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r 2b" 1 rllh.vTi•;s ORANGE COUNTY BOAR) OF COP•.T•IISSIONERS PUELIC riEETING - PROPOSED EFLAND SEPdER PROJECT AUGUST 14, 1984 The Orange County Beard of Commissioners met on August 14, 1984 at 7:30 p.m. in the Superior Courtroom in Hillsborough, North Carolina for the purpose of holding a public meeting on the proposed Efland Sevrer Project. ~Q°rZt~3SIONERS PRESEt:Tz Chail DOri i~illhoit, and Commissioners Shirley Marshall, Ben Lloyd, t;orman E~7alker and Richard 6~Thitted. Chair I~Tillhoit explained the purpose of the public meeting is to provide answers and to receive comment from the citizens living in the Efland area that i:s proposed to be served by the sewer line. John I~icAdams, Consulting Engineer for the proposed project, made the presentation starting with the history of the progress of the project to this time. In an effort to find a solution far the failing septic tanks and to develop a sewer system in the Efland area, t~2cAdams was contracted in September, 1983 to undertake a study of. the feasibility of running a sewer line to much of the developed area in Cheeks Township. Phase T of this report proposed that a sewer line be built along Highway 70 from Hillsborough to the Efland Cheeks School and Efland Estates area. McP_dams pointed out on the map the area that would have sewer service. According to records there are 212 developed properties -mostly residential that would be potential customers. IicAdams noted the total cost of the project as 51,154,300. Orange County has sought grants, totaling 5818,000 of the construction cost, that would not need to be paid back. Grants total 71~ of the project cost. The 5136,000 remaining would need to be a loan. paid by Orange County. He outlined the annual costs of 561,885 to be paid by the users through their monthly sewer bills. The term of the FHA loan is 38 years. The repayment of the County's loan would come from future tap fees. PICAdams presented a chart (copy in the permanent agenda file) showing what the monthly sewer rates would need to be in order to pay for the operation of the system and pay off the debt, and indicated how the user fees would generate the money needed for the total cost of operating the system. FIe explained that the sewer bill would be added to the water bill. The County would build the main trunk lines and provide a 4-inch stub out pipe at each property for tap on; the collection system provided by the County would not include lines to the houses. FHA will not grant money to cover this expense. A plumber will need to be paid by the homeowner to remove the rouse line from the septic tank and connect it on the stub out. at a cost in the range of 56.50 to 58.50 per foot. Orange County will not .__ charge a tap on fee to the first 212 customers. Thereafter, a tap on fee cvill be charged in the range of 5600.00, $400.00 going to the town of Hillsborough and 5200.00 going to the County to repay the 5136,000 loan. In some cases, FHA can assist in financing the amount the homeowner will need to pay the plumber to tap an. tlcAdams pointed out that in order for these operating costs to be covered and in order for the loans to be paid back there must be 212 customers. If more peorle tie on, the financial feasibility of the system becomes stronger and the chance of a rate increase becomes smaller because as additional customers are added, the debt service remains constant. He