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obtain access to this particular segment of the existing wastewater collection system, Habitat will have to <br />obtain a short section of permanent access and temporary construction easement across school properly. <br />Paul Thames summarized the issues related to the proposed gravity collection main/central <br />pumping station system design {unpleasant odors, frequent maintenance, time consuming equipment <br />failures, expensive to repair). Orange County does not have its own pump station maintenance personal or <br />an emergency response capability to address pump station failures or wastewater overflow/spill incidents. If <br />the County does approve a pumping station system far one subdivision, it may have difficulty denying the use <br />of a similar system for a similarly situated subdivision seeking access to the Efland sewer system. He then <br />summarized the alternative wastewater collectionlpumping system design. Regardless of the outcome of <br />decisions as to system design for the Richmond Hills subdivision, the Rules of Operation far the Efland sewer <br />system should be modified to reflect the BOCC's will as to exactly where sewer service should be made <br />available and how that service should be provided. The Planning Board has recommended that a perpetual <br />maintenance fund be created far the subdivision's proposed pumping station. <br />Commissioner Brown asked if the pumping station would need to be maintained by someone. <br />Paul Thames said yes and he would recommend that OWASA be contracted to maintain the pump station. <br />Commissioner Jacobs asked if the pump station would set a precedent. Paul Thames said that it <br />would. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that as an approach, the County could make the regulations so that it <br />would be maintained by Habitat for Humanity and they {Habitat) would be reimbursed far the cost of <br />maintaining. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that the Board of County Commissioners made compromises with <br />Magnolia Place and they were not good decisions. <br />John Link said that the County may end up being the person to pay, rather it be direct or back as a <br />reimbursement to Habitat for Humanity, with the objective to protect the environment. <br />In answer to a question from Commissioner Brawn, Paul Thames said that it could be that both <br />subdivisions could use one pump station. The County has not received a plan for the other subdivision. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis suggested that Paul Thames talk with the Town of Hillsborough about the <br />old pump station at Grady Brown that is being abandoned. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to receive the <br />report as information. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />11. APPOINTMENTS -NONE <br />12. MINUTES -NONE <br />13. CLOSED SESSION -NONE <br />14. ADJOURNMENT <br />With no further items to discuss, the meeting was adjourned. The next meeting on the approved <br />meeting calendar will be held on June 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel <br />Hill, North Carolina. <br />Moses Carey, Jr., Chair <br />Beverly Blythe, CMC <br />