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Orange County Environment and Resource Conservation Department P . O . Box 8181 Hillsborou , h, NC 2 72 78 Phone : (919) 24D -2L) rn� Fax : (919) 644 - 3002 M Email : ccrazvford@co . oriiiige . nc . i.cs Memorandum To : Commission for the Environment From : Kris Price , Chair Date : January 4 , 2000 Re : January 10 Meeting Agenda Please find attached the agenda and materials for the next meeting of the Commission for the Environment , scheduled for : Monday, January 10 , 2000 7 : 30 p . m . Southern Human Services Center Homestead Road Our lead agenda item for the night will be presentations from Planning Director Craig Benedict on the new County Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan and Transportation Planner Karen Lincoln on the status of transportation planning issues . We will also review the status of the alternative vehicles group , and discuss how to present the first State of the Environment report . If you have questions , or will be unable to attend , please contact Carol Crawford ( 245 - 2597 ) at the numbers or e - mail above . I look forward to seeing you on the 10th . AGENDA Orange County Commission for the Environment Monday, January 10 , 2000 7 : 30 p . m . Southern Human Services Center Homestead Road Chapel Hill , NC 7 : 30 I . Call to Order 7 : 30 II . Additions or Changes to Agenda 7 : 32 III . Approval of Minutes ( December 6 ) 7 : 35 IV . Update to the Orange County Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan Planning Director Craig Benedict will outline plans to update the 1981 Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan . 8 : 20 V . Status of Transportation Issues Transportation Planner Karen Lincoln will outline local and regional transportation issues . 8 : 50 VI . Status - Alternative - Fueled Vehicles Effort Held over from 12/ 6/ 99 . Staff will provide an update on the purchase of low - emission vehicles and plans for a grant for an alternative - fueled vehicle for the County . 9 : 00 VII . State of the Environment Report Thoughts on a possible gameplan are attached , as is the compiled material submitted to the Board of Commissioners . 9 : 30 VIII . Committee Breakout Sessions ( The EIE and BR Committees are requested to stay until 10 : 00 for a joint session , if possible ) 10 : 00 IX . Adjournment ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT DRAFT Summary of Meeting December 6 , 1999 Held in Orange County Southern Human Services Center, Chapel Hill, NC Members Present : Loraine Kohorn, Richard Pratt, Annette Jurgelski , Julie Tucker, Rosalinda Lidh, Dan Okun, Kris Price late arrival . Excused Absences : Roy Fortmann, Mary Jane Baker, Lee Rafalow, Mark Smith, William Glaze . Unexcused Absences : Cara Crisler Staff Present : David Stancil, Environment and Resource Conservation Director, Rich Shaw, ERCD Land Resources Conservation Manager, Carol Crawford, ERCD Administrative Assistant . I . Call to Order. Sitting for Kris Price , Loraine Kohorn called the meeting to order at 7 : 45 p . m . II. Additions or Changes to Agenda There were no changes or additions noted . III . Approval of November 8 , 1999 Minutes . As there were only six members present, the minutes were approved by the attending members with corrections to the wording in Item V , " The State of the Environment report was discussed as being a separate document that could be presented to the BOCC at a later time stating the comprehensive review of the CFE 's status on environmental issues. " IV. State of the Environment Reports The committee reports were distributed in the agenda packets for review and agreement, before the reports are to be forwarded to the BOCC for the January 20th retreat . Tucker presented the Air Quality committee report as being the completed product. Pratt noted that the font for the micron symbol was lost in the email printing and needs to be corrected . A wording changed was suggested and agreed upon for page 5 , "Due to the proposed lowering of the ` Federal ' ozone standard . . . " . MOTION : Okun moved to approve the Air Quality Committee report with changes noted and forward to the BOCC . Seconded by Jurgelski . VOTE : Unanimous . DRAFT CFE 12/6/99 Minutes Page 1 of 3 Chair Price asked for comments on the Biological Resources Committee report . Kohorn noted that the aim is for a condensed version to be completed during the committee breakout session, similar to the executive summary . Ideas of adding dates of the wildlife reports , adding University Lake and Hillsborough water supply sources , and adding wording to priority section of " subject to further review and change" . The pros and cons of conservation easements were discussed . Okun suggested a map be included to pinpoint the text topics of the reports to the BOCC . The goal of 10% of county land being in a managed protected status over the next 10+ years was discussed as being reasonable due to the availability of new grant funds , the creation of the Lands Legacy Program and considering the Governor has a goal of one million acres to be set aside for conservation purposes over the next ten years . A correction was made on page five , of removing the two sections about " Orange County has yet to be surveyed for the presence of these species" . MOTION : Pratt motioned to approve the Biological Resources Committee report as revised. Seconded by Lidh . VOTE : Unanimous . Price asked for comments on the Environmental Indicators and Education Committee report. Kohorn suggested changing the word from "to " to "towards" in recommendation number four, page two . Other suggestions included ; rewording the recommendations repetitive wording of "commit funds" , clarifying the deficit of 645 parklands , and explaining the population growth figures . MOTION : Tucker motioned to approve the Environmental Indicators and Education Committee report with revisions and forward to the BOCC . Seconded by Kohorn. VOTE : Unanimous Stancil thanked the committees for their efforts and noted that the reports will be forwarded to the BOCC with a cover memo for the January 20th retreat . IV. Comments and Recommendation on Triangle Land Conservancy Report (Rating Lands by their Wildlife Value) Stancil noted that the CFE was asked by the BOCC to develop comments on this report and how it should be used . Price inquired about whether there are any tools in existence for requiring preservation of wildlife habitat . The only known regulations were Federal Endangered Species act regulations . Kohorn noted that the report ' s recommendations are valid from a conservation biology perspective but could have been made with or without this study being completed . The DRAFT CFE 12/6/99 Minutes Page 2 of 3 mapping work does , however, provide a tool for monitoring progress and identifying different forested tracts . The formula used to generate the final map should. be viewed with caution because it is biased by the inclusion of the factor I , for "inventoried natural areas . " In Map 8 the presence or absence of an inventoried site can explain all the variations . The fact that an area has been inventoried should not be a factor in assessing ildlife habitat because the wildlife doesn ' t care if the site is inventoried its ranking as a w or not . Factor "I " is just adding a free multiplier on the value of land. The CFE agreed to support the recommendations of the report and encourage any policy changes the BOCC can make that will help to bring about their implementation. Moreover the CFE requested an analysis of forests be done without using the factor "I " . V. Water Reclamation Support The CFE was reminded of the August meeting where Ed Kerwin had presented water reclamation information and asked whether the CFE was interested in adopting a resolution about reclaimed water use . The Meadowmont Subdivision and Finley Golf Course were noted as two possible choices for use of reclaimed water. It was noted that expressed enthusiasm for water reclamation use was low. A recent article in the Chapel Hill News referring to Jordan Lake and Cane Creek water quality was noted as incorrect due to the tables used in the report were of conflicting origin . water supply and wastewater disposal with two entirely different sets of criteria; one for discharging waste to a water supply and one for taking water out of the source for drinking . Okun said the report was a collection of old data and a new study needs to be done . The CFE agreed to send a letter recommending the BOCC endorse a study of water reclamation use by OWASA that begins the planning phase now and allows for preservation of water resources in the future . VI . Update on Air Quality Issues This item was deferred to the January agenda. VIII . Committee Breakout Sessions The committees broke out at 9 : 40pm . IX. Adjournment DRAFT CFE 12/6/99 Minutes Page 3 of 3 � , . _ ` I ' � � - i i . � � - , I ' . : � ` . � � � . , I _ - 1 Thoughts on how to present the 1 't Annual State of the Environment report ➢ Send to BOCC as accompanying material for 1 - 20 - 00 retreat ( as requested by CFE ) ➢ Incorporate any additional data or trends that have been created ➢ Create CFE subcommittee to plan press conference and presentation of findings ? ➢ Staff develops powerpoint slideshow ➢ CFE reviews draft presentation at February meeting ➢ Schedule time in mid - February to officially present findings ( press and interested parties invited , a la State of the Economy ) ry fil2/31 / 1999 ] Sierra Club to begin . . . n January on balancing developiwysiwyg : //main. 20/http ://www . news- . . . er. com/daily/ 1999/ 12/3l /tril3 . htm1 IF r IF ire it oW. r � h f 4 HE IF 4ndmov . . )ecember 31 . 1999 RARH Sierra Club to begin forums in January rY Select asearch * on balancing development ews ArChive s Obits Classified s r 1st meeting to focus on urban growth Classi nter eywor s : By STEPHAAN HARRIS , Staff Writer g � Get Search Help Expand Search How the environment in Orange and Chatham counties can be preserved in the face of the Triangle' s increasing business and Iz i�t E T P . A Iw E residential growth will be the top agenda for a group of • Auctions environmentalists in the new year . • Coupons The Orange/Chatham chapter of the Sierra Club will sponsor a Shoe series of public forums beginning in January that will look at how the • Yellow Pages • le protecting open Western Triangle can embrace development whim • TriangleJobs . com spaces and farmland at the same time . • Cars . com James Carnahan , program chairman, said communities must create • Apartments . com guidelines for growth, particularly as sprawl and a dependence on to • Real Estate automobiles create environmental dangers . • NewHomeNetwork " We 're trying to find ways to involve the community in planning • Merchandise and advocacy , " he said . • Services A variety of speakers will discuss urban growth at the first forum Jan 13 . Carnahan sees this more rural side of the Triangle as facing a A. ISVER. TISEN1f N7S crossroads . Although the local governments in Orange County, Chapel Hill and IV- IF M 2= € ad Carrboro have enacted a buffer zone that prohibits more than 10 $3 I IV IF a houses to be built on every 20 acres of land, that zone is to be in effect ` 1 e £ only until 2007 . MEN Environmentalists fear business pressure can easily scale down the initiative . Meanwhile , some residents in neighboring Chatham County IV are concerned by the slow but steady land development and the loss of some open space . } The February forum will center on water and sewer services and A whether changes in technology can affect how much they can expand IF I as the o ulati P p on grows . The last two programs , to be in March and IF I IF I IFIF April , will deal with transportation, air quality and suburban development designs that can still preserve open spaces . IF xIF IF mb6 I All events will be presented at the Church of the Reconciliation 110 N . Elliott Road in Chapel Hill . For more information, call 5424386 . IF Staff writer Ste haan Harris can be reached at 932 -2015 or C. l. M HERS p sharris jnando . com CONTACT US [ PRINTER- FRIENDLY VERSION EMAIL THIS TO A FRIEND ] [ TOP NEXT T » I TRI) N ME PA ] Feedback User Agreement © The News & Observer ' ` Publishing Co . 215 S . McDowell St. T 1 of 2 12/31 / 1999 1139 AM IF or 0 IF Or Or IF OF IF to IN or I,all • .` F � AL I I j III Or OF witar It I IF dr-F — too ' L . OFerr ' .. - - - I 4`�. or - OFF. to or OF — ` is �" •! _ '. x ♦ "' " r .. . . ' OFIF - r ' I full �•.h . + 'ss r ,t 3 i mill - • a r dt IF or op or OF _ d' `' • : ; ' �� � � It 5 ' OF 11OFF "or OF I Ar .OF OF I .. Or or IF Fit 1, - IF Or ., or IV _ , IV 116 or Vim OF or I or For I _ , i t • a) IT 4Or OF I IF a Or _ 1 - . r � Or I � i - I _ - r_ - _ For I or +J T' r f ' ff •« ' -I r : Z �� - - I .for 'I : � . I For r 6 lol Or IF I IF If or IF I Ir r t .for r I IV 41Ip jl IF I to I OF OF I of IF Fi : _ y Fir; >. , . - IF 4 . IF . , r IF � - "1J . ; , . 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HALK/OT/S, WcE" CHAIR P . O . BOX 8181 MARGARET W. BROWN AL/CEM. GORDON. 200 S . CAMERON STREET x� BARRYJACOBS � HILLSBOROUGH , N . C . 27278 � MEMORANDUM TO : Staff of Advisory Boards and Commissions FROM : Nancy C . Martin, Assistant to the Clerk to the Board ' SUBJECT : * JC Penney Golden Rule Award Program * Newspaper Article About Orange County Boards and Commissions DATE : December 29 , 1999 I am enclosing some information about an award program that you may wish to present to your Advisory Board/Commission . Also , a newspaper article from the Chapel Hill Herald last week that you may wish to share with your Board/Commission . As you will see, the article is very favorable to our citizen volunteers . You Count In Orange County AREA CODE (919) 732- 8181 : 9684501 : 688- 73310v 227-2031 : FAX (919) 644- 0246 Ext. 2129 H: l4ssistantToCterk 'sDocumentst4AMEMO. doc; Last printed IZ129199 5:05 PM Volunteer Orange The Volunteer Center z : of Orange County dDecember 16 , 1999 A New Program for Recognizing your Outstanding Volunteers JCPenney to provide an opportunity to publicly We are pleased once again to partner with recognize your organ ization ' s outstanding volunteer(s) by nominating them for the JCPenney Golden ill be invited to attend an appreciation reception at the Rule Award . This year, each nominee w ill be singled out for special recognition and monetary Governor ' s Inn . While 10 of the nominees w awards for their organizations , the greatest compliment will be your support for your nominee ' s volunteer work. So , take some time to articulate how important your nominee is to your program; it ' s a very simple way to say thank you for a job well done ! JCPENNEY GOLDEN RULE AWARD PROGRAM • Only one ( 1 ) person per category may be nominated from each agency . • Deadline for the JCPenney forms to be received in the Volunteer Center office or to be postmarked is Friday , January 14 , (a, 5 p . m . • Submit the original form with 3 copies . (Total is 4 copies . ) • The competitive event awards cash donations to agencies where outstanding volunteers from the Triangle give their time ($250 for finalists; $1, 000 for winners) , • Mark your calendar for Monday , March 6 , from 4 - 6 p . m . when all nominees and nominators will be invited to a reception at the Radisson Governor ' s Inn as oo�guests of JCPenney . • inners will be published in the News & Observer. A photograph of the w TO INSURE A STRONG NOMINATION Choose a writer who knows the program and the volunteer well to fill out the form . Be brief, clear and specific in the description ; more is not necessarily better ! Have someone proof the form to see if s/he has a good idea of what the volunteer does , i . e . have you "painted a good picture" of the volunteer for the judges ? DO NOT turn in an identical form for different nominees who do the same job . Personalize each form: DEADLINE: JCPenney Golden Rule Award - January 14, 2000 KEEP THIS SHEET FOR YOUR REFERENCE A service of the Triangle United Way PO Box 845 , Chapel Hill, NC 27514 , 919 - 92M837 , volunteerorange@mindspring . com Ru Category (circle one ONLY) : Adult Youth ( DOB : 3 ' ) Group (# of volunteers ) Education 11 Nominee Name : If Group, Contact Name. Daytime Phone: ( ) Other: ( ) Street Address : City/State/Zip• Number of years nominee has volunteered : Hours per month : Employment Status (circle one) : Full -time Part-time : 'Retired School Other Has nominee previously been nominated (circle one) ? Yes Wo :. $ 1 ,000 Winner? ;.' $ 250 Finalist ? If Yes , what year Volunteer Organization : ( Name of organization for which nominee volunteers) Organization : - Phone : ( ) Street Address : City/State/Zip: , Agency Director : 501 ( C) ( 3 ) Status (circle one) _ Yes No Services provided : Verification : (Two references who may be contacted to verify the scope and extent of the nominee 's activities . References cannot include the nominee or relatives of the nominee .) Name : Organization : Phone : ( ) Street Address ICity/State/Zip : Name . Organization : Phone : ( ) Street Address : City/State/Zip: . Nominator : Name . Phone : ( ) Street Address : City/State/Zip : Signature : Date: Organization (if not affiliated with any organization , state relationship to nominee) : Print or type answem to the following't using separate sheet (s) of paper: Activity: Describe nominee 's volunteer service (s) . . . - Achievement: Did nominee accomplish desired results ? Explain. Need : Describe need for nominee's services) Impact: Describe impact or difference nominee 's service Action : Was nominee active , founder, figurehead ? Explain . made to community. Hovv ' many ;people were affected ? Initiative : Did nominee start new program , use new Challenges: Did nominee overcome challenges (physical methods to solve problems , initiate activities , promote or mental handicaps , limited resources , public perception) ? collaboration with other organizations ? Explain . 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' ' r ;i'• ;t ; :: +: 6 Ed during peak times The past ; 'sumrraer signaled' ad 0 live if '. - •' ' OWASA leaders that their system IS soft* " ' 0. reaching its current designed limits, By RAY GRONBRRG In June, demand peaked at about 14 "" E d: 'This Chapel Hitt Herald million gallons a day, close to . the ,., ^. .,Y :,^ Jones Ferry Road water . plant'§ 15 tie*l a ; `.9 � • .. : CHAPEL HILT: After • a two- • m r '`�' hiatus OWASA has illion-gallon daily capacity, do 1 . 1, added , ad beall �� Yem' renewed a , OWASA is poised to • expand its 0-0 $ a. a :: ; i, : c debate , that could lead . to the treatment . facilities early n h � y ,: i1 1 f:; :,tw ';1a�• x 1 n- replacement az' y • i 'the 4. :; . .'•. , : ,; :: _ p ment of its current rate coming decade, no matter what. But ad I a add ;;, I . structure with one that . might do board members, ; in pondering the* "ea more to promote' water ,conserva- '• utility's capital program, would like . ;;, tiori. to po stpone , -more w%' p stpo _such big=ticket I do '. ti,= 1 a '_L The : Orange Water ' and Sewer ' spending fortis longas ssible. 9 1 lot load, add; ;; Authority's board of directors -held a ' R e : aft lis told .them Thursday that did : ,' ,` : : ;: work session on the idea Thursday, OWASA's billing ' records suggest `: % %11 ' : + We - . listening carefully as consultant conservation pricing might help, ' j 1 ..Vs Ed - George Raftelis outlined three dif- mterti e., �� 11V' m consumption typically 1. add ; ferent conservation rate" systems• runs about a million. gallons below '� that: could lie .� c come part . of a new OWASAs yearly average, he said. In ,; 't a . , ; i';:: plan. erg; ;:%' ;6 0 � p the summer -- when irrigation and o _ p V , Raftelis told them that• each cooling systems are going full blast ' I I ::. ad do 0 4 0 so a lip .p U y would, from a conservation stand- s -- they run somewhat more than a ' of at 4,4 go tooOpp y CD . point, improve on the Orange Water -million gallons above the average. .c and Sewer Authority's present use The three pricing options Raftelis ' • of a uniform rate for each '1,000 gal- outlined would each attack peak � , CD ions of, water, usage. - . L-- U • • While .it might not actively ` One is ' called , "inverted block" • - 1 1 - o L : Lo encourage customers to ' waste pricing and works through a tiered • . 1 4� v p � water, uniform, pricing also doesn't rate system. Instead of • charging. ' encourage conservation, t`You're customers one price for every 1,000A me Ed 0 " Co 9 4L. o losing some opportunities," Raftelis ' gallons; a utility might'ehda ge three. ; ^i Q e said. For example, a utility might deem ' V %so IOde Nationally, conservation pricing is .add so' • gaining ground among utilities please see OWA$A/PAGE 0 IF •- - i . OWASAboard of directors would have to couldn't handle the added adm]nis- more appropriate for universi 'r � ,z Judge where to set the break points . trative burden. tY: ; .r of FROM PAGE 1 for each tier, and decide how, hefty The third option, by contrast and business users. a Ed 0416 PA ad Ia penalty to impose on waste. would. have the advantage of sim� any onservation rates would had members told Ralrelis lve."J obt The second option — "excess a household's first 10,000 gallons of use" plicity. Seasonal rates would to include UNC and the commer al , : ; pricing — is sirnilax, but would attack the problem directly by rais- cial sector. A 1997 discussion of the , ,, .•► monthly water use "essential" and attack the problem on almost a cus- ing the price of Ovate charge it $2.60 for every thousand tourer-by-customer basis. It also board when summer r across-the- idea foundered on exactly. that ' 0 ale gallons, If the household uses more uses tiers, but they would repre- Raftelis suspects that whatever A s ste r ~fed than 10,000 gallons, the price for sent a percentage of the individual rate system the , tha pomt. ' 6 ale IF $ y m that penalizes even a '' tied the excess would rise to 2.85 per - customer's average water use ends u ado tin thousand. SA board . few residential users is not some-win use a c ��: � :`: instead of a set number of gallons, nation of the three methods, rather mg colhe accept"mf the u would niversbty aM7 ' { And in the event its monthly use Raftelis said the excess-use sys- than just one. climbs beyond 25,000 gallons — tem promises bigger conservation' Inverted block business are exempt, board Chair to, levels a utility might deem waste- returns than the other two possibil- instance, might emer ' ful — the price for every additional Ties, but it would be harder to . lion for mi pricing, for man Peter Gordon said. r . rIV Val ., thousand would climb to $3.50. implement. For example, OWASA's ' bulk f resides residential cus accounts, the solu- Raftelis and the board will confer' T_ It idential accounts, the several times after the holidays inn ; ., ;: ' If OWASA opts for an inverted billing system in place less than said. 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'3t,; Iri, VIM _,a,i;YrN.'+ia7k, %24- SIT 4b IV • 1 • • • IF _ • • 1 _ • • • • • � 1 11 - • ASS IVSI� I .,y % t. . . f` • • E • - _ 1 1 1 • • 1 • 1 • '' rSI 1. ate* _ a ISO IV I TV Gila y • • • . 1 _ tIII , IT mp • . • • ' • � � � • • 1 1 • 3 4 • • • • • • • a HRA Board of Directors From the Executive Director Deborah-Amaral, President Notes from the Haw Rich Goldberg,_Vice- President I was walking across the old Bynum Bridge the other day, getting out of the Kathy Seaton, Secretary office to commune with the herons and river below, when I heard birds call an alarm, Michael Chandler, Treasurer and felt a shadow above . A bald eagle flew overhead just above me , its mighty wings Rachel Winters outstretched . We exchanged a glance, then it flew higher to catch the thermals rising Cynthia Crossen (River Watch Chair) over the hill, and circled slowly up river. It ' s always a gift to see such beautiful birds at Randy Dodd the river, and gave me new energy to tackle the latest river crisis waiting back at the Lynn Featherstone ' office. Come take a walk on this unique pedestrian bridge — I can ' t promise you ' ll see Martha Garrett (Greensboro Representa- an eagle , but the river is always inspiring . "Pumpkins on the Bynum Bridge" was tive) revived this Halloween , with some incredible pumpkin sculptures lighting up the bridge Diana Haywood railings as dusk fell. Michael Holland We 've had a great response so far to our fall membership drive - thanks Mac Jordan to everyone who has contributed. Thanks also to the many past HRA Board of Kristy Manning Director members who responded to a special appeal this summer —what great folks ! Kevin Meehan We are happy to announce a new grant from the national River Network for $ 1000 . Bill Pollitzer We are also now officially eligible for matching funds from IBM employees , so please Kathy Seaton (newsletter editor) let us know if your contribution can be matched . We have been rescued (with help Sandy Seaton (newsletter editor) from Fred Worrell, our new board member) from our most recent computer equipment Darrell Stover crisis by a donation from Glaxo Wellcome of computer equipment that is beyond our Fred Worrell wildest dreams . We are very grateful ! Other Key Volunteers We hope you ' ll think of the Haw River as the holidays draw near, and use the Martha Pentecost, current Festival Chair enclosed form to buy an HRA gift membership or a new T- shirt fora friend on your Karen Davis , T- shirt sales coordinator list ! The beautiful and bright Haw River Festival 2000 T-shirt designed by Clyde Staff Jones is here —two bright yellow snakes on a dusky blue shirt ! ! ! Thank you so much Clyde for another great design , Lynn Carter for your artwork, Jef, Karen Davis , the Elaine Chiosso , Executive Director great folks at Body Billboards and our wonderful stores that sell them ' for us . Wish- Kim Colvin , River Watch Coordinator ing everyone Happy Holidays , and see you in the next century ! Advisory Board Yours from the river, . Tom Berry Elaine Chiosso Chris and Lynne Carter David Fanen Flood Relief Nan Freeland Gail Galbraith The Piedmont, including the Haw River watershed, was spared the terrible Carol Hewitt destruction caused by floodwaters resulting from Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd, but we nities (and friends and relatives) to the east who Joe Jacob care deeply about our neighbor commu Louise Kessell lost so much . A recent benefit concert at UNC-Chapel Hill featured several perform- Jane Sharp MacRae ers who also dedicate their energies to the HRA, and several board members have Janet Mac Fall participated in clean-up efforts . If you would like to find out how to volunteer, the Margaret Pollard United Methodist Church NC Conference Disaster Response is matching volunteers to Efrain Ramirez communities that need help . Call 1 - 800- 849-4433 ext. 312 . We have heard that some Seth Reice of the environmental education centers in the coastal plain lost nearly everything due to Steve Wing flooding , and will need help rebuilding (and re-supplying their collections , equipment, Carol Hewitt books , testing kits , etc . ) If you can contribute to this effort call or e-mail Linda Rhoads a the NC Office of Environmental Education 919 -733 -0711 , or THE HAW RIVER ASSEMBLY Linda .Rhoads@ncmail . net : Or you can mail donations to the state ' s Flood Relief Fund The Haw River Assembly is a nonprofit at the Office of the Governor, 20301 Mail Service Center, Raleigh NC 27699 - 0301 , or i grassroots organization founded in call 1 - 888 - 835 -9966 to donate money, or 1 - 888-786 -7601 to donate goods and services . 1982 . Our mission is to protect and restore the Haw River and to build a HRA NEWSLETTER STAFF community that shares this vision . Our Editors : Sandy and Kathy Seaton main projects are the Haw River EDITORS ' NOTE : The Contributors : Elaine Chiosso , Kim Festival, an environmental education beautiful map of the river in the last Colvin , Deborah Amaral, Cynthia program held on the banks of the Haw issue was created by Ken and Cynthia Crossen , Randy Dodd, Kathy Seaton , for schoolchildren and the public each Crossen . Thanks , Cross ens I Rich Goldberg , Diana Haywood, Kristy spring , and the Haw River Watch, a Manning , Martha Pentecost citizens ' river monitoring network. Printed at C &F Graphics by Frank Stauffer s The River Watcber f .:: Haw River Watch Project News Kim Colvin, River Watch Project Coordinator PO Box 25, Saxapahaw NC 27340 (336) 376=9510 Email<hawriverwatch@mindspring.com - Ask Wade affect most of the benthic macro- 1 Welcome to the first addition of Ask invertebrate communities . Compounding 1 Wade ! ! River Watch ' s advisor and the effects of the low water levels were resident critter expert Wade Holland is the two floods following the drought that now fielding questions from River simply washed away most aquatic Watchers . The answers will appear in the communities still intact. The time River Watchers . Wade is an aquatic between the floods and the sample date Burlington Sewer Line insect specialist at UNC and is very wise was probably not sufficiently long enough The Burlington Sewer Line Project is in the ways of Haw River bugs . So if you to enable the aquatic communities to once again emerging from dormancy. have any questions about aquatic bugs reestablish themselves . By the winter The project has been on hold for several just let us know, sampling time, however, most of the months as Burlington submitted a revised streams should have recovered along with set of plans and the review process at the the critter populations . " DWQ was repeated. HRA was shown Please send any further questions the revised plans and has given their OK _ about sampling or aquatic insect commu- on two of the three sections of this pities to Kim and we ' ll pick a few to project. However, we still have objec- ,:.. fr answer in the next newsletter. flops to one leg of the project. The DWQ ;t = is now considering granting a public z - Winter Social at Arcadia hearing petitioned b HRA last ear, in an g P Y Y By Randy Dodd effort to allow our concerns to be j addressed and move ahead with the �y Warm your bones with hot drinks and, �= with any luck, the afternoon sunshine , permitting process . Watch for updates on while enjoying a fun and informative this situation in the next newsletter. Wade Hoiland at Work gathering . The Arcadia Common House After the fall snapshot many River will be the setting for the next River Snouffers Lake Watchers asked why the fall . Watch social on Sunday, January 30th River Watch Project is working on macroinvertebrate counts were low. So from 2600 to 4 * 00 . Wade Holland, a resolving a dangerous dam situation. this is the question we asked Wade to stream ecologist at UNC , will be sharing Several years ago the State ' s Dam Safety address . Here is his response , his insights on the macroinvertebrates that Division classified a dam in Burlington as "Just about all the River Watch teams call the Piedmont home . Kim and Kevin high risk and ordered it to be repaired or found low macroinvertebrate counts , and the steering committee will also be on breached. The dam, built in the 1930 ' s including my team. There are two logical hand to answer questions and share creating Snouffers Lake, an eight- acre and really quite simple explanations for stories . If you can , bring some yummy reservoir on Bowden Branch, poses a the low fall bug counts . The first part of snacks to share. considerable threat to residents down- the equation that must be taken into Arcadia is a cohousing residential stream. Unfortunately, the lake is part of account is the fact that all insects have community with extensive solar design an estate that was heavily in debt and the definite life cycles . In many cases , such features and community facilities . To get heirs to the estate have virtually no funds as most mayflies and some stoneflies , there, from downtown Carrboro , go to pay for the ordered repairs , so the emergence is synchronous ; all emerge at north on Greensboro Street about two process has been stalled for several years . nearly the same time in a region or miles and turn right on Barington Hills Together with the Department of Land stream. Hence, there will, be times when Road right after you see the green roofs Resources , the Department of Environ- you won ' t be able to find certain species . of McDougle School on the left. ment and Natural Resources , and the A lot of other families including our most Barington Hills turns into a private drive - owners of Snouffers Lake in Burlington, commonly seen caddisfly, however, have follow this through the woods to the we hope to help resolve the situation and many generations per year so these parking area (please park in unnumbered ensure that the most environmentally families can be seen all year long . spaces only, and carpool if you can) . The sound solution is achieved. Thus far, we This year, the summer drought that Common House has front and back have been successful in persuading the affected the entire watershed resulted in entrances , and is in the center of the heirs to both breach the dam and place many streams drying or having very low parking area . Come at 1 : 30 if you ' d like the resulting stream bank and wetland water levels . This by itself could seriously a walking tour. buffers into a conservation easement. Continued from Page One • Annual Meeting a work together to make the River come alive in the young minds that hold the hope Great Success of its future . In 1995 the Assembly began its Haw River Watch program with funding We had a glorious fall day for the from the Z Smith Reynolds Foundation and the EPA. River Watch is a volunteer Annual HRA Membership Meeting up at citizen program that regularly monitors the health of the Haw and many of its Cedarock Park. Some of us gathered early tributaries . Currently, over 150 volunteers provide quarterly inspections at 43 for a round of Frisbee golf, and exploring the sites . In addition to coordinating the effort and providing training for new volun- trails at the park. Jan Burger and Donovan teers , Kim Colvin, the paid part time coordinator, also provides River Watch data Zimmerman held a workshop on puppet to several state environmental agencies , making that drew a big crowd of kids and Since 1991 the HRA has sponsored a clean-up of the River ' s banks , at adults who learned some fundamentals and 12 sites from Burlington of Jordan Lake, a program involving more than 1500 then created two big puppet forms them- volunteer hours annually: The most recent new initiative of the HRA, the purchase selves . Thanks Jan and Donovan ! Kevin and perpetual protection of lands along the river' s borders , has borne fruit this and Kim lead a river watch monitoring down autumn with the purchase of the springs that are the headwaters of the Haw, the hill at Rock Creek, and showed how our HRA Hires Executive Director new sediment monitoring devices work. We In 1996 , when the load of increasing activities began to get more and held elections for the 2000 Board of more clearly beyond the capacities of an all volunteer administration, the HRA Directors and welcomed new members Board of Directors hired a part time Executive Director, Elaine Chiosso , and Randy Dodd, Martha Garrett and Fred established an office in the little Haw River mill town of Bynum. We also set up an Worrell. We give a BIG thanks to outgoing office for River Watch , next to the Saxapahaw Post Office, thanks to the Jordan members Jane Sharp MacRae , Toby family. This major step in the growth of the organization has proven a good one, Considine, Cecelia Carver, Seth Reice and helping the HRA to become an even stronger voice for the river and for conser- Liz Seymour for all their help over the years . vation in the watershed. Kristy Manning was honored for her Having a staff director, whose main job is to keep the HRA focused and leadership as HRA president for the past two active in pursuit of our goals , has greatly enhanced our ability to run our numerous years , Lynn Featherstone and Deborah projects smoothly and effectively. We are increasing our outreach activities with Amaral for their amazing and successful citizens of the watershed , coordinating efforts with state agencies involved in work on river land conservation and watershed protection , and participating in coalition building with other river restoration and Kim and Kevin for their protection groups across the state . As we have grown, we have become a much accomplishments with River Watch and more significant voice for you . But this growth has also significantly increased our fighting pollution on the Haw. Elaine was annual operating costs_ Aside from staff salaries (still too low) and rent (also presented a gift certificate for amuch- extremely low, thanks to our landlords) there are costs for attending meetings , needed massage, for her tireless (well, maybe producing and mailing newsletters , and maintaining Internet access and modem sometimes tiring) work as Executive office equipment. Currently, much of the director' s time and energy goes to Director. We held our breaths as the Raffle raising money for operations . Elaine is constantly involved in scrambling for funds Prizes were drawn (Mary Linker won the through multiple small projects such as benefit concerts , raffles , auctions , and tent ! ) . Thanks again to Townsend and selling t- shirts , rather than using her time to work directly on conservation Bertam Outfitters in Carrboro for donating projects . Membership dues thus far in 1999 have provided approximately $ 6 , 000 the tent, Mark Hewitt for the gorgeous in support, and other individual donations have added another $ 8 ,000 , of our total Pottery pitcher, Rock Rest Adventures for budget of $ 55 , 000 , (A much more realistic budget of $71 , 500 has been proposed the canoe trip , and Dede Banks for the for 2000 . ) Grants help , and in fact have occasionally in the past provided the massage . The afternoon ended with a tasty majority of our funding , but there is no certainty from year to year of getting potluck dinner and more conversation and grants , and they cannot provide long-term operational stability. music around the fireplace . Membership throughout the Watershed In order to establish ourselves as a stable voice for conservation in the ;? coming century, we have begun to develop a more substantial base of membership %= ;�' funding for our operations . We feel that every resident who lives in the Haw River :': � ;;`;: � ! to Basin (and there are hundreds of thousands of us) benefits from our work, and is a -�^ oil __m _ ___ potential member ! We hope in the future to rely on grants and special events only111 to start up new , long-term projects and provide one-time funding for special needs . We see a real need to establish an endowment to provide some income to carry us 1ur f�n"�y I'tt';St� ,k i11��r M, 1l f� through difficult years, a Capital Fund to provide money for large expenses such as � � � ,4WIV+ ,�"� i� i ' ; t;' office equipment, and a Revolving Fund to cover up-front expenses of the Land h� Conservation project . If you are experienced in organizational planning or r , fundraising and would like to help us in this endeavor, please contact Kristy " Manning , who has volunteered to be our new Fund-Raising Chair, at 545 -0286 . £^ 'tom ' `�'`' " More Land Proposed Golf Developments in p p Committee Projects Chatham Threaten Water Quality Continued from Page One One new and one "recycled ' plan for large up- scale housing and com- mercial developments , surrounding golf courses , have been proposed for It ' s OK to open your eyes , and breathe, Chatham County. We have many concerns about the effect of these large devel- now, because the completion of the opments on the Haw River and Jordan Lake . Golf courses can double as spray headwaters purchase has opened the way fields for treated waste water from these housing developments on more rural to work on land protection projects for (cheaper) land, where there are no sewer hookups , but we must take a hard look several additional properties in the water- at the environmental costs . Has the Haw River watershed become more attractive shed. HRA has been working with Mon' for these golf developments because the stricter nutrient and buffer requirements Bates and John Lepri to protect land on the in the Neuse River watershed are making developers look elsewhere ? All the Mears Fork, a tributary of the Haw River more reason to call for greater buffers and nutrient limits in the next Cape Fear just below the Headwaters . Mike Holland, Basin Management Plan (which includes the Haw River) HRA has been well Kevin Meehan , Bob White , Deborah represented researching and speaking on these issues at public hearings by two of Amaral , and Lynn Featherstone have been our board members . They have summarized the issues below. working with landowners in Swepsonville on a second project, to remove two old, Hunter Is Hollow unused dams on the Haw River. HRA is By Richard Goldberg negotiating with two of the landowners to The proposal to build a mega- development, "Hunters ' Hollow" , in purchase their land , to remove portions of northern Chatham County, has been withdrawn by the developers because of the dams , and to place the land in conser- intense opposition from county residents . The proposal called for almost 1000 vation. HRA proposes to transfer owner- houses and townhouses , with an additional 600 units to be added later, 1 million ship of the dam properties to the Town of square feet of retail and office space, and an 18 hole golf course . To give Swepsonville, for use as parks . The U . S . you a sense of the scope of this project, Southern Village in Chapel Hill has about 1400 Fish and Wildlife Service has taken units , and Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh has 1 . 3 million square feet of retail sediment samples above one of the dams space . HRA board members spoke at several public hearings , opposing the for analyses requested by the landowners . planned development because of its potential negative effect on water quality. These sediment studies will also be necessary for the Environmental Impact About 90 °Io of the 1200 acres of hardwood forest would have been cut down,Statement that will eventually be required according to , the proposal . Water quality in Pokeberry and Wilkinson Creeks ,for this project. The Army Corps of tributaries of the Haw River, would have been degraded by the pesticides , herbicides , and spraying of treated wastewater on the golf course and home sites . Engineers has begun planning for the Similar developments are likely to be proposed for this area in the future ; the demolition process . Opening up the dams HRA will be ready to examine them closely. will restore the flow of the river, increasing aeration and improving water quality and riparian habitat . Harris Tract at Jordan Lake Proposals to purchase land and By Diana Haywood conservation easements along the river and Remember Astoria, the fought- over golf course development bordering tributaries in the Alston Quarter, near Jordan Lake ? Astoria was never built, after being narrowly approved by the Saxapahaw, and to acquire land for Chatham County Commissioners several years ago . HRA had joined the many conservation along the river and a tributary voices against a development of this size being built in such an environmentally at Oak Ridge, are also under development. sensitive area. Keith Meggison, county planner, stated Astoria would have to go HRA is supporting the City of Graham ' s back through the planning process if a new developer made any changes . Blue/ Greenway proposal to the Clean Water Green Corp . bought the plans from the previous developer and made some Management Trust Fund, with a commit- changes , including changing the name to Harris Tract. In November, Meggison ment to scout and help maintain new hiking advised the planning board that the changes were not significant enough to and canoe trails along the river. HRA is warrant going back through the process . Based on that advice (which we also working with landowners on prospects disagreed with) , the planning board voted in favor of the plan (with Srozier and for improving their wastewater treatment LeGrys opposed) . At the county commissioner meeting in November, Blue/Green processes , and on removal of a nuisance Corp presented a preliminary plat for approval . Commissioner Gary Phillips dam in Burlington , which could lead to requested that Bob Gunn , county attorney, refrain from advising the Board on restoration of wetlands . It ' s an exciting Harris Tract, since he had testified in court and made subsequent statements time for the Land Conservation Commit- thereafter favorable to Astoria. Phillips ' request was denied, and the preliminary tee , with so many new opportunities to plat approved with his the sole vote against it. The developers are now seeking protect the Haw River from future federal and state licenses needed to proceed with the project . The county has not development and improve water quality yet allocated water for this development, which could turn out to be a critical and habitat. issue. ,nth ANNVAZ New River Watch �aL Field Guide By Cynthia Crossen Hot off the presses ! ! The River Watch fRW RMR FESTIVAI Project has created The Haw River Watch Macroinvertebrate Manual , funded by grants from the Cemala Foundation Inc . and the Z . Smith Reynolds Foundation. Each River Watch By Martha Pentecost monitoring team will receive a free copy of this new field guide which is specific to the Haw The most fascinating thing the Festival steering committee has dealt River watershed . with for 2000 has been the schedule . Because Easter falls very late this year, The new manual describes in detail how school spring breaks fall late and throw off our usual schedule . This year we to find macroinvertebrate critters in the Haw and forego the orderly movement of sites from upriver to down, and take a week' s its tributaries . Lots of large , beautiful illustra- break ! Seethe calendar on the back page for a complete list of sites and dates . bons make identification easier. Guilrock is a new site for the Festival . A Methodist camp with 200 The manual reflects the method our acres , it offers a looping path right on the river, easy bus parking, a screened River Watch teams have been using to collect shelter we can work with for raindays . The crew can use the indoor kitchen , water quality data, which is based on the Izaak shelter, canoes , and playing field . There are plenty of SHOWERS and even Walton League , s classification of pollution bunk bed accomodations at no extra cost. And, speaking of cost, the price is sensitive and pollution tolerant organisms . lower than what we were paying at Brown Summit. Included in the manual is an updated list of North The steering committee is also in search of a new coordinator. Carol Carolina officials that citizens can call to report Hewitt helped us focus on what we need in a coordinator and what questions we water quality problems , stream mismanagement, can ask to find such a person . If no one steps forward from the crowd of past or emergencies , or to ask general stream-oriented volunteers , we may be hiring someone with no experience of this particular— questions , very particular river festival . This hasn ' t happened in awhile . Kudos to these River Watch Project But the steering committee is cooking . members for creating an excellent tool for Haw . River Watchers : River Watch Project Coordina- tor Kim Colvin, who wrote and compiled most of the manual ; entomologist Wade Holland, who ided a wealth of information about �d'Vct �1V@Y' prov macroinvertebrates in our watershed ; Board 1 = 1.ct V p -vw ct -wv T h Q 2i 2000 member Kevin Meehan , who did the streamside illustrations ; HRA Director Elaine Chiosso , for the summary of Haw River issues ; photographer Mly Ken Crossen, for the digital photo ; watershed modeler Randy Dodd, for editorial comments and 10 sites from 6 u r I i n g to n to Jordan Lake help with the resource list ; River Watch Comim MCM11 11, 2000 tee chair Cynthia Crossen, for editing and assembling the manual in Adobe Pagemaker ; and Jesse Crossen , for many hours of scanning illustrations . We are grateful for permission to You ' ll feel great and so will the river ! some teams use canoes , some have lots of use illustrations from Aquatic Entomology by W. 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Townsend and Bertram, Carrboro Remy's Corner Market, Hwy 87 Bynum General store Great Outdoors Provision Co. Sweet Tea & Grits, Raleigh New Horizons Trading Co. , Pittsboro (and at the HRA office — we'll ship, add $ 3 ) Haw River Assembly Non-Profit P. O . Box 187 U. S . Postage Bynum, NC 27228 PAID Chapel Hill 27514 Permit No . 490 Address Service Requested Orange County PO Box8181 208 S . Cameron St Hillsborough, NC 27278