Title
Vote on a request to approve an agreement to assign certain wastewater easements to the Town of Pittsboro and authorize the County Manager to execute the agreement.
Abstract
Action Requested: Vote on a request to approve an agreement to assign certain easements (recorded in Book 501, Page 444: Book 501, Page 791; Book 502, Page 426; Book 502, Page 576; and Book 502 Page 579 of the Chatham County Registry) to the Town of Pittsboro and authorize the County Manager to execute the agreement.
Introduction & Background: The Town of Pittsboro seeks an assignment of sewer easements that were acquired in 1986 in the name of Chatham County. This was in connection with the development of Inco Alloys in Pittsboro. Title to the sewer easements was taken in the County's name because of a grant, although the sewer outfalls constructed within the easements, as part of the project, were accepted by the Town of Pittsboro for the maintenance and operation as part of its public sewer system.
Discussion & Analysis: The Chatham County Board of Commissioners is asked to consider the approval of the agreement herein described, which will assign certain easements held in the name of Chatham County to the Town of Pittsboro. Approval of the proposed agreement will transfer all rights, title, interest and obligations under the aforesaid easements from Chatham County to the Town of Pittsboro. Chatham County does not own any assets within any of the described easements. Chatham County has no plans for, nor interest in, utilizing the described easements for any purpose aside from the purpose presently being served as herein stated.
How does this relate to the Comprehensive Plan: The easements under consideration are presently utilized by the Town of Pittsboro for part of its public sanitary sewer collection system. Goal #3 of the Chatham County Comprehensive Plan speaks to the reinforcement of towns as the County's residential and commercial centers and that the plac...
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