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Recreation and Habitat Impacts: <br />+ In-stream impacts {impervious area) <br />Existing regulations pace threats to habitat and recreation areas <br />He showed several maps of impervious area and projections for impervious area. <br />5 Watershed Management Techniques: <br />• New development site management <br />• Monitoring and enforcement <br />• Education/citizen stewardship <br />• Point Source Controls <br />• Streamlwetland restoration <br />New Development Site Management- Overarching Strategy: <br />• Shaping where growth occurs <br />Distinct urban versus conservation zones <br />Hold existing requirements constant in urban/suburban zones <br />Increase requirements in conservation zones to meet targets <br />Strategies Recommended for Orange County: <br />• Density limits ar performance standards <br />• Enhanced peak flow management <br />• Watershed-wide monitoring <br />• Septic systems {inspections, information management, education) <br />• Enhanced construction, site inspection, and enforcement action <br />• Enhanced animal operations inspections <br />• Storm water quality BMP inspection and enforcement <br />• Low-impact design education <br />• Targeted land acquisition <br />• Buffer maintenance education <br />• Agriculturallforestry BMP's <br />• General watershed education and adopt-a-stream program <br />• NPDES program requirements <br />• Stream and wetland restoration projects <br />• Storm water retrofit projects <br />Additional considerations for Orange County: <br />• opportunity: S. Fork Flat, N. Fork Little, and Seven Mile Creek/Eno are targeted by <br />NC Wetlands Restoration Program for Local Watershed Plans. <br />• Partnering with UNRBA on pilot and research projects <br />• Adopting phosphorous and nitrogen performance standards <br />The additional programmatic costs would be less than $8,000 for the recommendations. <br />The major expense ticket would be the mandatory five-year septic inspections and maintenance <br />program. He said that he would like to continue to work with staff on specific recommendations. <br />The UNRBA has money to put together a detailed implementation plan and will be proposing it <br />to their Board of Directors in the next two weeks. <br />