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28 <br /> 1 Ongoing: <br /> 2 • Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) -- Watershed regulations <br /> 3 • Erosion Control and Stormwater Ordinances <br /> 4 • Surface Water Identification (SWID) <br /> 5 Current Year Initiatives: <br /> 6 Agricultural Support Enterprises included standards that in some cases will require <br /> 7 groundwater studies <br /> 8 Planned/Proposed Initiatives: <br /> 9 0 UDO amendment to provide incentive for implementing infiltration type Best <br /> 10 Management Practices (BMPs) <br /> 11 0 Additional public education and outreach promoting infiltration type BMPs , Low Impact <br /> 12 Development, and buffer preservation/environmental stewardship <br /> 13 0 State changes (unfunded mandates) to Falls and Jordan Lake nutrient management <br /> 14 programs are pending <br /> 15 0 Maintain appropriate staffing levels for meeting the BOCC Environmental Responsibility <br /> 16 Goal <br /> 17 <br /> 18 Directing Development to Appropriate Areas <br /> 19 Ongoing: <br /> 20 • 2030 Comprehensive Plan and UDO/zoning <br /> 21 • Protection of open space within subdivisions <br /> 22 • Water and Sewer Management Planning and Boundary Agreement <br /> 23 Current Year Initiatives: <br /> 24 Adopted Efland zoning overlay districts seek to direct development to an identified <br /> 25 growth area served or to be served by public water/sewer systems <br /> 26 Planned/Proposed Initiatives: <br /> 27 Clustering of residential lots to preserve additional open space and protect significant <br /> 28 environmental site attributes <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Blair Pollock, Solid Waste Planner, presented this section of the PowerPoint: <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Solid Waste Department <br /> 33 <br /> 34 Solid Waste Goal and Results for FY 13-14 <br /> 35 Reduction Goal State of NC: 40% Orange County: 61% <br /> 36 Reduction Achieved State of NC: 13% Orange County: 64% <br /> 37 Pounds Landfilled State of NC: 1,860 Orange County: 980 <br /> 38 (per person) <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Rural & Urban Curbside Recycling Performance: <br /> 41 Tonnage Comparison 2014 vs. 2015 <br /> 42 (chart) <br /> 43 <br /> 44 Solid Waste Current Initiatives <br /> 45 Cart- based recycling instituted for: <br /> 46 - - 100% of 18,300 urban residential customers by July 2014 <br /> 47 and <br /> 48 7,800 of 14,500 eligible rural residential customers by April 2015 (300 more <br /> 49 ordered to meet additional demand) <br />