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43 243 watershed line,there is 101 little sub watersheds and we are not including those as the ridgeline breaks of the sub watersheds. 244 There was a question about the state critical areas and how we define them so we are in agreement that we are going to protect 245 at least those two areas. Are we in agreement that we are going to protect the West Fork and Lake Orange with a half mile 246 buffer? 247 248 Larry Wright: LeYs put this in the form of a proposal to give an up or down vote on. 249 250 Craig Benedict: A critical area really isn't much of a decision point. Class II Reservoirs. 251 252 Larry Wright: We are voting for what now? 253 254 Craig Benedict: We are voting to pass these as an Orange Counry designated critical area and have a half mile of protection 255 around those two reservoirs. A Ciass II reservoir is where there is not a pipe that goes directly into it. These are more flood 256 control and water storage and then they release water downstream. 257 258 Perdita Holtz: Maybe we should show that maps that show the critical area broken down by criteria and have them vote by 259 criteria. 260 261 Craig Benedict: This is the state criteria;there is not a vote on that because we cannot go less than the state. We can go more 262 and everything after this is more than what the state requires. 263 264 Larry Wright: We are going to make an up or down vote on we need a map to match the definitions of the Class II areas? 265 266 Craig Benedict: Yes. 267 268 Mary Bobbitt-Cooke: We want to maintain a critical area in the Class II reservoirs. 269 270 Larry Wright: Any other discussion? 271 272 Mary Bobbitt-Cooke: The fact that those two Class II reservoirs are not connected to Class I reservoirs is of no concern in this 273 vote? 274 275 Craig Benedict: They are hydrologicaily connected. 276 277 Perdita Holtz: Maybe it would be helpful if you showed how the criteria get applied. 278 279 Craig Benedict: That is the first criteria, second criteria, the third criteria is applying this between the resenroirs, and then we 280 have the fifth order streams. A first order stream is that first point where water starts flowing,two ones flow into a creek to make 281 a second order and when two second order stream come together,they form third order,once you get third,foRh and fifth order, 282 you start getting a reasonable stream flow. 283 284 Mark Marcoplos: The issue now is do we want to maintain a reasonably strict standard of water protection, half mile around 285 these two reserooirs, it doesn't mean no one lives there, it is a level of zoning proven to work in other areas and to me it is a 286 pretty simple matter of yes, we would want to do that. We certainly want to protect the reservoirs we have. I think it is a no 287 brainer. 288 289 Mary Bobbitt-Cooke: When you had your communiry meeting, you had one in that area, what were the comments in the 290 community about this? It really expands the area or retracts the area. 291 292 Craig Benedict: It does expand a section out here but there is only an 8%difference overall. 293 294 Mary Bobbitt-Cooke: What did they say about it? Does anybody here live up there? 295 296 Larry Wright: Yes.I do. 297 298 Craig Benedict: You build less with these new restrictions. As I said it will depend on the soils and the history of the average lot 299 size in that area is more restrictive than what we are suggesting now. In the community meeting,we talked about paper zoning, 300 one unit for one acre that we show you on paper but then we coined a new phrase called land zoning and that is what the land 301 can actually handle and that is where the soils and the well and the stream buffers affect the lot size. We are not suggesting one 302 unit per five acres we are just creating better definition and protecting that one half mile around this future Phase II reservoir. 303