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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 16, 2010 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. $~ <br />SUBJECT: Rogers Road Area Well and Septic Survey and Assessment Report <br />DEPARTMENT: Health & Housing and PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Community Development <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />PowerPoint Presentation <br />Report of Findings for Rogers-Eubank <br />Area Survey, Well and Septic <br />Assessment <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Tom Konsler 245-2360 <br />Tara Fikes 245-2490 <br />Rosemary Summers 245-2411 <br />PURPOSE: To provide the Board of Commissioners with the results of the assessment of well <br />and septic systems in the Rogers-Eubank Road area. <br />BACKGROUND: In June of 2009, Orange County determined an interest in pursuing an <br />application for Community Development Block Grant funding from the State of North Carolina <br />for water and sewer infrastructure improvements to the Rogers Road neighborhood. The <br />Orange County Health Department was asked to provide a statement of need based on <br />widespread septic system failures in this area. The statement prepared lacked information that <br />could only be obtained from an on site survey of septic system performance. Although UNC <br />had earlier conducted a collaborative investigation of water quality, those results were not <br />available for consideration. <br />Staff members met several times in 2009 with community representatives, the UNC student <br />chapter of Engineers without Borders, UNC Epidemiology faculty, and others to explore the <br />neighborhood's concerns. In October of 2009, Minister Robert Campbell submitted a request to <br />the Health Director to conduct a survey of the area to document well and septic system failures. <br />In November the Board of County Commissioners approved funding to pay for water sampling <br />costs for the survey. Staff subsequently received approval for reimbursement of the sampling <br />costs to be paid by the state's Bernard Allen Memorial Emergency Drinking Water Fund. <br />The attached PowerPoint presentation and preliminary report show the results of the well and <br />septic system survey which was conducted in 4 days during the first two weeks of 2010. The <br />Board of Health received the report at its February meeting. <br />