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3 Related Matter of Jordan Lake Intake At the AOG meeting in March and September, representatives from the City of Durham and OWASA spoke about their efforts to develop a long range strategy for ensuring adequate water supply is available under normal rainfall and drought conditions. That effort has expanded to discussions over the summer with other local government entities about regional Jordan Lake water resources planning, new allocation requests and a coordinated western intake facility. ERCD is participating in these discussions. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with review of the proposed charges and composition for the Chatham/Orange Joint Planning Task Force and authorizing staff to forward the task forces' proposed charges and compositions to the other jurisdictions for approval and respective appointments. Eventual adoption of the task forces will require primary staff resources from the County department of Planning, and OPT and ERCD as necessary. A sharing of responsibility is anticipated among the participants to prepare agendas, set meeting locations, and develop work products. The planning departments of the agencies/governments will likely be taking the lead roles, as will be the case with Orange County. The planning department has adequate staffing to play this role similar to its work with the Durham/Chapel Hill/Orange Workgroup. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board: 1) review the proposed joint Chatham/Orange task force proposal; 2) make any needed revisions; and 3) authorize staff to forward these materials as revised to the other jurisdictions for approval and respective appointments. Following approvals and appointments by the other jurisdictions, the proposals would come back to the Board of County Commissioners for final approval and County appointments.