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f <br /> s <br /> 1 <br /> Y <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date:April 1. 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item <br /> SUBJECT: Corps of Engineers Drainage Basin Study - <br /> Funding Agreement with Town of Chapel Hill <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: _Yes_X_No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: —X—Yes No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Program Summary Mary Willis, Extension 2583 <br /> Scope of Services <br /> Map of Study Area TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Correspondence Hillsborough- 732-8181 <br /> Draft Agreement Between Corps and Chapel Hill Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Draft Agreement Between Orange Co. and Chapel Hill Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To authorize execution of an agreement between Orange County and Chapel Hill <br /> which would commit Orange County to contribute two installments of$6,250 to a <br /> drainage basin study to be conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers for Booker, <br /> Bolin and Morgan Creeks <br /> BACKGROUND: Following the rains which occurs in August of 1995,the Chapel Hill Town <br /> Council received a report from the Town Manager, discussing the resultant <br /> flooding and responding to several petitions from residents whose property <br /> was flooded. The report included the follow-up tasks listed below: <br /> 1. Implement any necessary changes in personnel equipment, or <br /> procedures for future emergency response efforts. <br /> 2. Investigate of U.S. Corps of Engineers Planning Assistance To <br /> States Program and report back to the Council with findings <br /> and a suggested process for including neighboring jurisdictions <br /> and the University. <br />