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eF~ _ ^ti Y make it very clear that the County does not want water and sewer in certain Z„ ENO MOUNTAIN ROAD UPDATE John Link explained that the attached letter from J. W. Watkins ,. DOT Division engineer indicates that Eno Mountain Road is closely aligned with the Hillsborough Thoroughfare Plan, and represents the best solution with current available funding. Piedmont Mineral officials desire a resolution from the County Commissioners which indicates the Board's willingness to abandon right- of-way of the old Ena Mountain Road without adherence to the Thoroughfare Plan. Discussion ensued and Phillip Whitaker, Hillsborough's Town Manager, showed on a map the alignment that would be achieved by this pro3ect. Commissioner Hartwell made reference to the intersection o£ Mayo and Orange Grove Road and emphasized that a dangerous situation will be created by not aligning these two roads. Acting Chairman Carey stated that the Board should encourage Hillsborough to look at their thoroughfare plan and conform to it as much as __.._. possible. Gledhill pointed out that NCDOT will not use condemnation to acquire right-of-way for secondary roads. Motion was made by Commissioner Willhoit, seconded by Acting Chairman Carey to (1) change the resolution to conform with the request of Piedmont Minerals, (2) submit a resolution to the Town of Hillsborough requesting that they petition DOT for additional funds in next years DOT budget to improve the intersection and bridge and to petition the Town of Hillsborough to accomplish the realignment of this road through their planning process and development approval process. VOTE: UNANIMOUS. special areas and will keep it out at all costs. Commissioner Marshall questioned the wastewater treatment capabilities o£ Hillsborough and emphasized the need to have something in the policy about the capability o£ the Hillsborough wastewater treatment plant facility. Gledhill indicated this could be handled through the development review process. After an extended .discussion, it was decided to add to the end o£ policy statement two "to include distribution and treatment capacity of said utility." The two policy statements will be included in the draft policy that will go to public hearing on November 28, 1988. 8. AMENDMENTS TO SEWER RU ES REGULATIONS AND SEWER BILLING AND COLLECTING AGREEMENT Motion was made by Commissioner Willhoit, seconded by Commissioner Hartwell to approve the amendment to the Sewer Rules/Regulations and Sewer/ Billing Agreement to Article V "Deposit" reducing the billing deposit to $30.00 for all customers with a three months period to make this payment and to amend the Sewer Billing and Collecting Agreement with Orange-Alamance Water System to reflect the new deposit amount. VOTE: UNANIMOUS. H APPOINTMENTS • 1. ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD - JEAN HAMILTON FROM ENO TOWNSHIP FOR THE AT LARGE VACANCY.