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