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e <br /> r <br /> A <br /> i 1 <br /> OR AN G E C 0 U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMIISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 23, 1994 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # �[uz <br /> SUBJECT: Orange County's Jordan Lake water allocation <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: Yes _X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> County Engineer Ext. 2300 <br /> Draft contract prepared by <br /> Division of Water Resources TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> staff Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To present to the BOCC, for its review, comment, revision and <br /> approval, a draft contract (as prepared by Division of Water <br /> Resources staff) between the State of North Carolina and <br /> Orange County outlining the conditions, costs and payment <br /> schedules whereby the County will pay its share of the costs <br /> for a drinking water allocation from Jordan Lake. <br /> BACKGROUND: At its 29 June 1993 meeting, staff presented a report <br /> to the BOCC outlining the history of the process by which <br /> the County and other local jurisdictions acquired Level II <br /> allocations of raw water from Jordan Lake. The material <br /> reviewed by the Board also included the State' s request for <br /> payment for the first two years of interest - but not <br /> principle - and maintenance costs for the County' s share <br /> (as represented by the pro rata relationship between the <br /> County' s allocation and the total water supply available <br /> for allocation) of the total cost of developing and <br /> operating Jordan Lake. The Board approved payment of that <br /> bill, and directed that funds be set aside to make the <br /> requested payment, in conjunction with its approval "in <br /> principal" of a future allocation contract between the <br /> State and County. The State had implied that the contract <br /> would outline the terms and conditions of the allocation <br /> and payment schedule and stated that a draft contract would <br /> soon be submitted for BOCC review and approval. <br /> On 27 June 1994, County staff received a draft contract <br /> (see attachmented) for the County's Jordan Lake allocation <br /> from the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) . According <br /> to DWR staff, the draft contract is intended to follow a <br /> format similar to that of the contract between the Corps of <br />