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i .: PAGE 2 meeting on the part of all three jurisdictions to obtain citizen comments an the agreement. The staff feels the potential impact of this agreement will have impacts on the other portion of the County in terms of how other wa~zsheds will be protected,. .Thy-~~~, agreement includes strategies for addressing possible hardships for farmers as noted in" of the agreement. Emphasis is placed on the flexibility of using community alternative -: treatment systems in areas in the watershed outside the critical areas. He noted that t:~~ protection of the watershed by using large lots will have a negative impact on the county tax base in terms of growth. He feels the County should consider pursuing taxable compensation from those beneficiaries of watershed protection. Planning Director Marvin Collins explained the editing changes. These editing changes are underlined in a revised document dated 11-6-89. With reference to the recommendations, the staff feels the word "equitable" should be defined. If the court rules that the watershed regulations have resulted in a regulatory taking, it says basically that the jurisdiction involved would share the cost in an equitable manner. The formula used to determine who pays what needs to be defined. The two strategies in the . agreement would be (l) voluntary agricultural preservation districts and (7) purchase of development rights program. He stressed that the impact of these watershed protection measures were referenced in the framework with regard to the Joint Planning Agreement. There is a relationship between the County's Comprehensive Agreement, the Water and Sewer Policy, the Zoning and Subdivision regulations, the :mint Planning Land Use Plan Gnd the Joint Planning Agreement itself. These policies and plans should be studied for amendment so that they would first and foremost conform with the proposed agreement related to University Jake Watershed. Also, the impact .of similar provisions if other watershed protection measures were adopted in other portions of the County needs to be studied. The agreement requests that a joint public hearing be conducted for the purpose of presenting the proposed agreement to the citizens owning property and residing in University Lake watershed and obtaining their comment regarding the proposals. Ix~ answer to a question from Commissioner Hartwell, Collins stated that he believes °, the enabling legislation permits cities and counties to purchase development rights. Discussion ensued on the importance of maintaining flexibility in purchasing developmer;::'~; rights to assure equity between the OWASA rate payers and thane that live in the watershed. Commissioner Willhoit emphasized that if there is an assumption that more studies will be done of alternative treatment systems in the watershed and that the control and safety factors will be part of this study, that the extension of sewer lines must be included in that issue. The extension of sewer lines would be preferred over alternative systems. It was agreed to put in the agreement a similar clause for extension of sewer lines as is in the agreement for water. - Commissioner Willhoit suggested making the watershed areas a separate zoning category. or the watershed could be an overlay in the rural buffer. This will be considered by the Staff. Motion was made by Commissioner Hartwell, seconded by Chairman Gorey to approve the University Lake Watershed Protection resolution and to support the revisions to the agreement as amended and as state d. below: A RESOLUTION REGARDING A PROP05ED AGREEMENT ON UNIVERSITY LAKE WATERSHED PROTECTION BY REPRESENTATIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY AND THE TOWNS OF CHAPEL HILL AND CARRSORO WHEREAS, University Lake is a water supply source for the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and Southeast Orange County; and WHEREAS, the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission has classified the University Lake watershed as a k'S-I water supply, the most protective classifi<•ations