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4a-2 ~6 ~oe~,#s an ar~~ ~0~7 ~]~a~ uses ~ ~'ordar~ ~~~ervo~ ~'~ge ~ of S 9It ?12~~7 ~. general ~ arrbaro's population a~' newly I S,D~~ clt~ens occupies a uriicipal area from which the ~ re~renue is ~ percent residential ar~d T ~ percent co~nercial, Though the tov~n has made a can~it~nent ~o div~rsifyi~ its ~ base, a sig~r~x~eant alteration of the and associated revenue generation wll to some time, and could be severely limited by these rules. ghat happens Carrbaro finds that it cannot achieve the required nutrient reductions through load reducing a.cti~rities without banlarupt~ng the Town, either through budgeting that applies the hulls oftawn, esaurces to ~'o~dan ~~les i~npln~en.tian ar the pay~ne~.t of fines due to its lack of compliance? what will be acceptable tie frames for irnplem~enting the local plan, and hew will ~lae state ensurelsuppoz~lwark with the Tav~n to yield the shared desired outcome afwater quality enhancement without ~an.cial min? 4~. general - The ~Jpper dew Dope ~ of Jordan fake has demonstrated water quality charactestics lower than these afthe ren~alnde~r afthe lai~e~ It ~ the town's opinion that this difference is substantially due to the configuration of the lade, pa~lcularly the causeway that suppo~s Farrington ~.oad and the canstrict~an of water flow that occur between the Capper dew Dope Arm and the ~e~.ainder of the lade. The Tarn is interested determining whethex.eithez~ of the following actions has been considered as alterative rr~easuxes to ipxo~e water quality in the lake. a, l~vdeling removal ~~ the causeway and its zeplacement with a structure that would reduce the constriction an flaw. while it is understood that the . enhanced how that wo~zld occux under this option nay not can~pletely restore chlorophyll A to deixed levels, it is postulated that the levels would be closer to state standards, therefore decreasing the required nitrogen and phosphorous reductions to achie~'able Ze~els. b. ix~ce It acts similarly to a forebay ~ a structural best manageme~at practice, reclassi~catian afthe C~'pper dew dope Arm ofthe lake and rnadif cation of its permitted uses, andlnr revision. of the applicable chlorophyll .~ standard sa that levels might not be as limiting, . general -~ Cn order for the application of the nutr€ent management requixenaents far Gordan l~a~c to be fair and accurate, modeling of atrnaspheric nitrogen associated with existing land uses aa~d vehicle miles traveled, water quality degradation, and the necessa.~y' nutrient managerent strategies must be part ofthe rule when it is adapted. Funds need to be budgeted far these~activzties immediately, lfthxs has not yet occurred. The passibility of expending extensive ~esaurces ~- tie and n~ane~ ~- on nutrient n~ar~agernent that does eat account far the atmospheric cantr~but~an of nitrogen is wasteful and costly. ~. general ~ Are the nitrogen and phosphorous laad~ng rate targets technically feasible in association wx~ dense development activities`? arrbo~o of~cials~have expressed grave concerns that loading rate targets may present such an insurmountable abstacle so as to render areas afthe Town's jurisdiction unde~relopable. The Tawn# existing starrnater regulations have been zdent~ed a discauxagixxg de~'eloprnent and redevelopment. A.dditianal ~egulatian run the risk of further discau~aging rede~relcpment and ar~y associated water quality improvements that would be achieved through such redeveXopr~r~ent's compliance with existing Town regulations, or future versions which ga further tawa~d addressing ,Ca~rdan's nutrient issues. ~~~ ~le~t l~ai~ ~t~~e~, ~arrbaro, N~ ~7~~ ~ A~! AQUA[. ~PP~RTUNITY L~NCP~.{~Y~R