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_1 _ 4-11.1 �� ;Y. 1986 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT HILLSBOROUGH NORTH CAROLINA, C+-' ,1 27278 �y.td a, 0�o 4, F- INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM 8612-1001 TO: Kenneth Thompson FROM: Brad Torgan, Planner II SUBJECT: Lake Orange Questionnaires DATE: December 5, 1986 Of twenty-seven questionnaires returned one-third of the respondents claimed a specific interest in lands below 6201 in elevation. Four claimed outright ownership and four claimed an interest other than land ownership, either through ownership of stock in Lake Orange, Incorporated, or through deeded rights of ingress and egress. Fully one-half of the respondents, however, were opposed to unconditionally raising the level of the lake to 616 ' . Fourteen of twenty-four supported unconditionally raising the lake level one foot, but two of the fourteen stated conditions elsewhere in the questionnaire that they would like to see met before the lake level is raised. The primary concern of Lake Orange residents, as expressed in the conditions they would impose on raising the lake level, seems to be access to property. More people indicated a fear that more frequent flooding of roads would severely hinder access to property than any other concern. One person recalled the road leading to his home being underwater for two days after a particularly heavy rain. The concern over roads was mentioned in one form or another in oen-fifth of the questionnaire. Two other conditions for support were mentioned by at least two people. One involved compensation for damaged docks. The other centered around land itself. Property owners want assurance from the county that lots will not be rendered unsuitable for building and that increasing the lake level will not increase the floodplain above the 620 ' mark. Only