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is zoned one unit per two acres because it is a protected watershed. This area also includes a historic site. Evelyn Lloyd said that the main concern of the Town Commissioners was to be able to provide water to the Grady Brawn School which is adjacent to the area the Town presently serves. Chair Carey said that one thing the committee had consensus on very early was the location of the lines. He agrees with the concern of the document constraining the Town's ability to get water and share water. He plans to take another look at that part. He asked if the Town Commissioners would agree to take another look at it. Evelyn Lloyd said that she is more concerned about the school having additional water lines than serving the New Hope area. Mayor Johnson gave an historic perspective of providing water to schools in the area. Geoffrey Gledhill said that the genesis of the water and sewer boundary agreement was that the elected officials on the committee decided how their towns would look and that these would be distinguished from the County portion of Orange County where public water and sewer would not go until it would address an adverse public condition. The agreement allows the governments to be effective in their land use planning in specific areas. He said that the area Hillsborough has described is the area that Hillsborough wants to provide services in the future. Mark Sheridan asked about the next step for this agreement. Chair Carey said that the County Commissioners have asked him and Commissioner Gordon to work on a revised draft of the document and he invited Mark Sheridan to help work on this revised draft to go back to all the towns. Commissioner Brown said that she has an interest in working on the adverse public health condition part of this agreement. Mayor Johnson said that Hillsborough's main disagreement is the constraint the agreement has on the Town buying water from Durham. Evelyn Lloyd said that her main concern is providing water to the schools. Commissioner Halkiotis said that the present 8" line is not large enough to provide water to the elementary and proposed high school in that area. Geoffrey Gledhill said that one of the advantages of this agreement is that it protects the land use plan. Eric Peterson said that the staff has done an analysis on how much Hillsborough is going to expand and haw much water there is. He said that this analysis would give them a reasonable idea of when the reservoir needs to be expanded. It was decided that Evelyn Lloyd and Mark Sheridan would serve on this committee from the Town and that Chair Carey and Commissioner Gordon would serve from the County. e. Joint Recreation Possibilities John Link summarized the joint efforts presently being pursued by the Town and the County, including the study of the Fairview Park area that has previously been used as a landfill. Paul Thames said that Phase I will include looking back at past records to see what has happened on the Fairview Park property. Aerial photographs will be used to see if an historical perspective of what was put in this landfill can be determined. Phase II will include the staff meeting with citizens from the community to get input from the residents. The tests will begin by drilling holes (50), some of which will be on the Fairview Park property and some on the Town's property. Some of the material from the geotechnical testing will be sent to labs for specific testing. This testing should be completed by March 1St. The written report should be available after the first of April. Brian Lowen clarified that there would be a meeting with the residents of the community. Paul Thames said that a notice of the meeting would be placed on everyone's door. John Link said that before any written material is sent out to the citizens, it would be shared with the County and Town Commissioners. Eric Peterson said that he is waiting on this report because the Town's present motor pool has been flooded several times and the Town is looking far a place to relocate the motor pool. Commissioner Jacobs said that baseball season would begin in April. He feels that the County Commissioners should have some kind of plan in place to provide a place for this community to continue this activity. He emphasized that there needs to be a backup plan. Chair Carey said that the County Commissioners have asked the County staff to come up with an alternative facility to provide for this community. Evelyn Lloyd said that she attended many baseball games on this site and there was a lot of parent interest in this activity. The Town wants to support the effort that has been put forth by Mr. Stewart who built this baseball field.