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RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION
ENCOURAGING THE CONTINUED EFFORTS OF THE WHEREAS, the Rappahannock River Basin Commission has been involved in a multi-year effort to develop a framework for basin-wide water supply and resource planning for the Rappahannock Basin; and WHEREAS, in 2000, the Commission formed the Water Allocation Group and directed them to develop recommendations for the Commission and its members; and WHEREAS, based on the recommendations of the Water Allocation Group, the Commission has made several recommendations to the Governor, the Secretary of Natural Resources, the General Assembly and the State Water Commission about improving water supply planning in the Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, the Commission has developed Guiding Principles for Water
Resource Planning in the WHEREAS, the Commission believes that water resource planning in the Rappahannock Basin should include the concepts of proactive planning, supply side and demand side management, ground and surface water source development and protection, self-sufficiency and regional cooperation, public involvement and ecological integrity; and WHEREAS, the Commission further believes that the broadest possible array of stakeholders must be empowered to participate from the earliest stages of any water resource planning effort; and
WHEREAS, the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors is an active
member of the Rappahannock River Basin Commission and encourages the
Commission’s efforts to improve the spirit of cooperation within the RESOLVED by the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors this 20th day of October 2003, That the Rappahannock River Basin Commission and its Water Allocation Group be, and are hereby, encouraged to continue efforts in improving the effectiveness of water supply planning in the Rappahannock Basin; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Board of Supervisors supports the intent
of the Rappahannock River Basin Commission’s Guiding Principles for
Water Resource Planning and encourages all involved in water resource
planning in the |