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1- ISSUES IDENTIFIED BY PLANNING BOARD FROM DISCUSSION ON STATE WATERSHED PROTECTION EFFORTS, JULY 15, 1991. On July 15, 1991, the Orange County Planning Board received the draft report State watershed Protection: Procedures and Implications for Orange County. After discussion of the implications, issues.and alternatives addressed therein, the Board identified the following areas of concern to be submitted to the Board of Commissioners for appropriate action. Specifically, the Planning Board requests that these issues be addressed in preparing comment to the Environmental Management Commission (EMC) on adopted watershed rules or preliminary classifications to be presented at the August 15, 1991 hearing. • Stormwater Control Responsibility: The Planning Board recommends that the Board of Commissioners closely evaluate the implication of the EMC rule that would require local governments to bear ultimate responsibility for maintenance and monitoring of new stormwater controls such as detention /retention ponds. e Definition of Existing Development: The EMC is currently using 9 -30 -91 as a deadline for lots or projects to be considered pre- existing development under the new regulations. The Planning Board is concerned that adherence to this deadline, with the adopted delays in classification, will create a moratorium of sorts for landowners and developers before classifications are adopted in 1992. • UNC Campus Concerns: The University of North Carolina is within the five -mile "protected area" of the Jordan Lake watershed and will be affected by proposed regulatory changes. The Planning Board feels that Orange County might want to take a position in support of the University (which is in Chapel Hill jurisdiction) if comments are presented to the EMC on August 15? • Upper Eno - Reservoirs /Classification: Several issues concerning the Upper Eno watershed have been identified. Among these are:.l) a potential decision . on which of the three proposed reservoirs in the watershed are feasible as proposed; 2) the question of splitting the basin (north /south) for the purposes of allowing a higher level of protection for future water supplies; and 3) if a WS- II classification is proposed for the northern portion off the Upper Eno watershed as alluded to above, the: consideration of a request that the 7 -Mile Creek basin remain in a WS -IV classification might be appropriate. • Impervious Surfaces: The concept of a sliding scale for impervious surfaces was adopted by Orange County in University Lake watershed as a means of providing