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1 <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: OCTOBER 4 , 1993 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # 1V-4 <br /> SUBJECT: RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT A FALLS LAKE WATERSHED STUDY <br /> DEPARTMENT: COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC HEARING: Yes _X No <br /> OFFICE <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> MOSES CAREY, JR. , EXTENSION 2130 <br /> RESOLUTION <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To adopt a resolution to support a Falls Lake <br /> Watershed Study to be conducted by the North Carolina <br /> Department of Environment, Health and Natural <br /> Resources. <br /> BACKGROUND: In July the General Assembly appropriated $150, 000 to <br /> the Department of Environment, Health and Natural <br /> Resources for a Falls Lake Watershed Study and enabled <br /> the governing boards of Wake County, Durham County, <br /> Durham City and Raleigh jointly to establish the scope <br /> of work for the study by October 1, 1993 . <br /> At the September 10 meeting of the Falls Lake Working <br /> Group, Secretary Jonathan Howes said he was pleased <br /> with the progress that the local governments in the <br /> watershed had made in developing an Upper Neuse <br /> Association and with the progress a staff group has <br /> made in developing a proposed scope of work. However, <br /> he indicated that his department would be unlikely to <br /> conduct the Falls Lake Watershed Study unless local <br /> governing boards jointly agree on the following <br /> points: 1) organizational commitment; 2) a scope of <br /> work with an estimated cost and timetable; and 3) <br /> financial commitment. <br />