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ITEM 11 30 <br />AGENDA ITEM <br />• REQUEST FROM ORANGE COUNTY FOR WATER AND SEWER EXTENSION TO <br />THE COUNTY'S NEW SOLID WASTE OPERATIONS CENTER LOCATED IN THE <br />RURAL BUFFER <br />BACKGROUND <br />• OWASA received a letter from the Orange County Board of Commissioners notifying us of <br />the planned relocation of the County's Solid Waste Management Department's <br />administrative office to a new facility that will be located outside the Urban Services <br />Boundary and, consequently, outside of OWASA's service area. The letter formally requests <br />feedback and comments from the OWASA Board of Directors.. <br />• The County's request has been made within the context of the Water acrd Sewer <br />Management, Planning and Boundmy Agreement approved and adopted by OWASA, <br />Orange County, and the Towns of Hillsborough, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro in December <br />2001. This Agreement also provides the policy basis for an OWASA response. <br />ACTION <br />• Staff has no technical objection to this request, as a matter of comity extended among the <br />governments the OWASA Board maybe interested in hearing the responses from the Towns <br />of Chapel Hill and Carrboro before responding to Orange County. <br />September 8, 2005 <br />