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<br />Color Cade:
<br />I~~l? =Orange County's suggested. changes to OWASA resolution (lxas not changed
<br />from agenda packetversion3;
<br />Ct~EEI~ =Town of Hillsborough's suggested additions {to be adopted on 1-24-11~;
<br />I~II~UI =Commissioner's Cordon`s suggested revisions
<br />RESOLUTION REQUESTING CLARiI'ICATION OF THE 20Q1 WATER AND SEWER
<br />MANAGEMENT, PLANNING AND BOUNDARY AGREEMENT AMONG
<br />CARRBtIRO, CHAPEL HILL, HILLSBOROUGH, (.ORANGE COUNTY, AND OWASA
<br />WHEREAS, Jordan. Lake is a future water supply source for Carrboro Chapel Hill, atxcl
<br />the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1-iiilsbc~rotaglx, at~d portions of t3range Ctuxxty;
<br />and-
<br />WHEREAS, OWASA,-with the support of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Urange County,
<br />applied for and received a Jordan. Lake water supply storage allocation from the North Carolina
<br />Environmental Management Commission (EMC)- in 1988, for which OWASA has since paid
<br />more than $200,000; and.
<br />'1'VHI?.REAS, 4Jrange County has a nlillic~n gallon per d~iy allocation from th.e ,Tordan
<br />Lake water supply vahich: the County intends to draw ti-om in thc, futt3re; anti
<br />~g~EREAS, flillsbororigh intends to re.c;crest <x ~nilli,r~ `;allc}n ~~er S.iay allzxr.~ttion front the
<br />Jordan. I;akc: era#erupply far ftature c.rtxergcf~cy ~~-a~~:~• ~;r~l~pla% tlt~u pct~~~t,~:l ~;r•~-~~vtlx; atxd
<br />WHEREAS, Jordan Lake's importance as a future supply source .was confirmed in
<br />C3WASA's 2001 Comprehensive Watet- and Sewer Master Plan and re-affirmed in its 2010
<br />.Long-Range. Water Supply Plan, which stated that "It is essential that OW.A:SA retain. and
<br />acquire access to its [3ordan Lake] allocation"; and
<br />WHEREAS, (JWASA, I-lilislx~mu~;l,, and Urange County are i~ playing an active role in
<br />the Jordan Lake.. Partnership, which is facilitating coordinated applications to the EMC by
<br />Triangle Area utilities who must justify their need for increasing or retaining their Jordan Lake
<br />water supply storage allocations; and
<br />WHEREAS, unimpeded access to, OvVA5A's, l~l.illsborougl?'s, and L'7ratxge County's
<br />allocations: will be an important consideration in obtaining the EMC's approval to retain or
<br />secure ~ those allocations; and
<br />WHEREAS, the 'Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough, Orange County, and
<br />flWAS.A adopted a Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement (the
<br />Agreement} in 2001; and
<br />WHEREAS, language. in the Agreement is unclear about QWASA's, I-lillsborough's,
<br />and {)i°angc County's ability to access i~ their tespcctive Jordan .Lake water supply storage
<br />allocations for use by OWASA,1`Ii.llsborough, and Orange County customers; and
<br />WHEREAS, this lack. of clarity may jeopardize OWASA's, .Hillsborou.glt's, and Orange
<br />County's ability to obtain the EMC's approval to retain or secure t3xcir allocations;: and
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