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t <br /> OWASA ORANGE WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY <br /> Quality Service Since 1977 <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 <br /> meetings of Orange County ' s Joint Master Recreation and Parks Plan Work Group <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 . . <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 _ <br /> -listed in Table 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 /> i <br /> For example , certain uses , such as tennis , racquetball , or basketball courts , would be <br /> incompatible with OWASA ' s operational activities within sewer easements or rights - of <br /> way , while other uses , such as hiking 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 /> 400 Jones Ferry Road Equal Opportunit)t Employer Voice ( 919 ) 9684421 <br /> PO Box 366 I' Hnted on Recycled Paper FAX ( 919) 968 - 4464 <br /> Carrboro , NC 27S 10 - 0366 <br />