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Board of Commissioners 10/20/87 Minutes 094 DRAFT 5 the Orange County Land Use Plan and/or the Orange County Master Recreation and Park Plan) shall be approved which designates or shows the property as having recreation access to Duke Forest unless it is via a road► fire trail or other point of entry approved by Orange County and Duke University. VOTE: UNANIMOUS. g. ITEMS FOR DECISION - REGULAR AGENDA 1 . EMERGENCY SBELTER GRAFT APpyl_CATrON Tara Fikes reported that the purpose of this program is to assist families and individuals who are homeless primarily due to their economic circumstances. These grants will be awarded to local governments to help improve the quality and availability of emergency shelters and services for the homeless in their communities. Motion was made by Commissioner Carey► seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to approve the submission of an Emergency Shelter Grant appli- cation and to authorize the Chair to sign. VOTE: UNANIMOUS. I) 2 . WATER AND SEWER PQUJCY Planning Director Marvin Collins presented for discussion an outline for the Water and Sewer Policy. Three topics were listed: (1) public health hazard, (2) economic development and (3) requirement of consistency with the Orange County Land Use Plan. The same questions were listed for each topic. Collins indicated that the answers to these basic questions would help in developing a water and sewer policy for the County. County Attorney Geoffrey Gledhill stated that the Orange County Land Use Plan and Map could be made a part of any decision. The water and sewer policy could include the Land Use Plan and the Map. He noted that he has never seen the Efland Sewer line and the Land Use Plan in an overlay that would show the implications of the two decisions. Chair Marshall emphasized the importance of any project being consistent with the Land Use Plan and that all projects should be reviewed by the Planning Board prior to being considered by the Board. RESERVOIR_ REPOJtT FROM COMMISSIONER JOHN HARTWELL. Commissioner Hartwell distributed copies of the draft preliminary report from Hazen and Sawyer on the Reservoir Site Study. He listed the finding as detailed in the report summary. Discussion ensued on the possibility of bringing water over from Jordan Lake. Chair Marshall stated a concern about the water quality and stated her desire not to bring water from the Jordan until more is known about the Haw River water. Motion was made by Commissioner Hartwell, seconded by Commissioner Willhoit to write a letter to Chatham County government to explore the possibilities of forming an alliance and a procedure for 0 proceeding. VOTE: UNANIMOUS. WATER AND SEWER POLICY There was a consensus that any water and sewer policy should include a requirement of consistency with the Orange County Land Use Plan and Map. Chair Marshall stated that policies on "Public Health Hazards"