2012-432 City of Mebane water and sewer service agreement for the Buckhorn-Mebane-Efland Area

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vc. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA UTILITY SERVICE AGREEMENT AMENDMENT COUNTY OF ORANGE THIS AGREEMENT entered into thisgth day of July y 2012 by and between the City of Mebane, a North Carolina Municipal Corporation (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "the City" or "City ") and The County of Orange, a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "the County" or "County ") amends the Utility Service Agreement originally entered into the 1St Day of March 2004. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS the City of Mebane as an incorporated municipality operates a public water supply and distribution system and a public waste water collection and treatment system (sanitary sewer); and WHEREAS there exists in defined areas of Orange County a need to extend water and sewer treatment services to unincorporated areas of the County to provide such services to a proposed public school facility, public recreational facilities, defined areas where residential uses are permitted, and to a portion of an area designated on the Orange County Land Use Plan as the I- $S/Buckhom Road Economic Development District and Commercial- Industrial Transition Activity Nodes; and WHEREAS, the County has secured federal grant funds and appropriated of other funds necessary for the construction of the water and sewer systems (aka Buckhom -Mebane Utilities — Phase 1) that were the object of this initial agreement. The 2012 amended agreement herein enlarges the service area. The County is willing to insu.11 the necessary connections to the Mebane water and sewer systems and to install the outiltll lines, water mains and related facilities including sewer lift stations as required for said services. WHEREAS, Orange County and the City of Mebane have successfully managed the installation of Buckhorn- Mebane Phase I facilities, and WHEREAS, Orange County and the City of Mebane have undertaken a collaborative planning effort known as the Efland- Mebane Small Area Plan (EM/SAP) to plan for the growth potential of the area and are implementing the various recommendations of the plan (2006 -12) and beyond, and WHEREAS, a joint meeting was held in September 2010 and 2011 to discuss coordination and collaboration with Orange County proceeding with a master utility iniiastructure plan to plan for the existing 2004 service district and other adjacent developable areas (i.e. 2012 areas) of the Orange County Land Use Plan that may be best served by the: City of Mebane, and - 1 — Final Version — Approved 6/19/12 Orange County Board of Commissioners, 7/9/12 Mebane City Council