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RES-2011-005 Attachment 1 3 RESOLUTION REQUESTING CLARIFICATION OF THE 2001 WATER AND SEWER MANAGEMENT, PLANNING AND BOUNDARY AGREEMENT AMONG CARRBORO, CHAPEL HILL, HILLSBOROUGH, ORANGE COUNTY, AND OWASA WHEREAS, Jordan Lake is a future water supply source for Carrboro, Chapel Hill, a~ the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and portions of Orange County; and WHEREAS, OWASA, with the support of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Orange County, applied for and received a Jordan Lake water supply storage allocation from the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission (EMC) in 1988, for which OWASA has since paid more than $200,000; and WHEREAS, Orange County has a million ion pe~~d~y: allocation from the Jordan Lake water supply which the County intends to draw-~ in they and WHEREAS, Jordan Lake's importance as a future supply sere was confirmed in OWASA's 2001 Comprehensive Water and Sewer A{irs~er ~?d~zn and re-fumed in its 2010 Long-Range Water Supply Plan, which stated that "It i s ~~~ial that 4~IVASA ,retain and acquire access to its [Jordan Lake] allocation"; ate... , WHEREAS, OWASA and Orange ling arr ~ pla~~in~ an a~fi~~e role in the Jordan Lake Partnership, which is facilitating cooi~te~l a~~pli~#io~s t~~ the 1=;MaC by Triangle Area utilities who must justify their need ~'~,ncrng or rg~~i n ~ n ~~,C~i~ir J u i•dan Lake water supply storage allocations; and ~k"`° - 4 "~`- -~.: - ~~~ _ _ WHE,'z~tmded ac~;~o OWASA~~-d Orar-CCounty's allocations will be an import~~ut ~ideration ux aining')~,MC's apprc~t~in those allocations; and ~s . _„ REAS, the Towns of~xrboro. del Hill, and Hillsborough, Orange County, and OWASA adopted a Water and Sew Mana~et, Planning and Boundary Agreement (the Agreement) in X001; and WHEREA;~~anguage in the Bement is unclear about OWASA's and Orange County's ability to acct ~ their respe Jordan Lake water supply storage allocations for use by OWASA and Orate County biers; and Fm. WHEREAS, this lack o~•c1Fa~ity may jeopardize OWASA's and Orange County's ability to obtain the EMC's approval to i~~ain ids their allocations; and WHEREAS, this contributes to greater uncertainty in OWASA's and Orange County's long-range water supply and capital investment planning; and WHEREAS, any change to the Agreement requires approval by all parties to the Agreement.