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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 15, 2020 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-f <br /> SUBJECT: City of Durham's Teer Quarry Reservoir— Resolution of Support from Orange <br /> County for Reclassifying a Segment of the Eno River for Water Supply in <br /> Durham County <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. City of Durham's Request for Resolution of Craig Benedict, Planning Director, <br /> Support from Orange County 919-245-2592 <br /> 2. Cost Estimate and Durham Statement Christopher Sandt, Staff Engineer, <br /> of Cost Reimbursement to Orange County 919-245-2583 <br /> 3. Timeline for Teer Quarry Initiatives <br /> 4. Executed Resolution of Support from the Town <br /> of Hillsborough <br /> 5. Draft Orange County Resolution of Support <br /> PURPOSE: To consider approval and signature by the Board Chair of a Resolution of Support <br /> from Orange County related to the City of Durham's (City's) proposed initiative to make the Teer <br /> Quarry Reservoir a new public water supply and reclassifying a segment of the Eno River within <br /> Durham County as Water Supply, in conformance with the State's Water Supply Watershed <br /> Protection Program. The City has formally requested Orange County's support for this effort <br /> which would require the County to take the necessary steps to provide public notice and initiate <br /> the associated public hearing(s), Planning Board meeting(s) and Board of County <br /> Commissioners (BOCC) meeting(s) to amend land use restrictions imposed by water supply <br /> watershed protection rules for the affected areas within Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: The City of Durham owns and operates the Teer Quarry Reservoir (Quarry), <br /> an emergency water storage reservoir located along the Eno River in Durham County <br /> approximately 0.80 miles to the east of US-501 and approximately 15 miles downriver from the <br /> USGS Eno River at Hillsborough gauge (USGS Gauge #02085000). <br /> Attachment 1 is a written request by Mr. Donald F. Greeley (Director, City of Durham <br /> Department of Water Management) for Orange County to approve a Resolution of Support to <br /> make the Teer Quarry Reservoir a new public water supply and reclassifying a segment of the <br /> Eno River within Durham County as Water Supply, in conformance with the State's Water <br /> Supply Watershed Protection Program. <br /> The City plans to convert the Quarry to a non-emergency source of water supply for the City <br /> once the Quarry has been appropriately classified for drinking water purposes and approved by <br />