Agenda - 12-07-2020; 8-a - Minutes

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25 1 Commissioner Bedford as alternate. At the November 18 UNRBA Board meeting, each delegate 2 will be asked to participate in an initial vote to indicate intent to participate in the program 3 beginning in FY 2021-22. (Formal approval and action would come in 2021). 4 5 FINANCIAL IMPACT: The IAIA program is based on the organization's cost-share basis, which 6 reflects a combination of water usage from the Lake and the amount of watershed area in the 7 jurisdiction. The annual commitment for funding participation in the IAIA for Orange County is 8 $161,943 per year, anticipated to continue through FY 2024-25. This is based on the 9 participation of 12 jurisdictions that have indicated to date an interest in participating at the staff 10 level. 11 12 This contrasts to the projected cost of Orange County's requirement to develop its own 13 individual program for Rules implementation, expected to be in the millions of dollars each year, 14 depending on the actual jurisdictional loading rate. Phase I compliance without the IAIA would 15 require installation of nutrient removing measures in direct relation to Orange County's prior 16 nutrient loading. In other words, the County would need to install enough nutrient-reducing 17 ponds or similar SCMs to compensate for the amount of Nitrogen and Phosphorus added to the 18 Lake from Orange County between 2006 and 2012. Some estimates have projected the total 19 cost of this individual program to be approximately $46 million for Orange County. 20 21 Based on the development of the IAIA over the last few years, the current Capital Investment 22 Plan or CIP (and the proposed FY 2020-25 CIP) includes a Falls Lake Nutrient Management 23 Strategy item that allocates $175,000 per year during the years of the IAIA implementation. This 24 funding would begin in FY 2021-22. In addition, some of the work and funds of the Lands 25 Legacy program in the Falls Lake watershed will also count toward the funding commitment. 26 This model approach, if successful, may be used in the future phase of the Rules, resulting in 27 considerable cost savings to the County and all jurisdictions. 28 29 David Stancil made the following PowerPoint presentation: 30 31 Slide #1 32 „ram pocr.wnmi r,.:.-,a 33 kca I=M 77 RA 34 Q ORTHECAROINA COUNTY nd 35 36 Interim Alternative 38 Implementation Approach 39 40 Upper Neuse RIVer Basin Association 41 November 5,2020 42 43 44 45 Slide #2 46 47 What is the Upper Neuse River 48 Basin Association (UNRBA)? 49 50 51 Orange County was a founding member of i the UNRBA,created in the 1990's to coordinate mandatory watershed protectlon efforts among the Jurisd let Ions of the m 1. I ns Falls Lake watershed.