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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />WORKSESSION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 10, 2015 <br />SUBJECT: Upper Neuse River Basin Association Update <br />DEPARTMENT: DEAPR <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Falls Lake watershed <br />2. Excerpts from October 2014 <br />Agenda Abstract <br />3. Water Quality Results Graph <br />4. Streamflow Comparison <br />5. UNRBA Project Schedule <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />David Stancil 919 - 245 -2510 <br />Tom Davis 919 - 245 -2510 <br />PURPOSE: To inform the Board of County Commissioners on recent activities of the Upper <br />Neuse River Basin Association ( UNRBA). <br />BACKGROUND: The Upper Neuse River Basin Association ( UNRBA), of which Orange <br />County is a member, is working on a multi -year effort (titled "The Path Forward ") to revise Stage <br />II of the Falls Lake Nutrient Management Strategy (Falls Lake Rules). As currently written, <br />Stage II of the Falls Lake Rules requires local governments, the NCDOT, the agricultural <br />community, and other regulated parties located in the Falls Lake watershed (Attachment 1) to <br />reduce nitrogen and phosphorus nutrient loading to Falls Lake by 40% and 77 %, respectively. <br />While the members of the UNRBA agree that protecting Falls Lake as the City of Raleigh's <br />water supply is paramount, the members also agree that there are serious technical and <br />financial impediments to meeting these nutrient reduction goals. <br />Additional background information concerning the Falls Lake Rules, the underlying Consensus <br />Principles, estimated costs to comply with the Falls Lake Rules, and related information are <br />provided in Attachment 2, excerpts from the agenda abstract prepared for the October 14, 2014 <br />Board of County Commissioners meeting. <br />The UNRBA continues to make progress on several important projects, including: <br />1. Lake and Watershed Water Quality Monitoring <br />2. BMP Nutrient Credit Development <br />3. Development of Nutrient Credit Calculation Tool <br />4. Falls Lake Rules Review <br />