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Orange County <br />F-7rdm"A <br />306-A Revere Road I-PO-BOX-8181 <br />Rillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Phone: (919)245-2597, Fax: (919) 644-3351 <br />Memorandum <br />To: Greene Tract Work Group <br />t <br />Date: February 26, 2002 <br />Re: Sewer Extmdon to Greene Tract <br />On February 25th, County Engineer Paul Thames and I met with OWASA Engineering <br />Manager Todd Spencer to explore alternative means of extending sewer to the portion of <br />the Greene Tract being considered for development (based on discussions at the <br />February 2e meeting). <br />From an engineering standpoint, the most efficient and direct method of providing <br />access to the site continues to be via Bolin Creek However, the following alternatives <br />have been identified and explored in a preliminary way. <br />1. Bohn Creek Parallel, Existing Terminus to Greene Tract Boundary <br />This option wouldextend the existing sewer line from its current terminus on <br />Bohn Creek northeast of the Homestead Road/Rogers Road intersection. <br />However, rather than placing the line along the creek, this option would offset <br />the line extension to the northwest of Bolin Creek and parallel the creek to the <br />Greene Tract boundary. The extension of sewer could then move north of the <br />Bolin Creek corridor as it crosses the Greene Tract boundary, avoiding the <br />sensitive bottomland hardwoods along the creek on the Greene Tract The sewer <br />line could be routed in a manner to minimize disturbance along the creek and <br />reduce the amount of clearing necessary. While OWASA requires a 30-foot wide <br />easement for its sewer mains, it would be possible to limit the cleared portion to <br />only 20 feet minor adjustments to the alignment could also be made to avoid <br />larger specimen trees and retain the buffer along the creek to the greatest extent <br />possible. <br />This option would avoid more expensive pumping of sewer by using gravity lines, <br />and would be able to serve almost all of the proposed affordable housing area (on <br />