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_ ___ .. ~ ~ be considered also as they may very well need a new school in the future. Lunsford mentioned that the district lines for Chapel'-X11/Carrboro extend far beyond the city limits. The process of locating the site and building the school had = - been deliberate and they believe t},ey have chosen a good site. The landowners agreed to sell this land. Not condemning land was a high priority of the site selection committee. A good relations}-ip has been est~.blished with the community. In fact, the - name of the school will be New }}ope. Orange County Board of Education Chair Kay Singer stated that t},e Board of Education made every effort to keep staff ar,d the Board of Commissioners informed during the site selection process, as well as soliciting t},eir input into the process. The demographics indicated that this was the best site for the school. Grady Brown was built to hold 650 students and at t}ae present time },olds $$1. There is a critical need for this school. Unfortunately, the problem of water and sewer has t},e project behind sc},edule. Municipal water and sewer is important in order to avoid a repeat of the situation at Efland Cheeks. Also, the issue of fire protection is best handled by municipal water and sewer. She also mentioned that an on-site facility would eliminate a portion oT the property for other necessary uses by the school. The design far the school will fit in beautifully~wi~.h the area. Also, in response to a previous question regarding tt,e schools locat-ior- s},e indicated that this was not t},e first choice of sites but the first choice was owned by Duke and they declined to sell t-he land. The Orange County Board of Education feels that by far the best solution at this sc}~ool is for municipal water and sewer lines to be run. The risks to the health and safety of the students and employees needs to be considered when this decision is made. Commissioner Halkiotis indicated that fire is a real threat at all schools. He requested information concerning the number of fire hydrants and Lunsford indicated that there were four. He questioned whether 12" lines to four hydrants were sufficient to ;,~. protect the school. --~~ County Engineer Paul Thames indicated that a 12" line would furnish a flow in excess of the minimum requirement which is 1000 gallons per minute. This line would probably furnish a minimum ,1075 gallons per minute at a higher Residual Pressure. He pointed out that when calculating requirements for fire fighting an assumption is made that only a portion of the building will be burning at any one location. That would require only one or two of the hydrants to be used. It would not be possible to get 1000 gallons per minute from each hydrant if all four hydrants were used at the same time. In answer to a question from Mayor Kinnaird about tap-ons, County Manager John Link stated that his understanding is that Hillsborough will abide with Orange County's zoning requirement of one tap-on per one acre lot with na tap-ons in the Rural Buffer. Lunsford stated that this agreement was reached during an official Town Board meeting. Full consensus was given on this. The Rural Suffer would be only a push-through to the site. There is a water line almost to the Rural Buffer which services residents at this time. Carmen Prioli of the Staneycreek Neighborhood Association read a prepared statement in support of .this Amendment. A copy of this statement is incorporated herein by reference and may be found on page of these minutes. The original is in the permanent agenda file in the Clerk's office. Janis Burklin read a written statement in support of this Amendment. A copy of this statement is incorporated herein by reference and may be found on page of