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Commissioner Foushee commended Chair Carey, Commissioner Jacobs, and staff for <br />working with the school district staff and moving this project forward. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Foushee, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to <br />approve a revised capital project ordinance to fund construction of Chapel Hill-Carrboro City <br />Schools (CHCCS) High School #3. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />c. Memorandum of Agreement Between Town of Hillsborough and Orange <br />County for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Phase II Services <br />The Board received information on the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System <br />(NPDES) Phase II Stormwater Management Program, and considered approving a <br />Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for implementation of Program far Town of Hillsborough by <br />Planning & Inspections' Erosion Control Division. <br />Planning Director Craig Benedict said this is a Memorandum of Agreement between the <br />Town of Hillsborough and Orange County far Orange County to do certain permit requirements <br />that deal with the NPDES Phase II. Formally, Phase I systems were in communities of 100,000 <br />or mare. This has been changed to Phase I I. Orange County does erosion control services for <br />Hillsborough and the NPDES Phase II requirements can be done relatively easily by the <br />Sedimentation and Erosion Control Division. There are six minimum control measures: <br />1. public education and outreach on Stormwater impacts; <br />2. public involvement/participation; <br />3. illicit discharge detection and elimination; <br />4. construction site stormwater runoff control; <br />5. post-construction stormwater management for new development and redevelopment; <br />6. pollution prevention/good housekeeping for municipal operations <br />Presently, the Erosion Control division operates on a cost recovery system, where about <br />70°~ of the fees collected are paid for by developers. This leaves 30% that is a net cost to the <br />County. Hillsborough is willing to pay $37,000 the first year to help and then additional funds in <br />future years. These monies can be used to reimburse the operating and personnel services <br />funds of the Erosion Control division and make the net cost of the County go dawn to keep the <br />program in operation. The Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro are doing their own NPDES <br />requirements. He thinks that this is the first time that Hillsborough will be pulling money out of <br />its general fund to help pay for environmental implementation measures. If another staff person <br />is needed for this program, it will come from Hillsborough. He said that Orange County is doing <br />a lot of work for Hillsborough, including billing permit services and erosion control services, with <br />very informal agreements. He thinks this would be a first step to formalizing the agreements. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that the County has been handling these services far <br />Hillsborough since 1975. He requested from the Board to ask the Manager to bring back <br />information on all services that Orange County provides to the Town of Hillsborough. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis asked if it was in the County's budget constraints to handle the <br />Waterstone project regarding erosion control. Craig Benedict said that they could shift some <br />resources to Waterstone as some of the projects are scaling down in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. <br />He said that the goal is to get a yearly report from Hillsborough on the expected projects. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that budget considerations in the coming years are going to <br />get tighter. He thinks there should be formal agreements an services provided. He hopes that <br />the County is not losing money in providing these services. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that it would be possible to specify in the MOA that the <br />County would be fully compensated. Craig Benedict said that in discussions with Hillsborough, <br />they had $67,000 allocated in this fiscal year for these services, and they are willing to pay. <br />