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identified by the Chapel Hill-Carrbaro City Schools. The school board invited the County Cammissianers to a meeting this Thursday night, October 18th, at 7:00 p.m. at Chapel Hill High School. Commissioner Gordon said that she would try to ga to this meeting and volunteered to be the representative. Commissioner Brown would like to make sure that the school board understands that many of the locations on Smith Level Road are in an area that is not within the water and sewer boundary area. Chapel Hill has identified this area as a "rural buffer" area. Half of these properties drain into the watershed. She thinks these locations are inappropriate. Chair Halkiotis asked that Planning Director Craig Benedict show on a map the location of these seven potential sites for a third high school. Craig Benedict said that he has not yet been able to study all of the utility boundaries of this area. He showed the sites on the map. Chair Halkiotis made reference to the yellow handout and said that this outlines the agenda for the October 22"d work session. The green handout is in regards to the water rate study. Commissioner Carey said that he supports helping Hillsborough pay for a water study. Commissioner Jacobs said that we can broaden the study to include additional issues than the state of the water system within the corporate limits of Hillsborough. Chair Halkiotis thanked the County staff far putting together the volunteer recognition ceremony. Chair Halkiotis made reference to the proclamation declaring Stage III water shortage saying that he authorized this to go into effect today. The proclamation is stated below: PUBLIC PROCLAltiIATION REG.~RDING USE OF ~~~'ATER OBT.~INED FROM THE PiJBLIC WATER SYSTEM SUPPLIID BY THE ORANGE-ALAI4IANCE WATER SI'STE11I, INC. AND THE TO~~rN OF HILLSBOROUGH AND FROM ANY RAVG' RTATER SUPPLY WITHIN ORANGE COUNTY USED BY THE ORANGE-ALAMANCE WATER SYSTEM, INC. AND THE TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH Pursuant to the provisions of the ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CONSERVATION OF WATER DURING A WATER SHORTAGE, RESTRICTING THE USE OF WATER AND WATER WITHDRAWALS, AND ALLOCATING AUGIv1ENTED STREAM FLOI~~ FROM RESERV"OIRS, I, Stephen Halkiotis, Chair of the Board of County Commissioners, having been provided with information that the water level of Lake Orange is more than 37 inches below full do hereby issue this PUBLIC PROCLAIvIATION declaring to all persons that a stage III water shortage WARNING is now in effect applicable to users of water from the public water system supplied by the Orange-Alamance Water System, Inc. and the Town of Hillsborough. The following mandatory water conservation restrictions are now applicable: It shall be unlawful to use water from the public water system supplied by the Orange-Alamance Water System, Inc. and the Toivn of Hillsborough and from any raw water supply within Orange County used by the Orange-Alamance Water System, Inc. and the Town of Hillsborough for the following purposes: 1. To water lawns, grass, shrubbery, trees, flower and vegetable gardens except between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. 2. To fill newly constructed swimming and/or wading pools or refill swimming and/or wading pools which have been drained. A minunal amount of water may be added to maintain continued operation of pools which are in operation at the time the provisions of a stage III ttiARNING are placed into effect. 3. To operate water-cooler air conditioners or other equipment that does not recycle cooling water, except when health and safety are ad~~ersely affected. 4. To wash automobiles, trucks, trailers, boats, airplanes, or any other type of mobile equipment, including commercial washing. 5. To wash down outside areas such as streets, driveways, service station aprons, parking lots, office buildings, exteriors of existing or newly constructed homes or apartments, sidewalks, or patios, or to use water for other similar purposes.