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.. ~: - <br />.: 1~~ <br />~~~~ <br /> <br />r <br />Board should be secured as he understood from newspaper articles that there <br />was some question of the availability of those services to the project. <br />Mr. McAdams: "I would say there is no question of the availability; <br />only a question of the amount of charge per tap." He added that the charge <br />by the To.wa of Hillsborough was not in question but a surcharge which would <br />go to the school. system under an agreement in 1973 rd'ien lines were extended <br />to the Grady Brown School was being disputed. Mr. McAdams provided details <br />of the agreement. The developer appealed to the School Hoard to xeduce the <br />surcharge due to the. volume umber of uni.ts~ and the School Board declined. <br />tor. McAdams said the developer has decided that it would be cheaper to extend <br />the water and sewer lines by another method rather than paying the surcharge. <br />The lines would- be extended for 30 feet from Oakdale IJrive~ and a water boost <br />pump station would be utilized. <br />Commissioner 4Jillhoit: Asked in terms of long range services to tt:= ' <br />area if "that is the most xdEal method" of provision. <br />Mr. McAdams: Said the the utilization of a water pump booster station <br />would enhance the water pressures raising the water pressure in the entire area • <br />so that a71 users i.n the area would benefit. <br />Commisai.oner 4Jhitted: Asked Mr. McAdams if there was a sketch plan <br />available for the next planned phase. Mr. McAdams responded that he does <br />have one but not with with him at this hearing. Commissioner 4Jhitted said he <br />was particularly concerned was the safety factor of the streets. He added <br />that ''.he had bean to Phase I and while he would not call it pavements he'd <br />accept that term. He asked if this "pavement" was the same as was planned for <br />the axes requested for rezoning. and if it was the same as i..n the mobile home <br />park ~he Timbers. Mr. .McAdams said the mobile home park had two inches of <br />"asphaltic treatment" but that the loop road within the park was paved to State <br />~. <br />secondary road standards. Commissioner ~•Jhitted said he had two fuxther concerns: <br />1)• that with regard to Phase I~ 'the e~d.ating unita~ the developer had not __.. <br />provided maintenance of the roads during snow and a.ce storms so that'conaequent. . <br />residents had parked along Orange Grove Road creating a "safety hazardin ands <br />2) with regard to the "sheer numbers" of those who would be living i_n the <br />existing units the mobile home park and the planned units the egress axed ingress <br />on the hilly along with the existing traffic on Orange Grove Road produced a safety <br />hazard. Commissioner ~.itted asked if improved safety design could be considered <br />and incorporated. <br />