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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action A each <br /> Item No.�-1 <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: APRIL 18, 1989 <br /> SECT: SELECTION FOR RESERVOIR SITE <br /> DEPARTMENT: COUNTY MANAGER <br /> PUBLIC HEARING YES: MO: X <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: MANAGER'S OFFICE <br /> X501 <br /> RESERVOIR COMPARISON CHART TELEPHONE WEBER- <br /> _ 7 a-8181 <br /> CHRIS BEST'S QUESTIONS Hillsborough <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227--2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To select a site within the Eno River Basin for a raw water <br /> reservoir serving Northern Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: Over the past two years, studies have been undertaken of the <br /> Eno River Basin to determine the best sites within the Eno River <br /> Basin for a raw water reservoir serving Northern Orange County. <br /> The study and site selection process have involved various <br /> committees, professional engineering consultants, public <br /> hearings, meetings, etc. The County Commissioners set as198 their <br /> To <br /> goal to begin the land acquisition process by December, <br /> meet that goal , the selection of a site must occur either now or <br /> in the very near future. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : The Manager recommends that the Board of Commissioners <br /> select a reservoir site and instruct management to proceed with <br /> the determining the following: <br /> A. Financial Planning <br /> 1 . Determine the varying affects of costs of different types <br /> of dam construction on water rate structure <br /> 2. Determine sources of funding for reservoir development <br /> and construction <br /> B. Development/Construction Planning <br /> 1 . Determine normal and flood pool elevations of impoundment <br /> and buffer/setback limits <br /> 2. Determine the owners of property impacted by dam site, <br /> and normal and flood pool <br />