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30 1 new agreement is different from the Jordan Lake partnership; why are Chapel Hill and Carrboro 2 not participants. 3 Howard Fleming, Engineering Storm Water Supervisor, said he has been attending the 4 Jordan Lake Partnership (JLP) meetings for months, and he was in on the formation of this 5 particular agreement. He said the JLP was formed to develop the Triad Regional Water Supply 6 Plan to divide up the water for Jordan Lake, and this has been accomplished. He said this was 7 so successful that the desire of the group was to continue on but with a different mission, and 8 he said this is the outcome of that. He said the main focus was on water infrastructure, so the 9 thought was to reconfigure under a different name. He said Orange County is the last 10 government to sign onto this, and this name has really taken effect already. 11 Howard Fleming said the large projects on page 32 are envisioned to be the main thrust 12 of the group. 13 Commissioner Marcoplos said this does not sound like anything new; there has always 14 been a collaborative approach. 15 Howard Fleming said yes, since the droughts in 2007/8. He said modeling how that 16 works, and coming up with a trading and communication framework which has not been well 17 prepared and is still being refined. He said Orange County is not a water purveyor, per se, but 18 he thinks the BOCC will want to support such efforts between all the different purveyors and 19 governments in the area to provide reliability and sustainability to the system. 20 Commissioner Marcoplos recognized that OWASA has agreed to it. 21 Commissioner Marcoplos said he had a strong desire to raise the issue of autonomy, 22 and to be alert for such phrases as, "water resources are a regional asset." 23 Commissioner Jacobs said if Commissioner Marcoplos needs more time to examine this 24 agreement, he would suggest deferring this item for one meeting. 25 Commissioner Marcoplos asked if there are differences between the two partnerships. 26 Howard Fleming said the JLP will cease to exist, and it is a new name with a different 27 focus. He said the focus of the JLP was the water supply percentages, which continues to be a 28 piece of the new partnership, as it has to be reviewed every 5 years. 29 Commissioner Marcoplos said he will agree to move forward on this. 30 Commissioner Price asked if Johnston and Harnett are new entities to the partnership. 31 Howard Fleming said yes. 32 Commissioner Rich asked if Johnston and Harnett counties would get a percent of 33 Jordan Lake. 34 Howard Fleming said he is not sure that these two counties have an allocation. 35 Commissioner Rich clarified that when the allocations are reviewed, that these two 36 counties will not be part of the process. 37 Howard Fleming said he cannot answer that question. 38 John Roberts said several entities are members to this partnership because they 39 provide water, or have water operations, within the triangle region. He said this is a regional 40 agreement. He said he does not believe that Harnett and Johnston counties draw from Jordan 41 Lake. 42 Commissioner Rich said it just change the scope of the original Jordan Lake agreement. 43 Commissioner Marcoplos asked if there is any mechanism for the members of this 44 organization to set higher standards for water conservation across all the membership. 45 Bonnie Hammersley suggested deferring this item to the next meeting. 46 47 h. Unified Animal Control Ordinance Amendments 48 The Board considered approval of amendments to the Unified Animal Control Ordinance 49 and adoption of the Resolution of Amendment Amending Chapter 4 of the Orange County Code