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- _ <br /> ■••."1•17.•-■.....■•■• •■ . <br /> ORA NG-E Co u Arry / n iv Ii& &ARO tvl IN vrac., <br /> 10.EcvAise..11 <br /> I, 19g-/ <br /> Shanklin stated the Water Task Fore'? Report shculd <br /> go to F.1,1 .c hearing. Crawford indicated that would <br /> not occur until the Report was incorporated into an <br /> ordinance. Shanklin wanted a public hearing prior to <br /> incorporation, noting certain statements in the Report <br /> aSloeing opinions, not fact, upon which other con- <br /> clusions were drawn. Crawford stated the Report can <br /> and will be discussed in terms of implementation. <br /> AGENDA ITEM #4: Revised Watershed Zoning Amendment Proposals <br /> Luce distributed the revised Proposed Zoning AmendMents. <br /> Polatty noted the following changes in the Proposed <br /> Zoning Amendments: PW-I, applied to urban watersheds <br /> such as McGowan Creek; PW-IX, applies to al/ other <br /> protected watersheds; PW-II b) application criteria: <br /> "This district should be applied to all protected water <br /> supply watersheds designated in the Land Use Plan, <br /> except McGowan Creekr 4.2.27 b) 1, should read as <br /> "This district will be applied in all protected water <br /> supply watersheds designated in the Land Use Plan." <br /> DISCUSSION OF THE AMENDMENTS FOLLOWED. <br /> Discussion on 6.23 Extra Requirements for Protected <br /> Watershed Districts (PW-I arid PU-II) ensued. 6.23.1 <br /> c) should read as follows: "Streets and bridges <br /> crossing a buffer area shall enter and exit the area <br /> as nearly perpendicular to it as possible." <br /> Shanklin asked how the buffer is to be calculated, <br /> especially noting the problem of slope. Staff res- <br /> ponded that the recommendation had been changed <br /> earlier, and was not yet clear in this document and <br /> would be similar to the wording in the Task Force <br /> report. <br /> Discussion took place on 6.23.1.5. The Board discussed <br /> the trade-offs between centralized sewer systems and <br /> individual septic systems. Crawford noted the language <br /> in the amendment is prohibitive. <br /> Kizer cited 6.23.2 a) and inquired as to what method <br /> would be used for measuring runoff. Cannity responded <br /> that runoff figures are available for different <br /> vegetative types. He noted it was primarily an <br /> engineering problem, <br /> Shanklin questioned 6.23.1. Cannity responded indicat- <br /> ing that storage would be required to assure a dis- <br /> ' <br />