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Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement (WASMPBA) Amendment
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is to provide an opportunity for the Town Council to consider approving a possible amendment to the WASMPBA.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: Trish McGuire, pmcguire@townofcarrboro.org, 919-918-7327
INFORMATION: The Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement is an agreement signed in 2001 between Orange County, the Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA), and the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough. The agreement provides a comprehensive county-wide system of utility service areas upon which signatory entities could rely when making decisions related to issues such as planning, land use, annexation, zoning, and growth management.
In mid-February, the petition (Attachment B) was received by the five signatories of the WASMPBA. The petition was made on behalf of the property owners for two undeveloped lots - 1204 and 1205 Bayberry Drive. These two lots that were formerly (pre-2000) within the Town of Chapel Hill's "urban service area" and OWASA facilities are currently "stubbed out" to the lots. Connection would have been possible under OWASA's previous connection policies.
In reviewing this request and this location, staff of all the parties to the agreement agreed that including additional, adjacent, previously developed lots (11 in total) in the proposed boundary amendment would better match the service potential in this area and provide consistent water and sewer policy for all lots in the Hunt's Reserve neighborhood. The nine additional lots currently have homes on them and are served by OWASA services. Water and sewer lines were installed to serve the neighborhood in 1997.
The neighborhood in question predates adoption of WASMPBA in 2001. At that time, the Town of Chapel Hill had an interest in reducing the size of the water and sewer service area in southern Chapel Hil...
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