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,- JOINT RESOLUTION A Joint-Re~olution By The City of Kannupo]is, Tile City of concord, The Town of Mount ~]easan~ and The County o~ caburrus, North Carolina Betting Forth a Stutel,c~t in Regard to ~he ClasBification of Water Supply Watersheds in and Around the Four Local Governments WHEREAS, the State of North C~rolina is in the process of instituting a progr.~m desig,:ed to significmntly control development in water supply watersheds in order to ]~$sen the potential of pollution within those watershed.~, and, hue, in fact, preliminary watershed protection c]as$ificutions to the various local WHEREAS, the Four Local Governments are in general agreement with the purpose and intenl; cf the State's progra~ll o~ protecting ~he local and statewide water supply resou£'cesy and, WHEREAS, the Four Local Covernments are also cognizant of the need to balance environments] protection requirements with the need for reasonable local growth and development opportunities: and~ WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina has invited the Four Local Governments to co~l~i,ent on the preliminary water supply watershed protection classifications and proposed Rule changes; ~ NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Kannapolis, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Concord, the Board of Col~%issioners of the Town of Mount Pleasant and the Board of Co~missioners of the County of Cabarrus do resolve as follows: :'hat the Water Supply Impoundment on Yadkin Coddle Creek now under construction and its drainage area from its source to the dar,, in the vicinity of NC 73 be classified as a WS II Watershed. .'2. That the remainder of the Yadkin Coddle Creek Watershed be removed from Mater Supply Watershed designation. 3. That Kannapolis Lake on Yadkin Irish Buffalo Creek and its dr~inaoe area a'bove the dam be classified as a WS III Watershed. ~. That the portion of the Yadkin Coldwater Creek Water Supply Watershed draining below the dams on Lake Concord and Lake Fisher be removed from Mater Supply Watershed designation. 5.That Lake Fisher on Yadkin Co]dwater Creek and its drainage area above the dam be classified as a WS ~It Watershed. 6. That Luke Concord and its dr~in@pe are~ above the ({all, be separated frul,, thy Yadkin Co]dwater Creek Watershed, be designated as the "Yzdkin Patterson Branch I~atershed", and be classified as a WS IV 14atershed. · 7. That the Yadkin Dutch Buffalo Creek Watershed be designated as a l~S II Watershed. /8. That the definition of "critical area" be the area extending one-half (]/2) mile from the normal pool elevation rather than one (1) mile. 9. That the definition of "existing development" be rewritten to recognize ~ additional legal and traditional concepts of vested rights and be tied to the actual or mandatory date of local ordinance adoption whichever comes first. 10.That 1LA NCAC 2B.O104(t), purporting to require Rule compliance for new / developments in water supplies occurring after September 30, 1991 but before local ordinances are in place and. threatening sanctions against local