HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-1995-057 Resolution Responding to the Water and Sewer Service Boundary Task Force Report of December 1994 RESOLUTION RESPONDING TO THE WATER AND SEWER SERVICE BOUNDARY TASK
FORCE REPORT OF DECEMBER 1994
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has been asked to
provide comment on the report of the Water and Sewer Service
Boundary Task Force, dated December 14, 1994; and
WHEREAS, the Board held a public hearing on August 28, 1995 to
solicit public comment on the report; and
WHEREAS, further discussions among all water and sewer service
providers will be a necessary step to adoption of a boundary
agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of
Commissioners that the Board hereby submits the following comments
to the Water and Sewer Service Boundary Task Force regarding their
report of December 14, 1994 for long-term boundaries among water
and sewer utilities in the County of Orange:
1. The Board endorses the "straw line" long-term boundary for
service, as shown in Attachment A of the report.
2 . The Board proposes that the Task Force consider whether the
"Long-Term Interest Areas" of both the Orange Water and Sewer
Authority (OWASA) and the Town of Hillsborough, as shown on
Attachment A, should be amended to redesignate the areas
located outside of the current OWASA and Hillsborough service
areas as an Orange County Interest Area, to reflect the fact
that this area is within Orange County planning jurisdiction
and that the County Water and Sewer Policy governs water and
sewer extension in the area.
3. The Board proposes that Orange County governments and
utilities enter into an Interim Memorandum of Understanding to
abide by the proposed utility boundaries pending a permanent
agreement; and that such an Interim Memorandum of
Understanding be drafted by the aforementioned Task Force for
consideration by the local governments and utilities.
4 . The Board proposes that the Task Force discuss the additional
issues identified in Attachment B ( "Correlative Objectives" )
of the December 14, 1994 Task Force report and forward their
recommendations on these issues to the Orange County local
governments and utilities for their consideration. These
issues include:
o responsibilities for dealing with failure of private
community water and wastewater systems,
o financing issues of extending water and sewer, and
0 the consideration of proposed new community systems.
5. The Board proposes that, after the above steps are completed,
representatives from Orange County, Hillsborough, Chapel Hill,
Carrboro and OWASA meet with representatives from the Orange-
Alamance Water System, Inc. (OAWS) , the Town of Mebane, the
City of Durham, and in a subsequent phase, the Counties of
Chatham and Person, to determine whether those jurisdictions
or utilities would be willing to enter into a Water and Sewer
Service boundary agreement on an interim basis such as five
years and a long-term basis such as twenty years.
6. The Board proposes that representatives of the above local
governments and utilities discuss, in parallel with the water
and sewer service boundary considerations, the additional
issues identified in Attachment B (Correlative Objectives) of
the December 14, 1994 Task Force report.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board authorizes the Chair to
transmit this resolution to the Mayors of the Towns of Chapel Hill,
Hillsborough and Carrboro, and to the Chair of the Orange Water and
Sewer Authority Board of Directors, and other such parties as the
Chair deems appropriate.
This the 14th day of November, 1995
Moses Carey, Jr. , Chai
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Clerk to the Board of Commissioners