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r <br />• <br />• <br />• <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 4, 2002 <br />Action Age da <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: No Fault Well Repair Fund Policy <br />DEPARTMENT: Health PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Special Use Permit Excerpt <br />No Fault Well Repair Fund Policy <br />Process and Time Guidelines <br />Application Form <br />Sample Reports from ASC's Consultant <br />Board of Health Hearing Procedures <br />4/7/02 Community Meeting <br />Announcement Distributed by <br />Empowerment Project <br />4/7/02 Meeting Attendance Sign-in List <br />Signed Comments from Community <br />Members <br />Brochure Distributed by Empowerment <br />Project <br />5/30/02 Planning Director Memorandum <br />Clarifying Issues in Empowerment <br />Project Brochure <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Rosemary Summers, ext 2411 <br />Ron Holdway, ext. 2371 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approving the policy for administering the No Fault Well Repair Fund. <br />BACKGROUND: The Board of Commissions approved a special use permit for American <br />Stone to continue operating the quarry off NC Highway 54 through 2030. As a condition of the <br />special use permit, American Stone established a No Fault Well Repair Fund (NFWRF) for <br />those residents whose property is within 3,000 feet of the perimeter of the quarry and who <br />experience well failures not directly attributable to the quarry operation. The initial fund amount <br />is $87,500 and can be augmented by $20,000 per year if needed to meet the claims of the <br />residents within the defined zone. Well failures that area "probable result" of the quarry <br />operation must be handled exclusively by American Stone at their expense. <br />Staff attended two meetings regarding the NFWRF. The first included an American Stone <br />representative and their consultants along with planning and environmental health staff. A <br />second meeting included the County Manager and additional representatives from the County's <br />Planning Department, Environmental Health, Budget Office, and Engineer's Office. As a result <br />of these meetings, it was agreed that the health department staff would be the primary oversight <br />agency for administering the fund. The points below are expanded in the attached policy <br />statement. <br />