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13 <br /> 1 Development Manager, has been present at all Jordan Lake Partnership meetings as <br /> 2 the TWSP MOA has been in formulation. Ms. Rouse is thoroughly familiar with and in <br /> 3 support of the agreement and made the TWSP MOA approval recommendation to the <br /> 4 OWASA Board. Ms. Rouse has offered her full support to Orange County staff in <br /> 5 facilitating Orange County becoming a member of the TWSP and is a proponent of <br /> 6 Orange County joining. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 The agreement which created the Jordan Lake Partnership expires next year. The Triangle <br /> 9 Water Supply Partnership (TWSP) is proposed as the successor to that partnership, to continue <br /> 10 providing a forum for coordination and collaboration for sustainable water supplies for the <br /> 1 1 region and provide an opportunity for other regional utilities to join. The Parties (Participants) <br /> 12 have negotiated a new Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) defining the terms of this regional <br /> 13 effort (Attachment 1), which is presented for the Board's consideration. <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Jordan Lake is the water supply for Cary, Morrisville, Research Triangle Park (RTP) south, <br /> 16 Apex and Chatham County. Communities in Wake, Durham, Orange and Chatham counties <br /> 17 also have Jordan Lake allocations for future water supplies. Orange County was recently <br /> 18 approved for a 1.5% allocation of the lake's water supply by the North Carolina Department of <br /> 19 Environmental Quality. <br /> 20 <br /> 21 The Jordan Lake Partnership (JLP) is one of the best examples of regional cooperation to meet <br /> 22 Orange County's commitment to ensure economic self-sufficiency and high-quality, safe, <br /> 23 affordable, and reliable water services to meet the needs of residents and support continued <br /> 24 growth. Orange County has been a JLP partner since 2009. The JLP has served as a forum for <br /> 25 coordination and support during the state's most-recent round of Jordan Lake water supply <br /> 26 allocations. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Over the past nine years, the JLP has helped the County and its partners obtain new Jordan <br /> 29 Lake water supply allocations from the State to meet anticipated future needs, created a 50- <br /> 30 year regional water supply plan, developed a comprehensive hydraulic model of the region's <br /> 31 water systems and interconnections, and revised Jordan Lake drought contingency planning. <br /> 32 Joining Orange County in the JLP were Apex, Cary, Chatham County, Durham, Hillsborough, <br /> 33 Holly Springs, Morrisville, Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA), Pittsboro, Raleigh, <br /> 34 Sanford and Wake County. The JLP was awarded the 2014 Outstanding Planning Award by the <br /> 35 American Planning Association's North Carolina chapter and the 2015 Major Metro <br /> 36 Achievement Award by the National Association of Regional Councils, as a model for effective <br /> 37 collaboration between local governments. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 The agreement that created the Jordan Lake Partnership expires in 2019. Because the JLP has <br /> 40 been a uniquely effective forum for regional water supply planning and water system <br /> 41 coordination, the JLP members desire to continue the working relationship. Wake County, <br /> 42 which transferred its Jordan Lake water supply allocation for RTP south to Cary in 2017, will not <br /> 43 continue in the JLP/TWSP. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 The Participants propose to continue as a forum for regional coordination and collaboration for <br /> 46 sustainable water supplies under the name Triangle Water Supply Partnership (TWSP). <br /> 47 Proposed participants are shown in Attachment 2. The name change reflects the regional <br /> 48 coalition with the addition of Johnston County and Harnett County who, while completely <br /> 49 integrated in the Triangle planning region, draw their water supplies from outside the Jordan <br />