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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 2 Jeff Thompson showed some site photos and said the major site plan difference is that the parking is being flushed out on the south side, including a truck dock to feed the storage for PFAP. He said there is a potential bus shelter being studied in the front and back on the north side. Jeff Thompson reviewed the floor plan and he noted that the blue area is the community center; and the PFAP and county storage are shown on the wings. Commissioner Gordon asked how the circulation would work for public transit. Jeff Thompson said the two specified locations meet the geometry for the bus assets. He said the southern lot is tight, and the topography is challenging. He said it is much easier to circulate on the other side. Commissioner Gordon asked if people would be able to leave their cars. Jeff Thompson said there is parking in the back, and other parking sites are still being considered. Commissioner McKee noted that the Little Free Library is located in the upper right hand corner of the bus shelter potential location. Chair Jacobs asked if any of this information is posted at the site so that the Community can be informed. Jeff Thompson said this has not been posted, although it has been distributed to the resident advisory group and the stakeholder group. He said it could be posted. 2. Upper Neuse River Basin Association Update Dave Stancil said this is the 3rd year in a row that staff has had a "water night' to catch up on water issues that affect Orange County. Tom Davis said approximately half of Orange County is located in the Falls Lake watershed, and Falls Lake is rated as impaired by the state division of water resources. He referred to a slide showing that the upper end of the lake is more impaired than the lower end of the lake. He said the Falls Lake Rules were enacted in 2011 to address this impairment. He said Stage II of the rules require unprecedented reductions in nutrient runoff. Tom Davis reviewed key portions of the following information from the abstract: The Falls Lake Nutrient Management Strategy (Falls Lake Rules) require local governments, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), the agricultural community, and other regulated parties located in the Falls Lake watershed (Attachment A) to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus nutrient loading to the lake by 40% and 77 %, respectively, by 2036. Regulated parties anticipate significant financial and technical difficulties with meeting the mandated nutrient reduction targets. The fiscal note prepared by the State at the time the Falls Lake Rules were developed estimated the cost of compliance with the rules to be at least $1.5 billion. Many affected parties believe the phosphorus reduction goal of 77% is not attainable at any cost. As a result of the challenges with meeting the goals of the Falls Lake Rules, the Upper Neuse River Basin Association ( UNRBA), of which Orange County is a member, is working to revise Stage II of the Falls Lake Rules. The activities of the UNRBA are guided by the Consensus Principles, which were adopted by nearly all of the jurisdictions in the Falls Lake watershed, including the Orange County Board of Commissioners on March 16, 2010 (Attachment B). The Consensus Principles emphasize the protection of Falls Lake as a water supply for the City of Raleigh, while also stating the need for re- examination of Stage II of the Falls Lake Rules. Consensus Principles Consensus Principle #9 includes the following with regard to the development of the Falls Lake