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• Includes some statements about sustainable use and conservation <br /> • Creates a Jordan Lake Partnership <br /> • Partnership Management Team <br /> • City of Durham lead agency <br /> • Proportional cost-share <br /> Functions of the MOU <br /> • Regional Water Supply Plan <br /> • Coordinated Jordan Lake Water Allocation Requests <br /> • Western Intake Project— Preliminary Planning <br /> • Will require additional costs and separate MOU <br /> All project activities are optional for partners. <br /> Key Issues from Staff <br /> • Hillsborough, Cary joined — others pending <br /> • Orange's unusual case — only non-provider <br /> • Would need "partner" to access current/future water allocation <br /> • If interested in allocation, must define service area and need <br /> • Potential inter-basin transfer (IBT)? <br /> • Is there sufficient growth management/ conservation linkage in the MOU? <br /> • Should the Water Supply Plan be mandatory? <br /> • If issues, join and work from within, or hold out for changes? <br /> • Is the County interested in joining? <br /> Dave Stancil said that other jurisdictions will be taking this item up in February. <br /> Commissioner Pelissier said that she is aware that OWASA provides water and is not in <br /> the land use planning business. She asked if there was any discussion of including the towns <br /> of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. <br /> Dave Stancil said that the Managers of the jurisdictions are aware of this and OWASA <br /> staff feels they have sufficient guidance to move forward. He said that the growth <br /> management issues may need to be addressed in some sort of parallel agreement. <br /> Laura Blackmon said that the towns do not have an allocation like Orange County has, <br /> which is why they are not in the partnership. <br /> Commissioner Nelson said that he had an email from Mayor Chilton that there were <br /> concerns about this being driven by staff rather than elected officials. He said that many of <br /> these things are policy issues — key issues — and the decisions should be made by elected <br /> officials. He also has very strong feelings against inner-basin transfer and this is a policy <br /> decision for policymakers to be discussing and making decisions about. Regarding growth <br /> management, he said that the County's concerns about Jordan Lake being polluted come from <br /> other jurisdictions developing and polluting Jordan Lake and Orange County having to clean it <br /> up. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said that one thing missing from the document was that the <br /> elected officials initiated a lot of these discussions with Chatham and then they discussed this <br />