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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 6, 2010 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~{- - K <br />SUBJECT: Interlocal Agreement between Town of Hillsborough and Orange County for <br />Stormwater Program Management and Erosion Control Services <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Erosion Control Division <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Interlocal Agreement (Contract <br />Document, approved by Hillsborough) Craig Benedict, Planning Director <br />2. Cost Recovery Summary 245-2592 <br />Terry Hackett, Erosion Control Officer II <br />245-2588 <br />Ren Ivins, Erosion Control Supervisor <br />245-2586 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approval of an updated Interlocal Agreement to continue <br />implementation of the stormwater and erosion control programs for the Town of Hillsborough by <br />Planning & Inspections' Erosion Control Division. <br />BACKGROUND: In 1972, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) <br />program was established under the authority of the Federal Clean Water Act. In North Carolina, <br />the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Water Quality (NCDWQ) <br />administers the NPDES Stormwater program. NCDWQ designated the Town of Hillsborough <br />(Town) as a Phase II community and issued the Town's initial NPDES Phase II permit on <br />October 1, 2005. The permit required the Town to develop, implement, and enforce a <br />stormwater program designed to reduce the discharge of pollutants from its Municipal Separate <br />Storm Sewer System (MS4) to the maximum extent practicable. The program was implemented <br />in phases over the last five years through an interlocal agreement with Orange County (County). <br />Recognizing the need for assistance and the economic benefits of collaboration, the Town <br />entered into the agreement with the County in March 2006. The County was already <br />implementing a program with similar components pursuant to the Stormwater Ordinance for <br />Lands within the Neuse River Basin. Under this agreement, the County provided services to <br />develop and implement the Town's stormwater program in return for monetary compensation. <br />To date, the services provided by the County have been fully compensated by the Town. <br />In addition, Orange County has conducted soil erosion and sedimentation control for the Town <br />of Hillsborough since 1975. Soil erosion and sedimentation control is actually a requirement of <br />the Town's NPDES Phase II stormwater permit. Thus, it is logical that one Interlocal Agreement <br />encompass both stormwater and erosion control services. <br />