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~~~ The County Administrator explained the background leading to this point of the 201 Planning Area. He recommended the adoption of the presented Resolution. Un_on motion of Commissicner Richard E. Whitted, seconded by Commissioner Melvin Whitfield, it was moved that the foregoing Resolution entitled "Resolution Designating the City of Durham As Lead Agency for the Durham Countq-Orange County 201 Planning Area, and Defining Duties for that Agency"'be unanimouslq adopted. Chairman Walker referred the Board to Item 5 on the Agenda: (Consideration of contract with Rose, Pridgen and Freemon for 201 Planning Study in a portion of Orange County.) The County Administrator stated that no effective report can be secured from the firm of Rose, Pridgen & Freemon until the 201 Planning Study is completed. The proposed study will cast $8,000 with Federal and State funds amounting to $7,000 and the County~s share being $1,000. Upon motion of Commissioner Flare Garrett, seconded bq Commissioner Melvin Whitfield, it was moved that the Board approve the contract with Rose, Pridgen & Freemon. Said contract was signed on Januarq 28, 197!}. The $1,000 will be taken from the F~nergencq Contingeneq Fund. Chairman Walker referred the Board'to Item 6 on the Agenda: (For consideration: A Resolution Indicating Intent to Soin with Other Genera]. Purpose Unite of Local Government in the Raleigh-Durham Standard Metropolitian Statistical Area To Develop and Implement a Plan Resulting In a Coordinated Waste Treatment Management Sgstem for the Area.) RESOLUTION INDICATING INTENT TO SOIN WITH OTHER GENERAL PURPOSE UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERtT~4ENT IN THE RALEIGH-DURHAM STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA TO DEVELOP ANA IMPLEMENT A PLAN RESULTING IN A COORDINATED WASTE TREATMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE AREA WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 208 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, P.L. 92-$00 (hereinafter called "the Act"), the Administrator of the United Staten Environmental Protection Agency has bq regulation published guidelines far the identification of those areas which, as a result of urban-industrial concentrations or other factors, have substantial water quality control problems (l~0 CFR Part 126); and WHEREAS, the Raleigh-Durham Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, as enlarged for Section 208 planning purposes satisfied the criteria contained in the Act and g.uidelinea and designation of the area pursuant tv Section 208 and those guidelines is desirable; and WHEREAS, Section 126.10 of the guidelines requires, among other thine, that the affected general purpose units of local government within the problem area must show their intent, through formallq adopted resolutions, to join together in the planning process to develop and implement a plan which will result in a coordinated waste treatment management system for the area; and WHEREAS, Section 208 of the Act requires that the planning agency have in operation a continuing areawide waste treatment management planning process within one year of its designation bq the Governor; and WH~tEAS, Section 208 of the Act reouires that the initial plan resulting from the planning process be certified by the Governor and submitted to the Administrator within two years of the commencement of the planning process; and WHEREAS, such planning process and waste treatment management system is a necessarq and significant measure to control present point and non-point sources of water pollution and to guide and regulate future development and growth in the area which may affect water auslitq, in order to prevent, abate and solve existing and potential substantial water oualitq control problems; NOW, THr.REF'ORE, IT IS RESOLVED THAT the County of Orange, recognizing that the Raleigh-Durham area has substantial water Duality problems, supports designation of the Area pursuant to Section 208 and the EPA guidelines. IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the County of Orange intends to join with other affected general purpose units of local government within the boundaries of the area to develop a plan designed to produce a coordinated waste treatment management system for the area and, when the plan has been mutually adopted by the Countq of Orange and the North Carolina Board of Water and Air Resources or its successor, to implement the plan.