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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 20.1998 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # /0-a <br />SUBJECT: CANE CREEK WATERSHED STAFF REPORT <br />DEPARTMENT: PLAlY1~tING BUDGET `AMENDMENT REQUIRED: '" Yes ` X No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Gene Bell, Extension 2592 <br />• Staff report (previously provided under separate cover) David Stancil, Extension 2590 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br />Durham - 688-7331 <br />Mebane - 227-2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 467-9251 <br />PURPOSE: To receive a report on recommendations for protecting Cane Creek watershed. <br />BACKGROUND: In October 1997, the OWASA Board of Directors adopted their "Final <br />Recommendations for Protecting Cane Creek Watershed." These <br />recommendations were the culmination of three years of study of Cane Creek, <br />including a technical study conducted by a consultant, and deliberations by an <br />appointed Cane Creek Watershed Advisory Committee. The OWASA report <br />recommends changes to County ordinances to implement special land use <br />measures to protect the quality of drinking water from the reservoir. In <br />conjunction with this effort, a number of comments have addressed the OWASA <br />recommendations. Specifically, the Bingham TAC has prepared an issue paper <br />that lays out an alternative approach for protecting water quality, along with other <br />recommendations for community concerns. <br />Staff has prepared a report that summarizes the work and findings of OWASA on <br />Cane Creek, reviews the other comments and suggestions received, and evaluates <br />the recommendations against the County's goals, policies and plans, with special <br />emphasis on the implications for County plans and ordinances. <br />