HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2002-007 Resolution in Support of Morgan Creek Valley Alliance ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE MORGAN CREEK VALLEY ALLIANCE $ o�
WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners has established protecting the County's
major watercourses and water supply watersheds as a high priority, and
WHEREAS, the Morgan Creek valley forms the University Lake watershed, as it courses through
southern Orange County, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and eventually into Jordan Lake, and
WHEREAS, the Morgan Creek Valley includes scenic, cultural, recreational, water supply and
wildlife resources including rare and valuable micro ecosystems, and
WHEREAS, the County owns land along tributaries of Morgan Creek, and has planning and
zoning authority over a significant portion of its valley, and
WHEREAS, the County has already taken significant steps over the years to protect the important
and sensitive ecology of Morgan Creek though planning and the implementation of watershed
protection standards that exceed State minimum rules, and
WHEREAS, the newly formed Morgan Creek Valley Alliance seeks to conserve the natural and
cultural heritage and ecological integrity of the region and to protect the water quality of the
Morgan Creek Valley through increasing public awareness, cooperation and broad participation,
and
WHEREAS, the Alliance is a voluntary cooperative effort which in its initial stages has included
broad participation from property owners along the creek, the N.C. Botanical Garden (through
which it flows), the Chapel Hill Museum, the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill, Orange County,
OWASA, UNC-Chapel Hill, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Triangle Land Conservancy, and
others:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners
hereby welcomes the establishment and supports the mission of the Morgan Creek Valley
Alliance to conserve Morgan Creek through public education, cooperation and coordination of
public and private parties, and voluntary conservation efforts to protect the natural and cultural
heritage and to protect the water quality.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners encourages the
Alliance to pursue its broad based strategy with maximum involvement of the public in the interest
of protecting one of our most valuable resources.
This, the 5th day of February, 2002.
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Barry J s, r
Orange unty Bo of C mmissioners
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Beverly Blyt , Clerk the Board