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211 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Avila <br /> Item No.tjIQ <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: SEPTEMBER 8, 1987 <br /> SUBJECT: WATER CONSERVATION ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br /> DEPARTMENT: COUNTY MANAGER PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: MANAGER'S <br /> OFFICE,X501 <br /> TABLES I AND II <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: Consideration of amending Tables I and II of the Water Conser- <br /> vation Ordinance. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Division of Water Resources has recomputed elevation of <br /> water below Lake Orange spillway. The existing ordinance <br /> computed elevation of water below Lake Orange, Spillway which <br /> did not include the "dead pool" (water that -can not be drained <br /> from lake) . The new computations from the State include the <br /> dead pool and account for the flashboard, which raises Lake <br /> Orange one foot. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : <br /> Amend Water Conservation Ordinance to reflect changes in <br /> Tables I and II which include dead pool and based on spillway <br /> at 614 feet (Attachment II) . Amend ordinance to reflect <br /> increased water capacity based on spillway at 615 feet <br /> (Attachment III) effective January 1, 1989. <br />