File #: 23-334    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Agendas Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 11/10/2023 In control: Town Council
On agenda: 1/9/2024 Final action:
Title: Introduction to Possible Amendment to WASMPBA - Changes to Service Areas in Chapel Hill Jurisdiction PURPOSE: Introduce the Town Council to amendments the Town of Chapel Hill has proposed to expand the water and sewer services boundary in the southern part of Chapel Hill along the US 15-501 corridor to the Chatham County line.
Attachments: 1. A- Chamber Petition to TOCH, 2. B - Additional info - TOCH 11-15 agenda, 3. C - TOCH Email 11-17-23, 4. D - OWASA Evaluation of Expansion, 5. E- Pocket Questions
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Introduction to Possible Amendment to WASMPBA - Changes to Service Areas in Chapel Hill Jurisdiction

PURPOSE: Introduce the Town Council to amendments the Town of Chapel Hill has proposed to expand the water and sewer services boundary in the southern part of Chapel Hill along the US 15-501 corridor to the Chatham County line.
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Planning
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Contact
CONTACT INFORMATION: Trish McGuire, Planning Director, 919-918-7327, pmcguire@carrboronc.gov
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
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Council Direction Statement
Building on the establishment of Orange Water and Sewer Authority in 1977, the Town of Carrboro worked with its local county, state, and local partners to develop cooperative planning and management agreements that establish areas where sanitary sewer and treated potable water supply services will be provided (available at the link below). Racial Equity pocket questions have been completed (Attachment E).
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Information
INFORMATION: On June 14, 2023, Aaron Nelson, President of the Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill Carrboro submitted a petition requesting that the Town of Chapel Hill "...evaluate a limited extension of the current water and sewer boundaries by extending the 2001 boundary one mile south of the current line to include the US 15-501 corridor to the Chatham County line at a width ranging between one half mile on either side of US 15-501 at the northern portion and narrowing as it approaches the Chatham County line, designed to exclude Smith Level Road" (see Attachment A).
The Town of Chapel Hill Council considered this topic initially on September 20, 2023, (TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL - File #: [23-0671] (legistar.com) and in an agenda item on November 15, 2023, which includes a staff memo and other materials at TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL - File #: [23-0795] (legistar.com). Questions asked of Chapel Hill staff in advance of the November 15th ...

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