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5 <br />[to be printed on BOCC letterhead] <br />January 21, 2011 <br />Mark Kleinschmidt, Mayor Mark Chilton, Mayor <br />Town of Chapel Hill Town of Carrboro <br />405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 301 West Main Street <br />Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Carrboro, NC 27510 <br />Tom Stevens, Mayor Gordan Merklein, Chair <br />Town of Hillsborough OWASA Board of Directors <br />137 North Churton Street 400 Jones Ferry Road <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 Carrboro, NC 27510 <br />SUBJECT: Orange County Amendments to OWASA'S December 9, 2010 Request to Clarify <br />Certain Language in the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement <br />l1NASMPBA) <br />Dear Mayor Kleinschmidt, Mayor Chilton, Mayor Stevens, and Chair Merklein: <br />This letter is in response to OWASA's letter dated December 9, 2010 regarding proposed <br />changes to the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement <br />(WASMPBA). OWASA proposed amendments to the WASMPBA to clarify that the Agreement <br />does not prevent OWASA from entering into agreements as necessary to provide for water <br />transfers to access its Jordan Lake allocation. <br />Orange County also currently has a Jordan Lake water allocation and the County would like to <br />modify OWASA's request to make it clear that the Agreement does not prevent Orange County <br />from accessing its Jordan Lake allocation. At the January 20, 2011 Board of County <br />Commissioners meeting, the Board adopted the attached Resolution which modified OWASA's <br />Resolution to include Orange County's Jordan Lake water supply allocation. <br />Because any change to the WASMPBA requires the approval of all signatory parties, the <br />County respectfully requests that each of your governing bodies adopt Resolution supporting <br />the clarifying language. <br />If you have further questions or comments about Orange County's proposed changes to <br />OWASA's Resolutions, please contact Craig Benedict, Orange County Planning Director, at <br />(919) 245-2592 or via a-mail at cbenedictta'~.co.oranae.nc.us. County Planning staff is also <br />available to attend one of your upcoming meetings should you desire a presentation on this <br />topic. <br />Sincerely, <br />