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<br />• landowner with firsthand, personal experience as the victim of illegal dumping of hazardous/toxic <br />waste on his property at the Peach Orchard Road bridge over McKee Creek; <br />• owner/operator of a former dairy (now beef cattle) farm; <br />• experience with local industry as a Philip Morris USA retiree; <br />• experience with economic and environmental sustainability as a co-founder and current owner of <br />Amazon Exotic Hardwood International, Inc., a small business which imports tropical hardwoods <br />certified by the Forest sustainability Council; and <br />• service as an alternate member on the Cabarrus County Planning & Zoning Commission. <br />Currently, the Watershed Improvement Commission is focusing on improving both the quality and quantity of <br />water resources in Cabarrus County, including streams flowing into our water supply reservoirs. Watershed <br />protection goes hand in hand with the current planning initiatives being implemented by Cabarrus County, along <br />with local municipalities. <br />In recent years, our attention has shifted to three primary tasks: 1) controlling and preventing erosion and <br />sedimentation, 2) restoring streams and wetlands, and 3) stormwater runoff and floodplain management. When <br />our Commission facilitated adoption of the county's Erosion and Sedimentation Control Ordinance in 1998, <br />responsibility for conducting public hearings on appeals of fines levied for violation of the ordinance was <br />assigned to our Commission. <br />Since Mr. Divine is self-employed, he has a flexible schedule that would enable him to serve as both an <br />altemate member of the Planning and Zoning and a regular member of the Watershed Improvement <br />Commission. We would view Mr. Divine as an unofficial liaison between these two commissions, just as <br />Commissioner Mynatt serves as the liaison between your board and ours. <br />Don Kelly and I appreciate the opportunity to serve the citizens of Cabarrus County and we want to thank you in <br />advance for your consideration of our endorsement of Gene Divine's application for the vacant position on the <br />Watershed Improvement Commission. <br />Page 2 of 2 <br />Item# 23 <br />Attachment number 1 <br />H - 5 Page 240 of 253 <br /> <br />i <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />s <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />