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1 <br /> ORANGE C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 2, 1990 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # Y 116F <br /> SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments - Orange County Subdivision Regulations <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X_No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Proposed Amendments Planning Director - Extension 346 <br /> Draft 3/2/90 Planning Board <br /> Minutes TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> NOTE: PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES Durham - 688-7331 <br /> AND EVIDENCE RECEIVED AFTER Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> THE HEARING ARE INCLUDED AS A Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> SEPARATE ENCLOSURE. <br /> PURPOSE: To consider proposed amendments to the Orange County <br /> Subdivision Regulations . The proposed amendments are <br /> being made to implement, in part, recommended <br /> strategies for the protection of University Lake <br /> Watershed. <br /> The proposals were presented at public hearing on <br /> February 28, 1990 . <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 existing development regulations. <br /> The following amendments are recommended: <br />