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elected officials of Orange County, Durham County and the City of Durham will be held sometime after the 1st of September. Community organizations will be involved during the last quarter of 1990 and staff will make a presentation and recommendation to the Planning Board in November. This item will be discussed by the Board of Commissioners at their Annual Retreat in December. A public hearing will be scheduled in February, 1991 to receive comments on the recommendations from the Planning Board 's. The measures themselves will be implemented approximately one year from now. (Commissioner Willhoit left the meeting at this point) It was suggested that the agreement Hillsborough has with Durham be extended beyond the initial 10 year timeframe. In all likelihood the reservoir will not be completed in 10 or even 15 years and the need for water from Durham will remain until the reservoir is completed . Link indicated that Durham city and Durham County have been advised that there would be tangible expectations of them. Exactly what those expectations will be is still under consideration . Commissioner Halkiotis mentioned that Orange County citizens have demonstrated that they are willing to pay a high price for bottled water. The $0 . 85 per thousand gallons is a very modest figure when people are paying a minimum of $0 . 69 for a gallon of drinking water in the grocery store. II . Development of New Central Orange County Reservoir a. Status of Seven Mill Creek Reservoir b. Other Potential Sites III . Joint Town/County Request For Classification of McGowan and Seven Mile Creek Watersheds Chairman Carey opened the discussion on the development of a Central Orange Reservoir. The feasibility of moving ahead with a reservoir at Seven Mile Creek has been discussed by both Boards . Members of each Board have also discussed other sites which might serve the county as well . The impact on the Seven Mile Creek Watershed of the widening of 1-85 also needs to be discussed. Commissioner Hartwell indicated that he feels strongly that this watershed needs to be protected. Seven Mile Creek is one of the main tributaries above the pumps at Lake Ben Johnston which means that Hillsborough is using that water now. If more pollution comes from the interstate it will degrade the water used by Hillsborough regardless of whether a reservoir is built at Seven Mile Creek or not. He indicated that he favored a reservoir at Seven Mile Creek. However, the water needs to be protected from the Interstate regardless of whether or not the reservoir is built. Town Commissioner Smith indicated that the proposed reservoir at Seven Mile Creek would be at an elevation greater than the existing dam at Lake Orange which means it could be used as a settling basin or holding pond. Some of the ponds in the original proposal could prevent