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022 <br />Mr. Marvin Collins <br />August 1,, 1991 <br />Page . 2 <br />to the eastern side of the site so American can expand the active <br />quarry toward the OWASA reservoir. At the end of the quarry <br />operation, but no later than 2029, the expanded quarry and an <br />adjacent buffer will be conveyed automatically by operation of <br />the contract to OWASA for use as an reservoir with additional <br />storage capacity of up to three billion gallons- more than five <br />times the capacity of University Lake. The relocated asphalt <br />plant would be designed and constructed with sophisticated <br />environmental safeguards, as specifically recommended by Camp <br />Dresser and McKee, OWASA's watershed consultant, and consistent <br />with current environmental standards. <br />Current Land Use Category <br />The property is located in the Rural Buffer and University Lake <br />watershed, and is zoned accordingly. The Joint Planning Area <br />Land Use Plan designates uses as public /private open space, <br />resource protection, rural residential and extractive use. <br />Proposed-Land Use Category <br />Applicants propose that the tract be designated as a Rural <br />Industrial Activity Node in the Land Use Plan. <br />Conformity with Pur oses of the Comprehensive Plan. <br />The proposed designation would carry out the intent and purposes <br />of the Land Use Plan by furthering specific goals set out in <br />section 3.5 of the Plan. <br />For Example, Goal ten ( "Clean and safe water supplies available <br />and adequate to meet future needs of the residents of Orange <br />County "), - would be advanced by providing an expanded reservoir <br />with the capacity to store up to three billion gallons of excess <br />Cane Creek water. The site is conveniently located adjacent to <br />OWASA's raw water transmission main between the Cane Creek <br />Reservoir and OWASA's water treatment plant. <br />The fact that this additional capacity can be obtained without <br />acquiring any new agricultural property is consistent with Goal <br />Seven ( "Continued use. of agricultural land and the preservation <br />of the farming way of life ") . <br />The proposal also promotes Goal Six ( "Economic development which <br />meets local needs while protecting the natural environment ") by <br />continuing a quarry operation that provides additional tax <br />revenues and employment opportunities, both directly and <br />