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2 <br />The name of the study is as follows, and is attached as Attachment 1; <br />Upper Neuse Watershed Management Plan (` <br />Developed by the Upper Neuse River Basin Association <br />Produced by Tetra Tech, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC <br />May 2003 <br />Adopted April 1, 2003 by the Upper Neuse River Basin Association <br />Board of Directors <br />The Executive Summary is the first six pages (ES1 — ES6) of the report which outlines <br />the UNRBA Priorities, Current Conditions, Resource Degradation, Projections, Water <br />Quality Targets, and Management Strategies. Tetra Tech, Inc, is a nationally <br />recognized environmental science research and management company which also <br />provided the science supporting changes in the Cane Creek and University Lake <br />watersheds in Orange County. <br />The report provides strategies which the local governments can implement to achieve <br />long term water quality goals (see pages ES -5 and ES -6 for specifics) germane to their <br />local area watershed sub - basins. in summary, there are five strategic categories: <br />1. New Development Site Management (NDSM) <br />2. Monitoring and Enforcement <br />3. Education and Citizen Stewardship <br />4. Management and Control of Point Source Pollution <br />5, Restoration Projects <br />Item 1 (New Development Site Management) is the dominant proactive technique of <br />watershed quality, which includes Density Reduction and Development Performance <br />Standards. The attached table compares one of their recommendations to existing and <br />staff proposed land use /zoning regulations. <br />This table illustrates the technical UNRBA recommendation, which offered for the <br />majority of Orange County's Neuse Watersheds the following options: <br />1. Density reduction (1 DU /5 acres) and impervious limitations, or <br />2. Density reduction (1 DU /3 acres) and a 'village' higher density per township, or <br />3. Performance standards to limit nitrogen and phosphorus loading. <br />Please note that their suggested strategies were options 1, 2, or 3 whereas Staff <br />proposals offered a hybrid approach. Staff suggests densities not as low as the <br />UNRBA, but in combination with low- impact design (LID) performance standards, the <br />strategy can comprehensively achieve water quality goals and air quality goals by <br />reducing units. Using only performance standards does not reduce the imparts of <br />growth associated with new housing and pursuit of achieving other goals identified by <br />the BOCC such as air quality, rural character preservation and others. <br />GAAdministm ive Div\Sherri\Cmig\L.ink Let=\L.ink 9 -I -04. doc <br />