Agenda - 10-16-2018 8-f - Triangle Water Supply Partnership Memorandum of Agreement

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2 Orange County in the JLP were Apex, Cary, Chatham County, Durham, Hillsborough, Holly Springs, Morrisville, Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA), Pittsboro, Raleigh, Sanford and Wake County. The JLP was awarded the 2014 Outstanding Planning Award by the American Planning Association's North Carolina chapter, and the 2015 Major Metro Achievement Award by the National Association of Regional Councils, as a model for effective collaboration between local governments. The agreement that created the Jordan Lake Partnership expires in 2019. Because the JLP has been a uniquely effective forum for regional water supply planning and water system coordination, the JLP members desire to continue the working relationship. Wake County, which transferred its Jordan Lake water supply allocation for RTP South to Cary in 2017, will not continue in the JLP/TWSP. The Participants propose to continue as a forum for regional coordination and collaboration for sustainable water supplies under the name Triangle Water Supply Partnership (TWSP). Proposed participants are listed in Attachment 2. The name change reflects the regional coalition with the addition of Johnston County and Harnett County who, while completely integrated in the Triangle planning region, draw their water supplies from outside the Jordan Lake watershed. Partners have negotiated a new Memorandum of Agreement defining the terms of this regional effort, which is presented for the BOCC's consideration. All parties, with the exception of Orange County and the Town of Pittsboro, have already approved the MOA. Two Orange County partners, Hillsborough and the Orange Water & Sewer Authority (OWASA), have already authorized and executed the MOA. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The non-departmental budget for FY2018-19 has been previously authorized by BOCC, and is denoted as Jordan Lake Partnership Dues in the amount of $10,400. Future year appropriation requests are to be consistent with the MOA and as subsequently approved by the Orange County Board of County Commissioners. SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable to this item: GOAL: ENSURE ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY The creation and preservation of infrastructure, policies, programs and funding necessary for residents to provide shelter, food, clothing and medical care for themselves and their dependents. Adding water infrastructure connections between the Parties will result in positive outcomes related to the above Goal. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board: 1. Approve and authorize the Manager to sign the attached TWSP MOA, or a substantially similar version, and to provide such notices and take such actions as the MOA contemplates; 2. Authorize the County Manager to designate specific County Staff as a Representative and Alternate Representatives to the TWSP, as deemed necessary, consistent with section 4 of the MOA. 3. Authorize the payment of cost shares, as determined by the TWSP and as approved by the BOCC in the Orange County annual budget.