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4 <br /> 1 2006 and 2012. By contrast, participating in the IAIA allows Orange County in the interim period <br /> 2 to achieve full Stage I existing development compliance. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 The IAIA program began on July 1, 2021 and after two years of productive, nutrient reducing IAIA <br /> 5 projects across member jurisdictions, the UNRBA is now confident that an investment-based,joint <br /> 6 compliance approach to the Rules is the path to success. Orange County has already completed <br /> 7 several stormwater retrofits, invested in land conservation in the Neuse River Basin, and <br /> 8 increased efforts in hydrilla control in just two fiscal years. This new direction has enabled the <br /> 9 UNRBA to revise its original consensus principles from 2010 and present the attached document <br /> 10 — the UNRBA Consensus Principles 11 (Attachment 3). These Principles are based on scientific <br /> 11 conclusions resulting from a 10-year evaluation of Falls Lake and its watershed by the UNRBA, <br /> 12 NC Collaboratory, and other organizations. The Principles are described in more detail in a <br /> 13 companion document titled UNRBA Concepts and Principles for Reexamination (Attachment 4). <br /> 14 <br /> 15 County staff from DEAPR and Planning and Inspections have been involved in the development <br /> 16 of this program from the outset and recommend support of this strategy as a more productive, <br /> 17 cost-effective, collaborative and technically efficient way to address the nutrient loading issues <br /> 18 that will be needed for Falls Lake. <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Commissioner Sally Greene serves as the Orange County Board of Commissioners' member on <br /> 21 the UNRBA Board of Directors, with Commissioner Jamezetta Bedford as Alternate #1 and <br /> 22 Orange County Water Resources Coordinator Wesley Poole as Alternate #2. At the November <br /> 23 15, 2023 UNRBA Board of Directors meeting, each delegate will be asked to vote to indicate <br /> 24 support for the Upper Neuse River Basin Association (UNRBA) Consensus Principles 11 for the <br /> 25 revised Falls Lake Rules. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 Wesley Poole, Water Resources Coordinator, introduced Forrest Westall, UNRBA <br /> 28 Executive Director. Forrest Westall made the following presentation: <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Slide #1 <br /> The UNR6A's Recommendations for a <br /> Revised Falls Lake Nutrient Management <br /> Strategy <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Forrest Westall thanked the Board and Orange County staff for their collaboration. <br /> 33 <br />