sen~ce Area; <br />and <br />Whereas, tite parcel on which the Operations Crnter is to be constructed is situated such that an ea-trnsion of <br />public water end sewer service to serve it would toucb no othanDn-County owmed.property and thus not <br />pro~~de any likeltltood or opportunity for further extension ofthese sendces itrto the Rural Buffs; and <br />1i'herees, the Agreement dots not prescribe the method by which public warn and/or sown service is to be <br />extended to save an essrntia] public facility trusted in the Rural 8uffa: <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Orange County hereby notifies the Toem of Catrbaro, The <br />Iowm of Chapel Hill, Tyre Town of Hillsborough, and OR'ASA that it intends w apply to AWASA for public <br />aorta end sewn service to serve Drily Orange Cotmty Tax Parcel 7.18 37C and that this application will be <br />made undo the provisions of the Agreement authorizing public water and sewn sen~ce in the Rural Buffer <br />m senor en essential Public facility <br />BE I'C FGRTHER RESOLVED that Orange County welcomes comments, respectfully mquested to be <br />mceived on a befom June 7, 2005, from The Towm of Cenboro, The Towm of Chapel Hr71, The'Iown of <br />Hillsbarough, and OWAS.A mgarding Orange County's intrntion to serve Orange County Tax Parcel <br />7 18,.27C a~t}t public water and sewn pro~~ded by OWASA. <br />This, the 17th day <br />Chair. Orange County <br />ATTEST: ~~~~~e~~ .~. <br />Do aka <br />Clerk to tfic Board otCommissioncrs <br />