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Attachment 3 5 Orange County Staff Comments on Rogers Road Small Area Plan Task Force Report Cost of Water /Sewer Improvements (County Manager's Office): The most problematic part of implementation may be gaining public financing for water /sewer improvements and the most controversial the Homestead -like exemption to address long term property ownership and affordability. It should be clear that grants are to be primary or sole funding source for water and sewer improvements. Claim of Well Contamination (Solid Waste): Comment in second paragraph (p 9, History) regarding contaminated wells is absolutely not true; not a single piece of reliable /legitimate evidence has ever been presented, and two series of evaluations of local wells by the Orange County Health Dept. has in fact concluded no trace of landfill contamination has been discovered. The County strongly refutes this assertion. Roadways Problematic (Solid Waste): Given the minimal landfill buffers and storm water and other landfill support features that are present, it seems unlikely that the roadways noted would be feasible from a regulatory perspective. It is also not likely that public roadways would be considered located so close to the actual waste disposal cells. Alternative routes should be explored. Use of Neville Tract (Solid Waste): The Neville Tract is an essential component of landfill operations, serving as the source of final cover soil for landfill closures (C &D landfill will close approximately 2027) and is the site where emergency storm debris is stored following being ground. Until a new location for emergency storm debris management is obtained, this tract is a critical part of local emergency management infrastructure. Planning efforts should focus on the Greene Tract and assume Neville is not available for some time. Protection of Streams and Wetland (Environment and Resource Conservation Department (ERCD) Special care should be taken to avoid encroachment on two Bolin Creek headwater streams and associated wetlands on this property as identified by Goldstein & Associates, Inc. (2000). A copy of the Goldstein report is available from ERCD. Any school facilities should be designed and sited to avoid the Bolin Creek headwater streams and associated wetlands by Goldstein & Associates, Inc. (2000). Construction of Trails and Other Recreation Opportunities on the Greene Tract: (ERCD) ERCD supports the construction of natural trails and a paved greenway trail as long as those facilities are properly located to minimize adverse