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• <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 2L 1990 <br /> Action Agenda�� <br /> Item # �XC <br /> SUBJECT: Proposed Amendment - Orange County Comprehensive Plan <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Yes _X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Location Map Planning Director - Extension 346 <br /> Descriptive Narrative <br /> Draft 3/28/90 Planning Board TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Minutes Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> NOTE: PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> AND EVIDENCE RECEIVED AFTER Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> THE HEARING ARE INCLUDED AS A <br /> SEPARATE ENCLOSURE. <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a proposed amendment to the Land Use <br /> Element of The Orange County Comprehensive Plan. The <br /> proposed amendment is being made to implement, in part, <br /> recommended strategies for the protection of University <br /> Lake Watershed. <br /> The proposal was presented at the February 28, 1990 <br /> public hearing. <br /> BACKGROUND: In 1988, the Orange Water and Sewer Authority <br /> commissioned a study to develop a range of options for <br /> protecting the University Lake watershed. The <br /> consulting firm of Camp, Dresser and McKee (CDM) , <br /> nationally recognized experts in watershed evaluation, <br /> completed the study in March, 1989 . <br /> Following the release of the Final Report, the <br /> governing boards of Orange County, Chapel Hill, and <br /> Carrboro adopted resolutions, requesting that the Joint <br /> Chatham-Orange Work Group review the study and provide <br /> recommended strategies for its implementation. <br /> In October, 1989, the Work Group completed a proposed <br /> 13-point agreement on University Lake watershed <br /> protection. <br /> To implement the recommended strategies for watershed <br /> protection, the Work Group directed staff to identify <br /> needed changes to the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. <br /> Only one change was found to be necessary - amend the <br />