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23 <br /> Commissioner Bedford said counties were notified that they could send an alignment <br /> preference to the NCACC, and there were guidelines from the Deputy Secretary that said there <br /> could be no inducement to change or maintain affiliation with MCOs. <br /> Commissioner Greene asked if Trey Sutton could respond, as this $500,000 sounds like <br /> an inducement. <br /> Trey Sutton said he was happy to speak with Cardinal Innovations Board. He said this <br /> was a parameter of the board's decision. <br /> Commissioner Greene said Trey Sutton has said he will honor the pledge, but that is <br /> likely not within his authority. <br /> Trey Sutton said it is not, and he will have to talk to his board. <br /> Commissioner Greene said this is why she would like to notice a public hearing within <br /> the next 30 days, and hear from the public. <br /> Chair Rich called each Commissioner by name (roll call). <br /> VOTE: Ayes, 4 (Commissioner Bedford, Commissioner Dorosin, Commissioner McKee, <br /> and Chair Rich); Nayes, 3 (Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Marcoplos, and <br /> Commissioner Price) <br /> MOTION PASSES 4-3 <br /> 7. Reports <br /> a. Interim Alternative Implementation Approach (IAIA) — Upper Neuse River Basin <br /> Association (Falls Lake Rules) <br /> The Board received information on joining the Upper Neuse River Basin Associations <br /> (UNRBA's) planned and coordinate multi-jurisdictional implementation approach to <br /> implementing Stage 1 of the Falls Lake Watershed Rules, promulgated by the N.C. Division of <br /> Water Resources and consider voting to authorize Commissioner Greene to indicate Orange <br /> County's intent to participate in the I.A.I.A. at the November 18, 2020 UNRBA Board meeting, <br /> with formal approval and action to be forthcoming in 2021. <br /> David Stancil, Director of the Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and <br /> Recreation (DEAPR), reviewed the item below: <br /> BACKGROUND: Orange County was a founding member of the UNRBA, which was created in <br /> the 1990's to coordinate mandatory watershed protection efforts among the jurisdictions of the <br /> Falls Lake watershed. Falls Lake (henceforth, "the Lake"), located in Durham and Wake <br /> counties, serves as the primary water supply source for Raleigh and many Wake County <br /> municipalities. Most of central, eastern and northeastern Orange County is located within the <br /> Falls Lake watershed (please see Attachments 2 and 3). <br /> As the Falls Lake Nutrient Management Strategy (henceforth, "the Rules") was adopted in 2011 <br /> to address nutrient loading in the Lake (primarily nitrogen and phosphorus), the UNRBA began <br /> to work as a coordinating entity among the jurisdictions to address this effort and to pursue a <br /> reexamination of the Rules. Implementation of the Rules, which would occur in two stages, has <br /> been estimated to cost the combined watershed jurisdictions over $1.5 billion in total to address. <br /> In addition, evaluation of the Rules by water quality consultants has determined that the <br /> proposed reductions as originally adopted are not technically feasible and that a new method is <br /> needed. (Prior estimates of Orange County's likely costs to address the Rules, if it acted on its <br /> own, have ranged as high as $46 million over a 10-year period.) <br />