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4 AQUATIC WEED CONTROL RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners desires technical and financial assistance from the N.C. Aquatic Weed Program for treatment and control of eighty acres of hydrilla infestation at Lake Orange, a reservoir useful for raw drinking water supply, recreation, wildlife habitat and scenic beauty, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT: The Board requests that the N C Aquatic Weed Program conduct the Lake Orange aquatic weed control project; The Board assumes full obligation for payment of fifty percent (50%) of non-federal costs associated with Lake Orange aquatic weed project; The Board will assist the NC Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources and/or the US Army Corps of Engineers in quantifying its aquatic weed problems and determining the public benefits of the project; The Board will hold the State harmless from any damages that may result from the project with the exception that the State will not be held harmless from damages resulting from any negligence, incompetency or malfeasance on the part of its employees, agents or contractors; The Board will be responsible for notifying all landowners whose property is adjacent to the body of water in which the control project is located and for sponsoring any public information meetings that may be needed; and The Board will, to the extent of its power and authority, enforce any temporary restrictions on the use of the body of water as required by the specific method of treatment used. ADOPTED BY THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS this 2nd day of May, 1994 Witness: Beverly Blythe, Moses Carey, Chair - Orange Clerk to the Board of County Board of Commissioners County Commissioners