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Morrisville, the County of Orange, the County of Wake and OWASA (on behalf of OWASA's customers in the Town of Carrboro, the Town of Chapel Hill and southern Orange County) to plan for future water supply and use of Jordan Lake is a prudent, responsible and necessary action to promote the health, safety and welfare of our citizens; and WHEREAS, Jordan Lalce is a regional asset and it is understood that the use of its water supply requires a comprehensive and coordinated regional approach that will provide sustainable benefits, including: • Establishing a single new intake on the western side of the lake thereby reducing the potential number of structures, transmission, acid treatment facilities • Reduced unit costs through economies of scale ui facility design, eonstiliction and operation ~ Increased flexibility and reliability of local water supplies, especially during draughts and other dynamic events • Enhanced ability to comply with increasingly stringent federal and State drinking water standards • Improved cooperation between local water utilities and ease of regulatory oversight; and '~THEREAS, the City of Durham has detelrnined that working together with its potential partners of the County of Chatham, the County of Orange and OWASA to develop a western Jordan Lake water intake is a prudent, responsible and necessary action to promote the health, safety and welfare of our citizens; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Durham does hereby commit to taking a leadership role in a partnership for regional water supply planning; and fiarthermore BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Durham. does hereby commit to working expeditiously with its potential partners in the establishment of a western Jordan Lake water intake, and possibly to build an associated water treatment facility; and furthermore BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Manager shall proceed with the negotiation of such Interlocal Agreements that will establish the particulars of participation ul such partnerships; and furthermore BE IT RESOLVED, that the principles of regional cooperation, environmental stewardship, mutual and collective benefit, proportional representation, and financial sustainability guide the negotiations; and furthermore BE IT RESOLVED, that copies of this Resolution shall be transmitted to the governing bodies of the Counties of Chatham, Durham, 0ralxge and Walce, and the municipalities of Apex, Carrboro, Cary, Chapel Hill, and Morrisville, and the Board of Directors of ~_ .~ OWASA for their consideration and appropriate action. ~ . ~' ~~ J ~~J ~QR 3 ~UDU x.. ~ ~~... AS ,' .'•Fr . ~ ~ .. yy~(~ .i`5u'd: