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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 3, 2005 Action Agenda Item No. ~- ~ SUBJECT: Presentation of Proposed Water Resources Initiative DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No Conservation ATTACHMENT(S): Proposed Water Resources Initiative (from the Commission far the Environment) INFORMATION CONTACT: David 5tancil, 245-2590 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To receive a presentation on a proposed initiative from the Commission for the Environment (CFE) entitled the "Water Resources Initiative". BACKGROUND: In April of 2001, the Orange County Water Resources Committee adopted its final report, bringing to a conclusion nine years of ground water quality and quantity analysis through the Water Resources project. The Commission for the Environment and its own Water Resources Committee was then charged to examine the report and develop a proposal for strategies to implement actions related to the report findings. In late 2003, the Commission for the Environment presented a State of the Environment Progress Report, including a proposal to create a staff Water Resources Specialist position to perform a number of duties related to the Water Resources project of 1992-2001, provide a service to County citizens related to water resources issues, as well as other related components designed to integrate the County's surface water and ground water planning (in advance of the Water Resources component of the Natural and Cultural Resources Element of the Comprehensive Plan). Over the last four months, the Commission for the Environment Water Resources Committee has attempted to repackage and clarify the concept -this time from a perspective of needed tasks and activities, as opposed to a specific position.