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OWASA ORANGE WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY <br /> Quality Service Since 1977 <br /> IF <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO(: . Ed Kerwin <br /> FROM : Ed Holland <br /> DATE : October 15 , 1998 ` <br /> SUBJECT : Potential Recreational Uses of OWASA Property <br /> Background <br /> During the past- year, Board members Barry , Jacobs and Bill Strom have attended IF <br /> meetings of Orange County ' s Joint Master Recreation and Parks Plan Work Group <br /> IF <br /> charged with updating the County ' s Recreation and Parks Master Plan. One part of that <br /> work is . an inventory of all public and semi-public land and recreational assets in Orange <br /> County . IF _ <br /> During the August 27 , 1998 Board of Directors meeting, Mr. Jacobs and Mr. Strom <br /> submitted a list of questions about possible recreational uses of OWASA ' s land holdings . <br /> This was referred to the Board ' s Natural 'Resources and Technical Systems (NRTS) <br /> Committee, which reviewed information provided. by: staff and discussed the attendant <br /> issues during three subsequent meetings . This memorandum and attachments attempt to. <br /> summarize the NRTS Committee consensus , that - emerged through those discussions . <br /> The attached map shows the location of all OWASA-owned properties in Orange ,County ? <br /> Table 1 provides additional. details , and Table 2 presents the NRTS Committee ' s _ <br /> evaluation of the acceptability of different recreational uses of those properties . Uses .OFF <br /> _ <br /> listed ifi7able 2 were compiled from documents of the Orange County Work Group . <br /> OWASA Interests <br /> The NRTS Committee agreed that alternative uses should be'-considered in terms of <br /> OWASA ' s central mission of providing an adequate supply of high quality drinking <br /> water and a complementary sewer service. " Activities or uses that might compromise <br /> OWASA ' s utility function should be discouraged . . . <br /> -For example , certain * uses , such as tennis , racquetball , or basketball courts , would be <br /> incompatible with OWASA ' s operational activities within sewer easements I or rights-of- <br /> way , while other g, suc usesh as hikin trails , might be acceptable : Hiking trails would not, <br /> however, be -desirable near the Cane Creek Reservoir where public access to the shoreline <br /> represents a water quality risk contrary to OWASA ' s water supply mission . <br /> I IF <br /> 400 Jones Ferry Road Equal Opportunity Employer �'aice ( 9 19 ) 968 -4421 <br /> PO Box 366 <br />