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Planned/Proposed Initiatives: • Efland/Buckhorn/Mebane Access Management Plan amendment promotes funding and economic activity Protecting Groundwater (Also Surface Water) Ongoing: • Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) -- Watershed regulations • Erosion Control and Stormwater Ordinances • Surface Water Identification (SWID) Current Year Initiatives: • Agricultural Support Enterprises included standards that in some cases will require groundwater studies Planned/Proposed Initiatives: • UDO amendment to provide incentive for implementing infiltration type Best Management Practices (BMPs) • Additional public education and outreach promoting infiltration type BMPs , Low Impact Development, and buffer preservation/environmental stewardship • State changes (unfunded mandates) to Falls and Jordan Lake nutrient management programs are pending • Maintain appropriate staffing levels for meeting the BOCC Environmental Responsibility Goal Directing Development to Appropriate Areas Ongoing: • 2030 Comprehensive Plan and UDO/zoning • Protection of open space within subdivisions • Water and Sewer Management Planning and Boundary Agreement Current Year Initiatives: • Adopted Efland zoning overlay districts seek to direct development to an identified growth area served or to be served by public water/sewer systems Planned/Proposed Initiatives: • Clustering of residential lots to preserve additional open space and protect significant environmental site attributes Blair Pollock, Solid Waste Planner, presented this section of the PowerPoint: Solid Waste Department Solid Waste Goal and Results for FY 13-14 Reduction Goal State of NC: 40% Orange County: 61% Reduction Achieved State of NC: 13% Orange County: 64% Pounds Landfilled State of NC: 1,860 Orange County: 980 (per person) Rural & Urban Curbside Recycling Performance: Tonnage Comparison 2014 vs. 2015 (chart)