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Mr. Parker stated that they know there are historical sites located on, or near, this site. They are aware of the need to buffer those sites from future development. The extension of public water and sewer utilities would be necessary for the development of a school and would then be available to serve this site. Tony Whitaker, President of Civil Consultants, stated that he had been hired by the Orange County Board of Education to design and provide construction review services for the off-site water lines and sewer lines to serve the new elementary school which is to be located in the southern portion of the site. He mentioned that one of the points that has been introduced about the 10-Year Transition Area characteristics is that the area has, or will have, access to public water and sewer lines. He stated that this site does meet that criterion by virtue of the proposed extension of water and sewer lines for the school. He mentioned that they have worked with the Town of Hillsborough and they have designed a plan that conforms to the Town's Master Plan and exceeds their minimum requirements. They have received the Town's preliminary approval of the concept plan and have noted in their application to Orange County that the Town of Hillsborough has not approved the water and sewer extension agreement but they have made significant progress in those negotiations. QUESTIONS AND/OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OR THE PLANNING BOARD: Commissioner Halkiotis stated that the Town of Hillsborough already has a water line that runs to Mars Hill Baptist Church. Mr. Whitaker indicated that there was a water line extended to Mars Hills approximately five years ago. In response to a question, he indicated that the Town did not need the approval of Orange County to run that line because it is a line maintained by the Town. He mentioned that the Town is very pleased with the concept behind this design for this school site because there is a water quality concern for both established residents and the Mars Hill Baptist Church. The water and sewer lines will resolve some of that water quality problem and will provide a public utility service to some properties that have been constrained in their development potential. One of the reasons they have been constrained has been the non-availability of water and sewer lines. Highway 57 currently has a six inch Town of Hillsborough water line extending to the Mars Hill Church site. The Town has water lines to the west and to the south as well, but there are no lines in the project area at this time. The sewer lines are in the Governor Downs Subdivision, the Rencher Street area, and some isolated places in the Faucette Mill Road area to the west. Orange County Schools propose to extend a sanitary sewer gravity line down Strauss Creek from the school site to the north side of Governor Burke Road. A pump station would be installed which would pump southward to the Orange High School area. The water line extension to serve the school would come from the Town's northern water tank and proceed eastward by a combination of public right-of-way and acquired easement to the school site. The benefit of that water line would be to provide fire protection service as well as future water service for the school site and other properties. frontage. Commissioner Brown asked for clarification about the apparent discrepancy in road Mr. Whitaker indicated that in the deed description the southern road frontage on Highway 57 should be 178 wide but when it was scaled from the tax map it was much smaller than that. This discrepancy regarding how wide the road frontage is needs to be resolved. located. Commissioner Halkiotis asked who owned the property on which the Quaker cemetery was Q:119990221d.c