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OF y...,. ;Yc- ;-;!FP. V.. <br /> Item no. <br /> l,, Ii%G DATE Parch 15, 1983 • , <br /> Subject: Carrboro dater :Quality Task force Report & Racommendations . <br /> nap e,e‘� PLA:1UI1•G . - i Pub.- �.arirag: . Y.eS X ' zi: <br /> Attac Lt(s) : 2/24/83 Letter from . In ku.m.wkat a. ContCt: Marvin Collins <br /> Richard Hunter, Carrboro Town Manager: • . <br /> • <br /> Watershed Maps . IIZA1Z =tat: (919) 732-8181, ext. 349 <br /> • <br /> poRposz: To provide recommendations and comments to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen . <br /> concerning the Carrboro Water Quality Task Force Report. <br /> ' NEED: University{ Lake is presently the primary water source for the Carrboro- <br /> Chapel Hill area, and the lake and the eastern portion of its watershed. <br /> lie within! Carrboro's Planning jurisdiction. <br /> In 1980, Carrboro became concerned with the possible degradation of water quality" <br /> in University Lake due to hon-point sources of pollution. A watershed <br /> task for was appointed to recommend measures to reduce non.-.point source <br /> pollution, and in November, 1982, the Water Quality Task Force Report was <br /> completed. . <br /> In conjunction with an on-going local review process, the Carrboro <br /> Board of Jldermen have asked the Orange County Board of Commissioners to <br /> provide its comments and recommendations on the report. This request <br /> is primarily due to Orange'Count'y's present and proposed expanded role <br /> in admini tering erosion control standards in Carrboro as well as`the County. <br /> I CT: The propos d watershed Protection plan for University Lake includes <br /> the following elements <br /> 1. Provision of natural buffers <br /> 2. Sedimentation and erosion control <br /> 3. Zoning regulation <br /> 4. Stormwater management <br /> 5. Clustefing development <br /> The waters ed protection plan employs the same natural buffer <br /> y f er <br /> concept thit the County has adopted; i.e., to reduce runoff <br /> velocity and to filter out pollutants. However, the <br /> recommended standards differ somewhat from those of Orange . <br /> County, e County requires a natural buffer along perennial <br /> streams eqial in width to 50 feet + % slope x 4, with the <br /> buffer beginning at the n„ ar P401. of +-ho f1n.,7 ,-.1:“., „n,_ <br />