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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
Item No. :rX-C-1
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: April 4, 1994
SUBJECT: Proposed Committee on Water and Sewer Service
Area Boundaries
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DEPARTMENT: Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: YES: NO: X
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ATTACHMENT(S) : Draft Proposal INFORKATION CONTACT:
Proposed Composition of and Moses Carey - ext. 2130
Charge to Committee to
Propose Utility Service TELEPHONE NUMBER -
Area Boundaries Hillsborough - 732-8181
Chapel Hill - 968-4501
Mebane - 227-2031
Durham - 688-7331
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PURPOSE:
To approve a proposed composition and charge to a Committee on
Water and Sewer Service Area Boundaries.
BACXGROUND:
You may recall from the last Orange County Assembly of
Governments' meeting, efforts would be renewed to examine the
issues of water and sewer service area boundaries.
The Orange County and Chapel Hill managers and staff have
collaborated on a proposed charge to and composition for a
committee on water and sewer service area boundaries, as
attached.
If this draft is satisfactory, I would propose that we place it
on our respective agendas during the month of April.
The committee would make an initial report and conceptual
recommendations by October, 1994. If this step was successful, a
proposed agreement would be developed for consideration including
a public hearing as desired by the committee and the respective
governing boards. At an appropriate time in the process,
additional entities with water and sewer utilities could be
invited to participate.
RECONMENDATION(S) :
To approve the attached proposal on composition and charge to the
above referenced committee.
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draft 2/15/94
Proposed composition of and charge to
Committee to propose utility service area boundaries
Purposes of considering water and sewer service area boundaries:
To enable local governments and utilities to make long-
term plans with known rather than continuously changing
boundaries.
To eliminate or minimize the potential for conflicts
regarding utility service areas and future annexation
areas.
To complement the existing framework of land use plans
under the Joint Planning and Cooperative Planning
agreements.
Composition: Two representatives from each of the following
entities:
Orange County Board of Commissioners
Hillsborough Board of Commissioners
Carrboro Board of Aldermen
Chapel Hill Town Council
Orange Water and Sewer Authority Board of Directors
Charge 1: To make a report and recommendations by October, 1994 to
the Orange County Board of Commissioners, Hillsborough Board of
Commissioners, Carrboro Board of Aldermen, Chapel Hill Town Council
and Orange Water and Sewer Authority Board of Directors regarding
long-term water and sewer service area boundaries in Orange County.
Charge 2: To develop a proposal for water and sewer service areas
which is based on broad policy considerations of the elected
boards, including those policies in intergovernmental planning
agreements.
Charge 3. The Committee's report to be submitted in October, 1994
shall be considered a proposed basic framework as a starting point
for developing an agreement(s) . This report shall not include a
discussion of oversight of community or alternative wastewater
systems or of the timing of public water or sewer extensions within
long-term service area boundaries.
Charge 4 . If the boards represented on the Committee agree in-
principle on a proposal for long-term service area boundaries, the
Committee shall draft a proposed agreement(s) for consideration by
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the local government and utility boards. This agreement may provide
that matters involving extension of public water and sewer in the
Rural Buffer are to be separately discussed.
Charge 5. If the boards agree in principle on a proposed agreement,
the Committee shall seek to meet with representatives of additional
jurisdictions and utilities which may need to be included in
agreement(s) . The additional entities would include but not
necessarily be limited to the Orange Alamance Water System, City of
Durham, Mebane, Graham, etc. A proposed agreement with these
additional entities would be submitted for consideration by all
parties.
Footnotes : The Committee, and each of the boards involved in the
process above, would hold public hearing(s) at such times as each
determines appropriate. The Committee would be a public body with
open meetings in accord with State law.