INC NEWS - NE Creek/Jordan Lake: tree-save requirements (and more) needed

Mon Jul 9 16:53:45 EDT 2007

Hello everyone. Please try to attend the upcoming
Public Hearing on Jordan Lake Water Quality (by the NC
Division of Water Quality) at Carrboro Century Center
at 6:30 PM on July 12 (this Thursday).

I can make very little sense of the rules listed, but
hope that I can make a case for control/reduction of
mass grading, at the very least.

If you can't make the meeting, and you have some
understanding of legal ordinances/rules/contracts/etc.
(i.e. you can understand this stuff). I'd greatly
appreciate it if you'd have a look at the weblink
below and offer any suggestions/concerns about things
as they now stand.

Here's the weblink:
http://orangepolitics.org/2007/07/hearing-on-proposed-jordan-lake-rules/

--Melissa

--- pat carstensen <pats1717 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> There is a big effort going on with respect to the
> water quality in Jordan 
> Lake -- hearing in Carrboro in mid July.  I've been
> putting off trying to 
> understand it, but will chase it down.
> 
> It would probably help to have examples of what we
> mean by low impact design 
> (note: it may be in the attached documents -- I'm
> just getting to this so 
> haven't read attachments)
> 
> Ed says another thing to ask for is better
> protection on the stream 
> corridors
> 
> Regards, pat
> 
> 
> >From: Melissa Rooney <mmr121570 at yahoo.com>
> >To: pats1717 at hotmail.com, Cefabernathy at aol.com
> >Subject: NE Creek/Jordan Lake: tree-save
> requirements (and more) needed
> >Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:47:54 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >Hi Pat and Cathy. As you know, a month or so ago,
> >South Durham neighbors, including Carol Young, Liz
> >Pullman, Colleen and Randall Haithcock, and Wendy
> >Jacobs and George Brine, met to discuss the
> problems
> >with S. Durham development and what we can do to
> try
> >to rectify these problems.
> >
> >The biggest initiative, we decided, was trying to
> get
> >remaining areas of South Durham, that feed into the
> NE
> >Creek tributaries to Jordan Lake, designated as
> >Conservation areas. And to have more stringent
> >restrictions on this UDO designation for
> >reduction/elimination of mass grading, and
> protection
> >of large/old trees with extensive root systems.
> Along
> >these lines, we agreed that requiring 'low impact
> >design' requirements in the conservation
> subdivision
> >requirements of the UDO was imperative.
> >
> >I have attached a document prepared by George
> Brine,
> >regarding the necessity to protect the Upper New
> Hope
> >River Basin (including NE Creek) in order to
> preserve
> >the integrity of the water at Jordan Lake.
> >
> >In addition, I have also attached a much less
> >scientific 'article' I wrote regarding my recent
> kayak
> >tour of the section of NE creek nearest Jordan
> Lake.
> >
> >I am still trying to get other members of our S.
> >Durham coalition to provide more data/documents for
> a
> >'package' to present to the JCCPC.
> >
> >There is a woman at UNC whose graduate thesis is on
> >Jordan lake and its tributaries, notably NE Creek.
> She
> >has done water studies and found fecal and
> bacterial
> >contaminants at alarming levels and has come up
> with
> >some potential solutions (well, treatments...). She
> >defends her thesis in August. Between you and me,
> I'm
> >hoping to schedule her to make a presentation at
> the
> >BOCC or JCCPC meeting that month. It would have to
> be
> >August, since she's pregnant and due later that
> month.
> >
> >The UNC graduate student is Robin Bolte, and there
> are
> >a few brief webpages showing her involvements:
>
>http://studentorgs.unc.edu/envrso/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=120&Itemid=58
> >
> >Incidentally, a quick internet search took me to
> the
> >following website, where on page 3 it explains that
> >there is fecal coliform contamination of New Hope
> >Creek (1377 acres' and 25 miles' worth) and of NE
> >Creek (8.5 miles' worth, along with 1.5 miles of
> >habitat degradation). Morgan Creek has 5.1 miles of
> >sedimentation. And this was back in 2002! Lord
> knows
> >how bad it is now.
> >
>
>http://www.hawriver.org/library/newsletters/Summer_2002.pdf
> >
> >It would be great if Ms. Bolte would agree to make
> a
> >presentation at an upcoming INC meeting. And if we
> >could make protection of the NE Creek/Jordan Lake
> >(Durham County's portion anyway) a top priority of
> the
> >INC, including more stringent requirements in
> >development of the little remaining land in South
> >Durham.
> >
> >At any rate, I have attached both George and my
> >documents, as well as photos I took of the NE Creek
> >that hopefully demonstrate the problem of
> >sedimentation.
> >
> >This is a far more important initiative to me right
> >now than the development of a planning webpage for
> >Durham citizens.
> >
> >Anything you can offer by way of advice or
> information
> >(something to include in our 'package' for the
> JCCPC,
> >perhaps?) would be MOST appreciated.
> >
> >I am out of town in early July and August, but I
> could
> >be around for a presentation to the JCCPC in
> >September. If this included input from the local
> >division of the Sierra Club, that would be most
> >excellent.
> >
> >Just wanted to get this to you before the INC
> meeting,
> >so that we can consider the best way to phrase this
> >'priority' when we vote tomorrow night.
> >
> >Thanks!
> >Melissa
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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