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5 Kenneth Thompson stated that the Hillsborough Timm Board requested the County look at the potential for additional storage at Lake Orange. He outlined the water needs stating there is an insufficient supply of water during a drought period; Storage could be increased to 3:1 million gallons a day and still be in compliance with the Dam Safety Act: The County owns the land to the 615 elevation: Lake Orange Corporation owns the land from 615-620: In order to have additional storage the County would need to purchase approximately 51 acres; Coimnissioner Marshall referred to the !Need Statement" on the agenda abstract; She made reference to the projected usage from the McAdams' report which has not been approved by the Board or the Planning Board and has not been accepted as the work has been recognized as faulty in many ways; Rationale on future projects should not include information from either of the two reports; Kenneth Thompson indicated that while the informatiorkwas derived from the McAdams report, the Division of water Resources for the County shows the County is in serious condition with regard to a shortage of water; Wayne Tilly, representing a group of 26 owners of the Harold Walker property adjoining Lake Orange, indicated that some of the individual deeds state "the owner owns all of his/her lot to 615 contour line adjoining property of Lake Orange"; some of the other deeds state that the owner owns part of lot above 620 contour together with permanent and perpetual right to ingress, digress or regress over, above and through said lot between 615 and 620 foot contour; Six-hundred twenty is referred to as the maximum flood easement con- tour; He stated the group was not informed of the County's plan to raise the lake and has no knowledge as to the impact of the damage to their property, use of their property, etc; The group voiced opposition to the project until such time as their concerns are heard and answered. Kenneth Thompson questioned the 615 versus 620 elevation; Geoff Gledhill indicated that the original plan was for Lake Orange Corporation to maintain ownership from 615 to 620 feet; Mr; Eisenhower, homeowner on Lake Orange, stated that with the flooding of the current easement, another easement would be necessary in order to maintain the 5-feet flood level which would require a new environmental impact study; Mr; Tilly indicated that the flood easement states it may be used for temporary flooding only; If the lake was raised and additional easements were necessary to 620 feet, this would destroy the value of the lots and additional problems would be created; Kenneth Thompson pointed out on a map the three (3) properties that would be affected by the raising of the lake; Chair Willhoit stated the project may be more extensive than originally anticipated and perhaps the County should explore the possibility of adding one foot. Commissioner Marshall stated the people in the area need to be con- tacted and all questions answered; Commissioner Carey questioned the costs and suggested tabling the item until decisions could be made on funding sources and the impact on the property is known; There was a consensus to explore the cost for adding one foot which would not require any additional easements and to inquire if the Town of Hills- borough plans to fund a feasibility study; Mr; Tilly noted the group understands that Lake Orange may be raised one foot and are not opposed: 1:14- 2121Ce1M21: 11WE743Mar-2MMotionwasebrnadCommissionerwalker, secoirled by Commissioner Marshall, to authorize the Chair to request $45,460 of State discretionary funds from the Orange County Legislative Delegation to be used for park development phase I in the Northern Fairview Community Development Project; VOTE: umulnous;