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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 31, 1999 Action Agenda Item # .~.. SUBJECT: Report on Topics for the Proposed September 2nd Meeting on Local Jurisdictions' Coordination to Access Jordan Lake Water Supply DEPARTMENT: County Manager ATTACHMENT(S): 4/13/99 letter from Alice Gordon to Daniel VanderMeer County Manager's letter to OWASA CountyManager's letter to Chatham County Chatham County Engineering Consultant's Response to BOCC questions/issues OWASA Response to BOCC questions/ issues County Engineer's memo to BOCC PUBLIC HEARING: Yes No BUDGET AMENDMENT: Yes No INFORMATION CONTACT: County Engineer Extension 2303 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough - 732-8181 Durham - 688-7331 Mebane - 227-2031 Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 PURPOSE: To consider responses from OWASA and Chatham County with regard to topics of discussion for the proposed September 2nd Board Meeting on local jurisdictions' coordination of access the Jordan Lake water supply. BACKGROUND: The subject of Chatham County's access to its Jordan Lake water allocation and the role that Orange County, the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, and OWASA might play in facilitating that access have been a subject of discussion for nearly a year. An interlocal meeting has been set for September 2, 1999, to discuss this issue. On July 14, 1999, the Manager sent letters of inquiry (see attached) to Ed Kerwin, Executive Director of OWASA, and Charlie Horne, County Manager of Chatham County, to ascertain their jurisdictions' interests and concerns relative to the Jordan Lake access issues and to the proposed September 2nd meeting. The responses from OWASA and Chatham County are attached. It is proposed that those responses be discussed by the BOCC at the August 31st Board work session.