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correctable, such as a failing septic tank or failing package treatment plant. In either case, the facility or site to be served could not be located in the Rural Buffer end no connections to the lines would be permitted within t~h~.~tural Buffer. TY,e r - ~extensian of public water and sewer lines into or through the Rural Buffer for other - - purposes would be prohibited. If this amendment is approved, t}ie Water and Sewer Policy, Goal 3, Section 3, would also need to be amended in order to be consistent with the Joint Planning Agreement. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPEN FOR CONAtENTS. Dan Lunsford, Superintendent for the Orange County School System, stated that the needs for the new school were two fold, ore being water service and t}~e other being disposal of sewage. The school is not in the Rural Buffer. T}~e Board of Education Site Selection Committee operated from a set of specific criteria and }iad ongoing dialogue with the county staff. Some of t},c criteria were (1) appropriate acreage, (2) location in a growth area, (3) good traffic access, (9) allow for redistricting of the elementary district lines, ar-d (5) water and sewer service readily available. The Schaal Board chose this site based an these criteria. Water and sewer is an important element of this criteria. The cost of on-site water and sewer is obviously less than the cost of running water and sewer linesfrom Hillsborough. 1}owever, in the long run an on-site° system is not the preferred solution. In 1987 the Board of Commissioners was informed of this choice of sites and approved the site with the idea t}~at water and sewer would be provided if the appropriate conditions were available. An analysis. of Fire Flow Requirements, using both the I.S.O. and the Illinois Institute of Technology Methodologies for Fire Flow Calculators, has indicated that the minimum Fire Flow Requirement at the site is 1000 gallons per minutes with a Residual Pressure of 20 pounds per square .inch. The minimum line size meeting the minimum required flaw and Residual Pressure is 12 inches. The Board of Education submitted to Hillsborough a ~. _ ' request to provide water and sewer. They agreed to do this under the stipulations o ~~ the Orange County Water and Sewer Policy. The long term success rate for on-site systems is not good and the citizens will be best served by a municipal system. In response to a question concerning site selection in the face of the low density of the chosen site Lunsford responded that tracking future growth was done with the help of the Planning Department. They have a map which indicates that within a three mile radius to the east are large pockets of population and those areas are zoned for that kind of growth. The traffic flow is important as well. They did not want to have all of the schools clustered in Hillsborough proper. At the present time there are students who are required to travel for over an hour and one-half, one way, to reac}i their school. This site would allow that travel time to be reduced for a large number of children. Councilwoman Andresen asked for clarification regarding the Joint Planning Agreement's position on this in regard to this request. Walden stated that the Joint Planning Agreement does not prohibit this request. Approving this request would make it clear that what is necessary for the school is acceptable to all of the Boards. It will also clarify what limitations will be imposed on these water and sewer lines. David Godschalk questioned why Hillsborough had been chosen to run these lines rather than O4iASA. Commissioner Marshall indicated that Everette Billingsly agreed that OA'ASA could run these lines. However, from an engineering standpoint it was more feasible far Hillsborough to do so. Commissioner Hartwell mentioned that the future needs of Chapel Hill/Carrboro must