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CATAWBA RIVER CORRIDOR STUDY PURPOSE To develop a consensus building document which will provide a workable plan for how the Catawba River should develop. The document will be used for future policy decisions by local governments who are either on the Catawba River or are affected by the River. COUNTIES INVOLVED Centralina will be asking its member counties which border the River (Mecklenburg, Gaston, Lincoln and Iredell) to participate in the study. Catawba County (which also borders the River) will also be invited to participate. Other Centralina counties such as Union and Cabarrus have expressed an interest in participating. STUDY FORMAT The study will be using a "strategic planning model" which has been successfully used in many other counties in the Centralina region and elsewhere in North Carolina as a decision-making tool. The following is a chronological summary of the steps taken in generating the study: a. Creating a Steering Committee A Steering Committee comprised of 15-25 persons will be formed. The Steering Committee will contain members of the Catawba River Task Force and other representatives appointed by the various Boards of Commissioners. All counties participating will have the same number of members on the Task Force. The purpose of the Steering Committee is to (i) select key areas of concern to be studied, (ii) review a Status Report of the River Corridor, and (iii) approve the final study document prior to submission to the individual Boards of Commissioners. b. Development of a River Status Report The report will take a comprehensive look at past and present conditions and trends along the River corridor. Areas which will be examined include (i) land use, (ii) soil conditions, (iii) water quality, (iv) development and demographic trends, etc. The purpose of the report is to give all players involved a comprehensive overview