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-14gaa 3 PLANNING ACTION ON WAIER TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION 1. Orange County should adopt a policy which,calls to minimizing_Sptnt outflows of water from one mair basin to another- PLANNING BOARD ACTION: Kizer motioned that the Board of Commissioners adopt recoam:endaion number one of the Water Task Force. Wilson seconded . Notion carried with one abstention by Ms, Gordon. 2. Orange County should allocate the water it has rights over in Lake ()Tanga to the Town of Hillsborough, the Orange-Alamance Water Systems incorporated, and the in-stream flow needs of the Eno River. PLANNING BOARD ACTION: Kizer motioned approval of the second recommendation of the Water Task Force. Cleary seconded, Notion carried with four in favor, three against, Bacon and Laszlo abstained. 3. Orange County should develop policies requiring water conservation in both the receiving and withdrawal basins where interbasin transfers pf water are required to meet emergency situations. PLANNING BOARD ACTION: Kizer motioned approval of the recommendation. Laszlo seconded, Approved unanimously, 4. The Task Force Report has identified five prime reservoir sites in thr, County. Local water suppliers should identify which of these sites they would like preserved for future use. The County and water suppliers should work together to implement means of protecting and preservinh. these sites for future use, PLANNING BOARD ACTION: Kizer motion that recommendation number four be accepted but that in addition sites seventeen and eighteen shown on the watershed ma and discussed in the report on pages 26-30 be included as protected sites. These sites are on the north and south forks of the Little River, Irvin seconded. Ayes: Kizer, Gordon, Cleary, Harris, Wilson, Laszlo, Irvin. Noes: None, Abstentions: Lunsford. 5, Orange County should investigate the feasibility of a regional solution EFTET-17uture water needs. As part of that effort, Orange County should reserve a portion of the water allocation from Jordan Lake as a long term option for water supply. PLANNING BOARD ACTION: Irvin moved approval of this recommendation, Kizer seconded, Carried unanimously. 6. Orange County should promote efforts Co conserve water. PLANNING BOARD ACTION: Kizer moved approval of the recommendation. Laszlo seconded. Carried unanimously . 7. Orange County should adopt a Land Use Plan which identifies protected water supply watersheds. These protected areas should be University Lake watershed, the Upper Eno watershed whi7Eil drains to Lake Ben "J-61-1F-ToliT-T!TIU-1.171e watershed •-:1Dosed Cane Creek Reservoir, PLANNING BOARD ACTION: The Land Use Plan, adopted the Board of Commissioners identifies th -ee protected watersheds. No further action is needed by the Plan- ning Board.