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INFORMATION ITEM <br /> BOCC INFORMATION REQUEST OUTLINE <br /> Meeting Date: 3/22/2016 Response Date: 4/08/2016 <br /> NOTE: This outline is an abridged version of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO)Amendment Outline. Many of <br /> these requests may evolve into an ordinance change if the BOCC suggests pursuit of the amendment idea. <br /> ISSUE: Jordan Lake Allocation Update <br /> Responding Department: Planning & Inspections <br /> A. AMENDMENT TYPE <br /> Map Amendments <br /> Land Use Plan: Yesn NoN Maybes <br /> Zoning Yesn No Maybes <br /> Text Amendments <br /> n Comprehensive Plan Text: Yesn NoN Maybes <br /> n <br /> UDO Text: <br /> fUDO General Text Changes Yesn NoN Maybes <br /> fUDO Development Standards Yesn No Maybes <br /> fUDO Development Approval Yesn NoN Maybes <br /> Processes <br /> Section(s): Not Applicable at this time <br /> B. RATIONALE <br /> 1. Purpose/Mission <br /> At the March 22, 2016 BOCC meeting, Commissioner Jacobs requested information <br /> regarding the ongoing round of Jordan Lake Allocations, specifically as it relates to <br /> Raleigh and Wake County municipalities. <br /> 2. Analysis <br /> Orange County currently has a 1`)/0 allocation of the Jordan Lake Water Supply Pool, <br /> which is equivalent to approximately 1 million gallons per day (MGD). The annual <br /> cost for this allocation is outlined in the Fiscal Impact portion of this report. Despite <br /> the fact that Orange County has no water distribution facilities, this allocation is held <br /> to provide water as needed in the future to the City of Durham or the Town of <br /> Hillsborough for development in the County's economic development areas, which <br /> will be served by their respective utility systems. In conversations with these two <br /> municipalities, along with the City of Mebane, they have reported that they are <br /> actively planning for their own long term water supply. However, Durham and <br /> Hillsborough are not accounting for the areas the County has outlined as economic <br /> development areas. Though there will likely be available supply through the <br /> municipalities in the near future if these areas develop quickly, it is still prudent to <br /> secure and maintain our own water supply for the future of these areas. In addition, <br /> the allocation provides redundancy of supply in times of drought, which can be <br /> particularly difficult on the water supply in the "headwater" portion of the Piedmont <br /> where Orange County is located. <br /> 1 <br />