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Request to Authorize Town Manager to Sign Revised Interlocal Agreement with Orange County and the Town of Chapel Hill Related to the Historic Rogers Road Area Private Sewer Service Lateral Connection Installations for Qualified Low-to-Moderate-Income (LMI) Homeowners - Cost Share
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is for the Town Council to consider authorizing the Town Manager to sign a proposed 2022 amendment to an existing Interlocal Agreement between Orange County and the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill to clarify eligible properties that could potentially qualify for public financial support for connections and to extend the agreement's term and termination to June 30, 2025.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning Department
CONTACT INFORMATION: Marty Roupe, Development Review Administrator, 919-918-7333, mroupe@carrboronc.gov; Trish McGuire, Planning Director, 919-918-7327, pmcguire@carrboronc.gov
INFORMATION: The recently constructed Historic Rogers Road Area gravity sewer system is a public system owned by Orange County and operated by the Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA). The general contractor for the sewer expansion project installed approximately 108 sewer service stub-outs/clean-outs to lots within the Historic Rogers Road sewer service area. The design and construction of the Historic Rogers Road Area gravity sewer system was initiated based on the recommendations contained within the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force Final Report dated September 17, 2013. The 67-page Report is available on-line at https://www.townofchapelhill.org/home/showdocument?id=25341.
The costs associated with the design and construction of the gravity sewer system were shared between Orange County, the Town of Chapel Hill, and the Town of Carrboro as specified in an Interlocal Agreement entered into on December 13, 2016.
In 2019 the parties entered into an agreement to jointly fund the costs of private sewer service lateral connection in...
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