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of the licensing program is to be sure that all animals have a rabies tag and the owner can be identified <br />by tracing the number on the rabies tag. He asked that the Health Department rethink this change. <br />John Link indicated that he has talked with Dan Reimer and his understanding is that the County <br />will continue to require the rabies tag which can be traced back to the owner. What is not being required <br />is the County ID tag. Citizens are encouraged to buy an identification tag. In the ordinance amendment <br />last year, the requirement for an identification tag was eliminated. This will save the County six or seven <br />thousand dollars a year. <br />Chair Carey noted he wrote a letter to Tommy Dyer at DOT requesting additional help in removing <br />debris from the hurricane, especially in areas outside of the municipalities. <br />4. COUNTY MANAGER'S REPORT <br />John Link said that staff is investigating funding resources for removing debris blocking streams in <br />the County. He will report back on this item. FEMA and the SBA will continue to work out of the Cedar <br />Falls Courtyard in Chapel Hill. Ken Chavious is working on reimbursements for mileage and overtime <br />caused by the hurricane. <br />5. RESOLUTIONS/PROCLAMATIONS <br />a. Efland Sewer Force Main Tap Resolution <br />County Engineer Paul Thames spoke about the engineering requirements of the resolution <br />and Geoffrey Gledhill spoke to the scope of the intent of the resolution. Paul Thames outlined the five <br />(5) points of contention with which Ben Lloyd disagrees and answered various questions from the County <br />Commissioners. <br />Ben Lloyd said that his two concerns involve (1) the requirement of a manhole and (2) <br />encasement of the pipe. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that something needs to be done for all the citizens in the Efland <br />area where there are septic tank problems. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Crowther, seconded by Commissioner Willhoit to <br />approve the resolution as presented in the agenda and stated below which will permit the connection of <br />sewer service for Lloyd's Car Wash, located at the southeastern corner of the intersection of US Hwy 70 <br />and Efland-Cedar Grove Road in the community of Efland, by tapping into the portion of the primary <br />Efland sewer force main lying near that intersection: <br />RESOLUTION PROVIDING PERMISSION FOR <br />SEWER SERVICE FOR LLOYD'S CAR WASH IN EFLAND <br />BY TAPPING THE FORCE MAIN OF THE ORANGE COUNTY <br />EFLAND SEWER SYSTEM <br />WHEREAS, A. B. Lloyd, Jr. has represented to Orange County that he is now and for more than <br />twenty years has been the sole owner and operator of a self-service car wash in Efland located on the <br />southeast corner of US Hwy 70 and Efland-Cedar Grove Road; and <br />WHEREAS, it has been determined and ruled by the North Carolina Division of Water Quality <br />(formerly the Division of Environmental Management) and the North Carolina Environmental <br />Management Commission that said car wash does not meet state environmental statues regulating the <br />discharge of waste water and is thus improperly discharging untreated waste wash water to the land <br />surface which drains into McGowan Creek and thence the Eno River, each classified as a WS-II level, <br />high quality water supply resource within a stringently regulated and protected watershed; and <br />WHEREAS, the EMC has ordered that A.B. Lloyd, Jr. terminate the surface discharge of waste <br />wash water from the car wash: and